Senior Test Engineer - Production & Hardware Operations

Icehouseventures; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Halter is seeking a Production Test Lead to set technical direction and standards for production test systems, scaling globally and building team capability. You’ll own the test strategy across products and sites, including coverage philosophy, fixture architecture, calibration approaches, validation evidence, and readiness gates.

In this role you’ll lead architecture and delivery of scalable production test systems, ensuring stations, fixtures, instrumentation, software interfaces, and data

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of production test or test engineering teams.
• Deep knowledge of test systems, fixture architecture, calibration, data pipelines, and factory operations.
• Strong communication across Production Process, Machine Design, Product Design, Firmware, Production Software, Quality, and factory teams.

Responsibilities

• Own production test strategy across products and sites, incl. coverage philosophy, fixture architecture, calibration, validation evidence, and readiness gates.
• Lead architecture and delivery of scalable production test systems globally with reliable data flows.
• Set standards for fixture architecture, instrumentation, validation, interfaces, and maintenance/calibration.
• Drive cross-functional execution for NPI and major ECNs with go/no-go decisions.
• Mentor production test engineers and technicians while contributing to critical technical decisions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Production test systems

Test engineering

Cross-functional communication

Job description

About Halter

At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard.

Role Summary

Set technical direction and standards for production test systems, scaling globally and building team capability.

What you’ll do

• Own production test strategy across products and sites, including coverage philosophy, fixture architecture, calibration approach, validation evidence, and readiness gates.
• Lead architecture and delivery of production test systems that scale globally, ensuring stations, fixtures, instrumentation, software interfaces, and data flows are reliable and repeatable.
• Set standards for production testing fixture architecture, instrumentation strategy, validation evidence, interface design, and ongoing maintenance/calibration.
• Drive cross-functional execution for NPI and major ECNs with clear go/no-go calls, aligning fixture, process, product, firmware, and software trade-offs.
• Create leverage through mentoring and technical leadership for production test engineers and technicians, while staying close to critical technical decisions.

What we’re looking for

• Proven technical leadership of production test or test engineering teams, with experience taking test systems from development through production release and ongoing improvement.
• Deep knowledge of test systems, fixture architecture, calibration, data pipelines, and factory operations, including how test coverage, yield data, traceability, and validation evidence are used to make production decisions.
• Strong communicator; able to align Production Process, Machine Design, Product Design, Firmware, Production Software, Quality, and factory teams on complex technical programs, trade-offs, and readiness decisions.