Automated Test Applications Engineer – Onsite with Travel

LitePoint; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradyne's Defense & Aerospace Division is seeking an applications engineer to join our Total Test Solutions team. You will design and develop custom automated test solutions for critical defense technology, guiding hardware design, software development, and integration.

You will turn complex customer requirements into automated test solutions, present strategies in design reviews, and collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers to ensure robust implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in Application Engineering using Automated Test Equipment or Test Development Engineering.
• Strong programming skills with C# or other object‑oriented languages.
• Experience with Visual Studio or other IDE and debug tools.
• Familiarity with Git or other source control tools.
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical hardware using multimeter, oscilloscope, etc.
• Excellent technical presentation skills.
• Comfortable working onsite full-time, 5 days per week.
• Willing to travel occasionally (up to 10%).
• Prefer experience with TestStand and TestStudio.
• Prefer experience with Spectrum 9100 or Spectrum HS.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategy to turn complex customer requirements into complete automated test solutions, including fixturing, cabling, and software.
• Present the planned strategy to internal and external stakeholders in design reviews.
• Collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers to guide design efforts.
• Develop custom software in C# to operate automated test equipment and fixturing.
• Integrate new software and hardware, debug and solve system issues.
• Develop Operator Interfaces using test executive environments like TestStand.
• Provide documentation for the software developed, including operator manuals and version descriptions.
• Work with high-speed digital buses, ethernet, analog signals, power systems, and more.
• Develop primarily with C# with exposure to C, Python, and LabView.

Tools

Visual Studio

Git

Multimeter

Oscilloscope

TestStand

TestStudio

Spectrum 9100

Spectrum HS

C#

OO Languages

Job description

Teradyne's Defense & Aerospace Division is seeking an applications engineer to join our Total Test Solutions team. You will design and develop custom automated test solutions for critical defense technology, guiding hardware design, software development, and integration.

You will turn complex customer requirements into automated test solutions, present strategies in design reviews, and collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers to ensure robust implementations.