Drone Electronics Test Engineer II - Sustaining

RED CAT HOLDINGS; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Annual bonuses

Job summary

FlightWave, a wholly owned subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings, is seeking a Sustaining Electrical Engineer II in Torrance, CA to design, develop, and implement board-level and system-level test solutions for advanced drone products.

You will create test fixtures, validate electronic assemblies, and improve manufacturing test processes to ensure quality, reliability, and throughput across cross-functional teams including design, manufacturing, and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• 3–7 years of experience in electronics test engineering or manufacturing test.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital circuits, PCB design fundamentals, sensors, motors, and embedded systems.
• Hands‑on experience with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and signal generators, and data acquisition systems.
• Experience with test automation (Python, LabVIEW, or similar).
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop board-level (PCB) and system-level test fixtures for production and engineering validation.
• Create and maintain test procedures, work instructions, and documentation.
• Develop automated and semi-automated test solutions (hardware and software).
• Troubleshoot electrical, firmware, and system-level issues during development and production.
• Support new product introduction (NPI) by defining test strategies and ensuring testability (DFT).
• Analyze test data to identify failure trends, root causes, and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve DFM and DFT.
• Work with manufacturing to ensure efficient test flow, cycle time reduction, and high first-pass yield.
• Support calibration, validation, and maintenance of test equipment and fixtures.
• Assist in resolving field returns and RMA failures.
• Manage and support internal (EVT, DVT, PVT) and external (FCC, BlueUAS) product validation testing.

Skills

Electronics test

Test fixtures design

Analog & digital circuits

Troubleshooting

Test automation

Education

Bachelors in EE

Mechatronics

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Power supplies

Signal generators

Data acquisition systems

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

FlightWave, a wholly owned subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings, is seeking a Sustaining Electrical Engineer II in Torrance, CA to design, develop, and implement board-level and system-level test solutions for advanced drone products.

You will create test fixtures, validate electronic assemblies, and improve manufacturing test processes to ensure quality, reliability, and throughput across cross-functional teams including design, manufacturing, and quality.