Fluidics Test Engineer II - Genomics Platform

Sarmal; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Company-paid life insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Generous paid time off

Employee perks and discount programs

Job summary

Sarmal, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Test Engineer 2 to support design, test, and manufacturing transfer of fluidic components for our target detection platform. This hands-on lab role emphasizes building, characterizing, and troubleshooting fluidic and electrochemistry test setups, with independent DOE-driven investigations.

You will own test plans, advance characterization, and work with cross-functional teams to mature test methods as the platform evolves.

Qualifications

• Hands-on lab experience designing, testing, and characterizing fluidic and electrochemistry test setups.
• Experience with building test plans and root-cause investigations across disciplines.
• Knowledge of metrology, prototype consumables, or design-to-manufacturing transfer is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, set up, and execute fluidic and electrochemistry experiments in the lab, owning test plans from definition through data analysis.
• Program, configure, and debug fluidic instrumentation and automated test setups.
• Assemble and perform metrology on prototype consumables and fluidic sub-assemblies.
• Characterize flow profile, pressure, leakage, and material interactions for devices under test.
• Assemble, maintain, and debug test setups and fixtures, improving reliability and throughput.
• Support root cause analyses and DOE to resolve hardware and process issues.
• Analyze, document, and present test results to cross‑functional teams.
• Partner with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to support manufacturing transfer.
• Develop test methods, fixtures, and documentation standards.

Skills

Fluidic systems troubleshooting

Experiment design & DOE

Data analysis & results presentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Programming experience (MATLAB, LabVEW

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical, or Bioengineering

Tools

MATLAB

LabVIEW

C++

Python

Job description

Sarmal, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Test Engineer 2 to support design, test, and manufacturing transfer of fluidic components for our target detection platform. This hands-on lab role emphasizes building, characterizing, and troubleshooting fluidic and electrochemistry test setups, with independent DOE-driven investigations.

You will own test plans, advance characterization, and work with cross-functional teams to mature test methods as the platform evolves.