Hardware Automation Engineer

Onlogic Inc; South Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Plan with employer contribution

Annual profit share bonus

Paid maternity & paternity leave

Job summary

OnLogic is seeking a Hardware Automation Engineer to design and implement automated tests for diverse hardware configurations, BIOS settings, and system images. You will collaborate with Design, Validation, and Applications Engineers to ensure robust test coverage and scalable test frameworks in a hands‑on environment at our South Burlington, VT office.

Requirements include 5 years in production testing, strong hardware affinity, Bash/Python scripting, Linux tooling, and a BS in CS/CE or related

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in a production test environment.
• Hands-on hardware experience and interest in hardware testing.
• Experience with Bash and Python scripting.
• Knowledge of lower-level Linux conventions and tooling.
• Understanding of distributed systems and microservices.
• Bachelor’s Degree or comparable experience in CS/CE or related field.
• Ability to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated test plans for hardware components and systems.
• Develop test code and integrate it into the automation framework.
• Collaborate with Validation Engineers to ensure tests align with production needs.
• Ensure production test capabilities are ready for new system releases.
• Diagnose failures, optimize test coverage, and provide rapid feedback to teams.
• Own tests and the platform in the automated test framework.

Skills

Test automation

Hardware familiarity

Python

Bash

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

Linux tooling

Job description

As a Hardware Automation Engineer, you will play a crucial role in defining the future of flexible manufacturing testing. In this position, you'll be responsible for developing and implementing automated testing solutions for millions of possible product permutations, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to ensure 100% test coverage across custom hardware, unique BIOS settings, and specialized system images. Your efforts directly impact our ability to deliver perfectly tailored, highly reliable computing systems to our customers, helping us raise the industry bar by solving complex automation challenges where no two products are exactly alike.

We believe in the power of in‑person collaboration and the benefits of a strong workplace community. Therefore, this role requires an onsite presence at our South Burlington, VT office. We encourage candidates who are able to relocate or comfortably commute to apply.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• Engaging with Design, Validation, and Applications Engineers to understand what functionality is expected from any given component and creating an appropriate test plan.
• Writing the needed test code and implementing it in the automation framework.
• Streamlining the New Product Introduction process by collaborating with Validation Engineers to ensure tests being used in the development process are also suitable for use in production.
• Ensuring adequate production test capabilities are ready in time for the release of all systems.
• Deeply understanding designs to evaluate tests, remedy test failures, and provide quick feedback to improve performance.
• Helping meet production goals related to takt time by right‑sizing test coverage, leveraging test parallelism, and advocating for shifting functional testing upstream to vendors, ODMs, and CMs.
• Taking ownership of the tests and platform in our brand‑new automated test framework.
• Documenting your work.
• Providing feedback to the design team so they know how to make the products we design more testable (DfM/DfT).

The team you will be joining:

Our IT team touches every aspect of our business and each of our day‑to‑day lives here at OnLogic. Made up of software developers, infrastructure and security experts, systems and network engineers, and business technology professionals, our IT team is constantly working to improve our internal systems to make our lives easier, while optimizing our website to do the same for our customers. From the technology we use to do our jobs to the infrastructure that supports the way we build, test, and ship our products, our IT team keeps our business running smoothly.

Learn more about Life at OnLogic: www.onlogic.com/life-at-onlogic

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in a production test environment is required.
• Love of hardware. Even though you’ll be living in software, it’s all for the success of the hardware, so you need to understand it and enjoy being hands‑on.
• Understanding of and experience with software frameworks and scripting languages, preferably Bash and Python.
• Knowledge of lower‑level Linux conventions and standard Linux tooling.
• Experience in a production test environment is required.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and standard communication protocols between them.
• Bachelor’s Degree or comparable experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Ability to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

Who we’re looking for:

• Superior ability to prioritize concurrent tasks, manage your time, communicate project milestones, and execute a plan for yourself and cross‑functional team members.
• A leader with a mind for continuous improvement and an eye for DfT.
• Comfort with regularly sharing knowledge and collaborating with a cross‑functional team of people equally excited to enhance products and processes.
• A detail‑oriented person with an understanding of how a product will be used to ensure components come together to produce useful systems.

Who we are:

OnLogic employees have the opportunity to shape our future and drive impactful change. We design and manufacture specialized computers and hardware solutions for companies all over the world, helping them to make the seemingly impossible possible. Our computers are designed to work where others fail, and it’s our vision to be the first choice in industrial computing. To make that vision a reality, we’ve built a team of ambitious problem solvers, guided by the company’s core values of Open, Fair, Innovative, and Independent. We have an open office, open salaries, and strive to be fair and transparent in our decision‑making. We encourage input and feedback from every member of our team and look to improve ourselves and our business every single day.

Diversity is an essential element of our core values. Not just respecting, but actively embracing a variety of backgrounds, life experiences, and opinions helps us foster innovation, enhances our problem‑solving capabilities, and promotes learning and engagement among the members of our team. We strongly encourage those with diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and harassment‑free workplace for all employees. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination, or bias based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or any other protected characteristic.

To learn more about our values, our mission, and what it’s like to work at OnLogic, visit www.onlogic.com/careers

Benefits

The salary range for this role is $90,000 to $110,000. We determine final compensation based on discussions with applicants and their experience in similar roles.

• A competitive salary based upon your experience and the requirements of the role
• A comprehensive benefits package
• 401k Plan with 3% Employer Contribution
• An Annual Profit Share Bonus
• Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave, and Short & Long Term Disability
• Opportunity to Participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• A personal development plan created to help you (and us) grow