Hardware Test Engineer - DRI for Drone Test Stations

Neros Technologies; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 112,500 - 157,500; Full time

Job summary

Neros Technologies is seeking a Hardware Test Engineer (HW/SW Integration & Station DRI) to own the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of manufacturing test stations validating autonomous systems, including drones, interceptors, and ground control software.

You will work across hardware and software teams to expand test coverage, debug complex failures, and enable rapid production scaling while ensuring product quality and throughput.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in hardware test engineering, manufacturing test, electrical validation, or embedded systems testing with ownership of production test stations from development through deployment
• Hands-on experience developing, supporting, and debugging hardware test stations for complex electronic products, including PCBAs, embedded systems, sensors, power electronics, or electromechanical assemblies
• Strong understanding of board-level hardware architectures, including schematics, power distribution, digital interfaces, communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet), and basic circuit analysis
• Proficiency using electrical lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, digital multimeters, logic analyzers, and other instrumentation to debug hardware and validate test systems
• Experience owning manufacturing test stations as a DRI, including station bring-up, hardware/software integration, calibration, troubleshooting, uptime improvement, and production support
• Ability to read and modify existing test automation code (Python or similar languages) to add test coverage, integrate new measurements, debug failures, and improve test workflows
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including Electrical Engineering, Firmware, Software Test, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to solve complex production issues
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience using test data, failure logs, and yield metrics to drive root-cause analysis and continuous improvement
• Experience supporting high-reliability products such as consumer electronics, defense systems, autonomous vehicles, or other embedded hardware platforms is preferred
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Electrical Engineering, Firmware, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Contract Manufacturing partners to deploy scalable, reliable test solutions across both Neros and supplier production sites

Responsibilities

• Own assigned manufacturing test stations as the station DRI, including hardware integration, bring‑up, troubleshooting, calibration, maintenance, and continuous improvement
• Develop a strong understanding of product hardware architectures, including PCBAs, power systems, embedded controllers, sensors, communication interfaces, and system‑level interactions
• Debug hardware and test failures using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, DMMs, logic analyzers, and other instrumentation to isolate root causes
• Extend and maintain test software by understanding existing test frameworks, modifying scripts, and adding new test coverage to support evolving product requirements
• Work at the software-hardware boundary. Write code that talks to physical devices over standard protocols, handles device I/O, and holds up when software and hardware disagree
• Automate testing. Build software that exercises embedded and hardware systems and turns manual bench procedures into repeatable automated tests
• Partner with Electrical Engineers and Software Test Engineers to bridge hardware and software test capabilities, improving test automation, data collection, and failure analysis
• Analyze production test data, yield trends, and failure modes to drive improvements in test coverage, station reliability, product quality, and manufacturing scalability

Skills

Hardware testing

Test automation

Python

Electrical validation

Lab instrumentation

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

DMMs

Logic analyzers

Job description

Neros Technologies is seeking a Hardware Test Engineer (HW/SW Integration & Station DRI) to own the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of manufacturing test stations validating autonomous systems, including drones, interceptors, and ground control software.

You will work across hardware and software teams to expand test coverage, debug complex failures, and enable rapid production scaling while ensuring product quality and throughput.