Hardware Test Engineer – Field & Lab

Clientmind Recruiting, Inc.; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Clientmind Recruiting, Inc. seeks a Test Engineer for a full-time role in the Quality Testing Team. The candidate will assist in laboratory and field testing of trackers, communication devices, and backend software to prove reliability and ruggedness. A U.S. security clearance is required.

Responsibilities include developing test plans, performing electrical/environmental tests, and assisting engineers with test automation and data analysis across lab and field environments.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Engineering.
• 2-4 years of engineering/testing experience or 5-10 years directly related testing experience.
• Ability to learn and operate laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, generators, VNAs, and data acquisition hardware.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461.
• Ability to load firmware and basic software testing concepts.
• Familiarity with IP networking is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct electrical, environmental, and functional testing on existing and in-development products.
• Develop comprehensive written test plans addressing environment, circuit functionality, and data processing.
• Assist software engineers by creating test cases for electrical systems and modes.
• Create lab scripts to facilitate test automation and data collection.
• Set up probes, lab equipment, and fixtures for testing.
• Monitor test plans in lab, outdoors, and on defined driving routes.
• Travel to local test labs for certification test setup and management.
• Document hardware/software faults encountered during testing.
• Generate test data graphs/tables/images for customer presentations.
• Maintain and calibrate engineering lab equipment and cabinets.
• Build test kits for scheduled offsite testing campaigns.
• Travel to support field tests at customer sites in the continental USA and abroad.

Skills

Test planning

Lab equipment operation

MIL-STD-810

MIL-STD-461

Firmware loading

MATLAB

Python

LabVIEW

IP networking

Documentation

Education

Associate degree in Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Signal generators

Vector network analyzers

Vector signal analyzers

Data acquisition modules

Spectrum analyzers

Programmable power supplies

Job description

Clientmind Recruiting, Inc. seeks a Test Engineer for a full-time role in the Quality Testing Team. The candidate will assist in laboratory and field testing of trackers, communication devices, and backend software to prove reliability and ruggedness. A U.S. security clearance is required.

Responsibilities include developing test plans, performing electrical/environmental tests, and assisting engineers with test automation and data analysis across lab and field environments.