Hardware Test Engineer — Reliability & Data Acquisition

General Matter; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical insurance

Vision & dental

Job summary

General Matter in Los Angeles designs, builds, and operates testing hardware for its nuclear fuel enrichment systems. The Test Engineer owns test infrastructure, validates hardware against requirements, and ensures long-term reliability through design reviews, data analysis, and qualification campaigns.

This role collaborates with design and manufacturing engineers to improve reliability, builds test fixtures, and may require extended hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical or similar engineering field.
• 2+ years of experience in hardware development, test engineering, or similar role.
• Ability to design and fabricate test fixtures, adapters, and other testing tools.
• Experience with digital-hardware communication/integration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain custom test solutions and data acquisition systems for in-house developed mechanical and electrical hardware.
• Lead design reviews, run data analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans.
• Work closely with responsible design and manufacturing engineers to drive reliability improvements.
• Build test equipment, implement test automation, analyze failures and execute qualification campaigns.

Skills

Test engineering

Hardware development

Design fixtures

Digital hardware communication

Data acquisition

Test automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Tools

Test equipment

Instrumentation

Automation tools

Job description

General Matter in Los Angeles designs, builds, and operates testing hardware for its nuclear fuel enrichment systems. The Test Engineer owns test infrastructure, validates hardware against requirements, and ensures long-term reliability through design reviews, data analysis, and qualification campaigns.

This role collaborates with design and manufacturing engineers to improve reliability, builds test fixtures, and may require extended hours.