Lab Automation Engineer

Voltai; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in California is seeking a Lab Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automation infrastructure for hardware validation labs. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in automation frameworks like Python or LabVIEW, instrumentation control, and data acquisition. This full-time role involves designing test automation frameworks and integrating instrumentation with robotics for effective testing and validation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Python, LabVIEW, or test automation frameworks.
• Instrumentation control experience (SCPI, VISA, PXI, etc.).
• Experience in data acquisition, measurement analysis, and reporting automation.
• Experience in hardware bring‑up, test planning, and failure reproduction.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain test automation frameworks for hardware validation.
• Integrate instrumentation control with software and robotics.
• Develop data acquisition, measurement analysis, and reporting automation pipelines.
• Lead hardware bring‑up, test planning, and failure reproduction efforts.

Skills

Python

LabVIEW

Test automation frameworks

Instrumentation control (SCPI, VISA, PXI)

Data acquisition

Measurement analysis

Reporting automation

Hardware bring‑up

Test planning

Failure reproduction

Job description

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About Voltai

Voltai is developing world models and agents that learn, evaluate, plan, experiment, and interact with the physical world. We are starting out with understanding and building hardware, electronics systems, and semiconductors where AI can design and create beyond human cognitive limits.

About the Team

Backed by Silicon Valley’s top investors, Stanford University, and CEOs/Presidents of Google, AMD, Broadcom, Marvell, etc., the team includes former Stanford professors, SAIL researchers, Olympiad medalists (IPhO, IOI), CTOs of Synopsys & GlobalFoundries, Head of Sales & CRO of Cadence, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Senior Foreign-Policy Advisor to four U.S. presidents.

About This Role

You’ll design, implement, and maintain the automation infrastructure that powers Voltai’s hardware validation labs. You’ll build systems that automatically test, characterize, and qualify silicon and board‑level designs – integrating software, robotics, and data pipelines for continuous validation and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain test automation frameworks for hardware validation.

• Integrate instrumentation control (SCPI, VISA, PXI) with software and robotics.

• Develop data acquisition, measurement analysis, and reporting automation pipelines.

• Lead hardware bring‑up, test planning, and failure reproduction efforts.

Required Experience

You might thrive if you have 5+ years of experience in:

• Python, LabVIEW, or test automation frameworks
• Instrumentation control (SCPI, VISA, PXI, etc.)
• Data acquisition, measurement analysis, and reporting automation
• Hardware bring‑up, test planning, and failure reproduction

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet