LiDAR Test & Calibration Engineer — High-Impact, Fast-Paced

Aeva, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 103,900 - 140,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k matching

Unlimited PTO

Equity

Paid lunches

Team off-sites

Job summary

Aeva, Inc. is seeking a LiDAR Test & Calibration Engineer to develop, optimize, and support manufacturing test and calibration processes for LiDAR sensors in a high-volume production environment.

You will ensure every LiDAR unit meets performance, quality, and reliability specs through automated testing, calibration, data analysis, and continuous process improvement. This role requires close collaboration with Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Lidar Algorithms, and Quality teams to achieve

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience developing test processes for optoelectronic products.
• Strong Python programming abilities and data analysis skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, and maintain manufacturing test and calibration processes for LiDAR sensors.
• Work with suppliers to design and optimize automated production test stations and calibration equipment.
• Define production test sequences, acceptance criteria, and calibration algorithms.
• Analyze LiDAR performance metrics such as range accuracy, SNR, and point cloud quality.
• Perform root cause analysis of manufacturing failures and implement corrective actions.
• Improve FPY, throughput, and OEE; develop SPC methods to monitor quality.
• Create calibration procedures, work instructions, and manufacturing documentation.
• Support EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP builds; collaborate with MES integration.
• Analyze production data using Python/SQL/JMP to identify trends and improve processes.
• Troubleshoot optical, electrical, and mechanical issues affecting yield.
• Assist NPI by transferring test and calibration processes to manufacturing.

Skills

Python programming

OPtoelectronic testing

LAN troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

JMP

Job description

Aeva, Inc. is seeking a LiDAR Test & Calibration Engineer to develop, optimize, and support manufacturing test and calibration processes for LiDAR sensors in a high-volume production environment.

You will ensure every LiDAR unit meets performance, quality, and reliability specs through automated testing, calibration, data analysis, and continuous process improvement. This role requires close collaboration with Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Lidar Algorithms, and Quality teams to achieve