Manufacturing Test Automation Engineer

Socket.dev; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Edina, MN is seeking a skilled software engineer to design, develop, and maintain manufacturing software and automation systems used to manufacture, program, calibrate, and verify products. The role owns the software that operates factory programming stations, production test fixtures, and calibration systems.

You will work with embedded software, electrical, mechanical, and quality teams to ensure efficient manufacturing and thorough testing across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/CE/EE or related field.
• 3+ years of professional manufacturing software development experience.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience developing software on Linux.
• Experience developing automated test, manufacturing, or production software.
• Experience interfacing with embedded hardware.
• Experience with common hardware interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, UART, SPI, or I2C.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software for manufacturing test fixtures and production equipment.
• Own all software used to manufacture, program, calibrate, and verify Client’s products.
• Develop automated production tests for PCBs, subassemblies, and robotic systems.
• Develop software to program embedded processors, Linux systems, MCUs, EEPROMs, and other programmable devices.
• Design and implement production test sequences, pass/fail criteria, automated diagnostics, and workflows.
• Integrate software with manufacturing equipment including power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, electronic loads, relays, barcodescanners, printers, RF test equipment, and other instrumentation.
• Develop software communicating with embedded devices using USB, Ethernet, UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, JTAG, SWD, etc.
• Collect, store, and manage test results, calibration data, serial numbers, firmware versions, and traceability information.
• Investigate manufacturing failures, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Improve throughput, quality, and yield through software automation.
• Develop reusable software frameworks for manufacturing and production testing.
• Create engineering tools for hardware bring-up, production debugging, and failure analysis.
• Create and maintain documentation, procedures, and test specifications.

Skills

Python

Linux

Debugging

Git

Embedded

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Git

Docker

CI/CD

Linux

Job description

Socket.dev in Edina, MN is seeking a skilled software engineer to design, develop, and maintain manufacturing software and automation systems used to manufacture, program, calibrate, and verify products. The role owns the software that operates factory programming stations, production test fixtures, and calibration systems.

You will work with embedded software, electrical, mechanical, and quality teams to ensure efficient manufacturing and thorough testing across the product lifecycle.