Python Test Manufacturing

Triple Crown; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Triple Crown is seeking a Manufacturing Test Automation Engineer to develop software and automation solutions for embedded hardware manufacturing test systems in our Redmond, WA facility. You will create reliable test code and automate control and validation of hardware systems, leveraging Python, C, and NI TestStand.

The role emphasizes collaboration with hardware and test engineers to meet high-priority factory deliverables, maintain documentation, and improve test reliability and data

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming experience, particularly for test automation or hardware control.
• Experience developing automated test software for embedded hardware systems.
• Proficiency with C in a hardware, embedded, or test environment.
• Experience with NI TestStand or a comparable test executive platform.
• Strong understanding of hardware/software integration.
• Experience working with manufacturing test equipment, instrumentation, and automated test systems.
• Ability to read hardware documentation, schematics, interface specifications, and test requirements.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware and software.
• Experience collaborating with hardware engineering and test engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop system-level automation software for manufacturing test systems.
• Write and maintain automated test code using Python, C, and NI TestStand.
• Develop software that controls, communicates with, and validates embedded hardware.
• Support the hardware and software development of manufacturing test equipment.
• Partner with hardware engineers and hardware test engineers to define test requirements and deliver automation solutions.
• Assist with hardware component and instrumentation selection for automated test systems.
• Troubleshoot issues across software, hardware, test equipment, and system interfaces.
• Improve test reliability, repeatability, efficiency, and data collection.
• Support high-priority manufacturing deliverables with significant factory impact.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, test procedures, and automation requirements.
• Ensure test solutions meet applicable reliability, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Python

C

NI TestStand

Hardware control

Test automation

Hardware/software integration

Troubleshooting

Manufacturing test equipment

Documentation

Tools

NI TestStand

Job description

*******Please Note: We do not offer sponsorship, US Citizen or Green Card- needs to be ITAR complaint

Job Description

We are seeking a Manufacturing Test Automation Engineer to develop software and automation solutions for embedded hardware manufacturing test systems. This role will support high-priority factory deliverables by creating reliable test code, improving test equipment, and automating the control and validation of hardware systems. The ideal candidate has strong Python development experience, understands how software interacts with physical hardware, and has worked with manufacturing test equipment in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop system-level automation software for manufacturing test systems.
• Write and maintain automated test code using Python, C, and NI TestStand.
• Develop software that controls, communicates with, and validates embedded hardware.
• Support the hardware and software development of manufacturing test equipment.
• Partner with hardware engineers and hardware test engineers to define test requirements and deliver automation solutions.
• Assist with hardware component and instrumentation selection for automated test systems.
• Troubleshoot issues across software, hardware, test equipment, and system interfaces.
• Improve test reliability, repeatability, efficiency, and data collection.
• Support high-priority manufacturing deliverables with significant factory impact.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, test procedures, and automation requirements.
• Ensure test solutions meet applicable reliability, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Strong Python programming experience, particularly for test automation or hardware control.
• Experience developing automated test software for embedded hardware systems.
• Proficiency with C in a hardware, embedded, or test environment.
• Experience with NI TestStand or a comparable test executive platform.
• Strong understanding of hardware/software integration.
• Experience working with manufacturing test equipment, instrumentation, and automated test systems.
• Ability to read hardware documentation, schematics, interface specifications, and test requirements.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware and software.
• Experience collaborating with hardware engineering and test engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, reliability, or other highly regulated systems.
• Familiarity with National Instruments hardware and software.
• Experience selecting hardware components, instrumentation, or data-acquisition equipment.
• Knowledge of serial communication protocols and common embedded interfaces.
• Experience developing test solutions for production or factory environments.
• Familiarity with configuration management, validation, and formal documentation practices.