Senior Electrical Test Engineer for Robotics & Manufacturing

Exol; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic, a leader in AI-powered robotic automation, seeks a Senior Test Engineer (EE) to spearhead development and deployment of comprehensive manufacturing test solutions for complex electromechanical systems. You will drive test architecture, fixtures, PCBA design, and cross-site deployment with CM partners.

The role requires 8+ years in electrical hardware design, strong debugging skills, and leadership capabilities to mentor engineers and push test strategies from concept to production.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering and 8+ years of hands-on experience in electrical hardware design or system validation.
• Expertise in schematic capture and PCBA design using Altium or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in board bring-up, soldering, rework, and component-level debugging.
• Strong understanding of analog/digital circuit design, power electronics, signal integrity, EMI/noise, grounding, and protection.
• Experience with electrical test instrumentation: oscilloscopes, DMMs, programmable power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers, DAQ systems.
• Experience designing manufacturing test fixtures with relays, multiplexers, interface boards, and automated measurement systems.
• Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages for test automation.
• Experience supporting manufacturing environments and working with Contract Manufacturers (CMs).
• Familiarity with CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet and related debugging tools.
• Experience with data logging, databases, test result analytics and failure trend analysis.
• Experience with embedded systems, sensors, motors or electromechanical products.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects, drive execution and mentor junior engineers.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of electrical schematics, PCBs, and interface boards for test fixtures and validation systems.
• Own end-to-end hardware bring-up including component selection, schematic/layout reviews, soldering/rework and board-level debugging.
• Architect scalable test systems involving power distribution, relays, multiplexing, signal conditioning, DAQ, and instrumentation.
• Develop and maintain automated test software and frameworks (Python preferred) for instrument control and data logging.
• Perform advanced electrical debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, power analyzers and protocol analyzers.
• Lead deployment and production support across internal sites and CM partners; troubleshoot, improve yield and perform failure analysis.
• Analyze test data, failures and field issues to improve product reliability and manufacturing efficiency.
• Define test strategies, validation plans and manufacturing test requirements for NPI.
• Collaborate with Electrical, Firmware, Software, Mechanical and Manufacturing teams to solve technical challenges.
• Lead projects and coordinate timelines, deliverables and deployment readiness.
• Mentor junior engineers and establish engineering best practices and debugging methodologies.
• Drive continuous improvement in test architecture, fixture reliability, automation and operations.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB design

Hardware bring-up

Python

Electrical debugging

Test instrumentation

Signal integrity

CAN/UART/SPI/I2C

Leadership

Cross-functional

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

Symbotic, a leader in AI-powered robotic automation, seeks a Senior Test Engineer (EE) to spearhead development and deployment of comprehensive manufacturing test solutions for complex electromechanical systems. You will drive test architecture, fixtures, PCBA design, and cross-site deployment with CM partners.

The role requires 8+ years in electrical hardware design, strong debugging skills, and leadership capabilities to mentor engineers and push test strategies from concept to production.