Senior Mfg Test Engineer – UAVs & Electromechanical

SiFly Aviation, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SiFly Aviation, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Test Engineer to develop and support automated production test systems for PCBAs, subassemblies, and finished products in Santa Clara, CA.

You will define test station architecture, write test software, and ensure data traceability across the production lifecycle. The role covers test development for electromechanical systems, with a focus on FPY, cycle-time reduction, calibration, and MES integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent may be considered.
• 5+ years of manufacturing test engineering experience with complex electronic/electromechanical products.
• Direct experience with products built, tested, released, and shipped to customers in a production environment.
• Experience supporting NPI, production launch/ramp, and sustained manufacturing.
• Experience developing production test solutions for PCBAs and electromechanical systems, including test fixtures and station architecture.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting across hardware, firmware/software, electrical, and electromechanical systems.
• Experience with production test instrumentation, test-system validation, GR&R, calibration, data collection, and serial-number traceability.
• Demonstrated ability to use modern AI-assisted engineering tools and review/validate AI outputs.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, deploy, and maintain automated production test systems for PCBAs, subassemblies, and finished products.
• Define test station architecture, test protocols, coverage, limits, fixtures, instrumentation, interfaces, software, data collection, and pass/fail criteria.
• Develop, modify, and debug automated test software for DUT communication, instrument control, test sequencing, data acquisition, analysis, and result traceability.
• Partner with Engineering during NPI and Design for Test reviews to convert verification methods into robust production tests.
• Improve test cycle time, throughput, FPY, test coverage, and overall production efficiency.
• Establish test-system validation and measurement controls, including GR&R, correlation, repeatability, calibration, and preventive maintenance.
• Support MES/serial-number traceability, production test records, failure analysis, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and production-floor troubleshooting.
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate test protocols, software debugging, station development, data analysis, and documentation while maintaining ownership.

Skills

Test engineering

Test system design

Troubleshooting

AI tools

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Test fixtures

Instrumentation

MES data

Job description

SiFly Aviation, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Test Engineer to develop and support automated production test systems for PCBAs, subassemblies, and finished products in Santa Clara, CA.

You will define test station architecture, write test software, and ensure data traceability across the production lifecycle. The role covers test development for electromechanical systems, with a focus on FPY, cycle-time reduction, calibration, and MES integration.