Senior Test Engineer

SoloPoint Solutions; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SoloPoint Solutions seeks a senior Test/Manufacturing Engineer to lead bring-up and system validation for complex electro-mechanical systems in a San Francisco environment. You will define test procedures, build fixtures, and provide direct technician support to ensure successful qualification before delivery.

The role requires 8+ years in test or manufacturing engineering, strong data skills, and experience with firmware, PLC interfaces, IP/Modbus, Linux/Windows, and Python.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in test engineering, manufacturing engineering, or systems validation.
• Hands-on with complex electro-mechanical systems (electrical, pneumatics, gas systems, cooling, motion, optics, controls).
• Experience with controls and computing (firmware, PLC interfaces, IP/Modbus networking, Linux/Windows, Shell, Python).
• Experience developing and executing test procedures from subsystem through final qualification.
• Experience specifying, building, and validating test equipment and fixtures with gage capability and calibration requirements.
• Clear communicator who makes decisions from data and maintains rigor under schedule pressure.
• Strong troubleshooting skills using structured root cause methods (8D, 5-Why).
• Experience tracking equipment reliability (MTBF, MTTR) and using SPC and MSA.
• Additive manufacturing or laser systems experience preferred.
• New Product Introduction (NPI) experience preferred.
• Aerospace or ISO quality system experience (AS9100, ISO 9001) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Author, revise, and release bring-up and system validation test procedures through change control and acceptance limits.
• Own Level 800 final qualification and release sign-off; direct technician support and confirm printers complete system validation before delivery.
• Specify, build, and validate test stations, fixtures, and instrumentation including firmware, PLC interfaces, and networking systems.
• Serve as escalation point for Test Technicians executing procedures on electrical, pneumatic, cooling, motion, laser optics, and control systems.
• Drive improvements in first-pass yield, bring-up cycle time, and field reliability using data-driven analysis and structured problem solving.

Skills

Test engineering

Systems validation

Controls and computing

Firmware/PLC interfaces

Python

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

MTBF tracking

MTTR tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IP/Modbus networking

PLC interfaces

Linux

Windows

Job description

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in test engineering, manufacturing engineering, or systems validation
• Deep hands-on experience with complex electro-mechanical systems (electrical, pneumatics, gas systems, cooling, motion, optics, controls)
• Experience with controls and computing (firmware, PLC/controller interfaces, IP/Modbus networking, Linux/Windows, Shell, Python)
• Experience developing and executing test procedures from subsystem through final qualification
• Experience specifying, building, and validating test equipment and fixtures with gage capability and calibration requirements
• Clear communicator who makes decisions from data and maintains rigor under schedule pressure
• Strong troubleshooting skills using structured root cause methods (8D, 5-Why)
• Experience tracking equipment reliability (MTBF, MTTR) and using SPC and MSA
• Additive manufacturing or laser systems experience preferred
• New Product Introduction (NPI) experience preferred
• Aerospace or ISO quality system experience (AS9100, ISO 9001) preferred

Responsibilities:

• Author, revise, and release bring-up (Level 600) and system validation (Level 700) test procedures through engineering change control and set acceptance limits
• Own Level 800 final qualification and release sign-off, direct technician support, and confirm printers complete system validation before delivery
• Specify, build, and validate test stations, fixtures, and instrumentation including firmware, PLC interfaces, and networking systems
• Serve as technical escalation point for Test Technicians executing procedures on electrical, pneumatic, cooling, motion, laser optics, and control systems
• Drive improvements in first-pass yield, bring-up cycle time, and field reliability using data-driven analysis & structured problem solving methods