Senior UAV Manufacturing Test Engineer

SiFly Aviation, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SiFly Aviation, Inc. seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Test Engineer to develop, deploy, and support production test systems for complex electromechanical products.

You will ensure products pass through NPI, ramp, sustained manufacturing, and customer shipment with robust automated tests and traceability. The role covers PCBAs, embedded electronics, motors/actuators, sensors, communications, and complete electromechanical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in manufacturing test of complex electronics.
• Experience with NPI, production launch, and sustained manufacturing.
• Direct experience shipping products to customers in production environment.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

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 DFT reviews to convert engineering 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/reproducibility, 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, test software/debugging, station development, failure analysis, data analysis, and documentation while maintaining ownership and validation.

Skills

Test engineering

PCBAs

Electromechanical

GR&R

MES data

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Test fixtures

LabVIEW

Automation software

Job description

SiFly Aviation, Inc. seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Test Engineer to develop, deploy, and support production test systems for complex electromechanical products.

You will ensure products pass through NPI, ramp, sustained manufacturing, and customer shipment with robust automated tests and traceability. The role covers PCBAs, embedded electronics, motors/actuators, sensors, communications, and complete electromechanical systems.