UAV Systems Test Engineer — Mechatronics

Seneca; Sausalito (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Equity Compensation

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Seneca is seeking a Test Engineer to build the foundation of our UAV test program, designing test plans, instrumenting vehicles, and creating test infrastructure to analyze system-level performance across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.

You will work as a multi-disciplinary systems test engineer, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and software specialists, and owning end-to-end system-level test execution in a fast-moving hardware environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years experience in UAV, robotics, aerospace, or electromechanical systems testing.
• Strong mechatronics intuition: debugging across mechanical, electrical, and software at system level.
• Experience designing structured experiments and test plans.
• Hands-on experience instrumenting complex systems and validating data quality.
• Ability to define requirements and prototype fixtures.
• Competence analyzing logs, telemetry, and multi-domain performance data.
• Comfortable in lab and field environments, including variable outdoor conditions.
• Basic CAD proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own system-level test plans for ground and flight testing with clear objectives, sequences, and success criteria.
• Design and maintain test infrastructure and instrumentation, ensuring high-quality data.
• Provide technical oversight of test execution, validating readiness and guiding pilots.
• Analyze telemetry, logs, and performance data to characterize system behavior and inform decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement of test methods, documentation, workflows, and tools.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware and software teams to align test activities with development needs.

Skills

UAV testing

Mechatronics

Experiment design

Instrumentation

Data analysis

Cross-domain debugging

Telemetry analysis

Job description

Seneca is seeking a Test Engineer to build the foundation of our UAV test program, designing test plans, instrumenting vehicles, and creating test infrastructure to analyze system-level performance across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.

You will work as a multi-disciplinary systems test engineer, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and software specialists, and owning end-to-end system-level test execution in a fast-moving hardware environment.