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About the role
We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Test Engineer to build the test infrastructure behind Arxlight’s hardware products from the ground up. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in hardware test, systems test, validation, reliability, or test engineering for complex hardware products
- Strong experience building test fixtures, automated test equipment, data acquisition systems, instrumentation, and hardware/software test setups
- Strong programming and automation skills using Python or similar languages, with experience working with test equipment, APIs, serial interfaces, CAN, Ethernet, or other hardware communication protocols
- Broad understanding of electronics, embedded systems, sensors, batteries, motors, communications, and electromechanical systems, with the ability to troubleshoot across disciplines
- Experience developing test plans, defining pass/fail criteria, analyzing large amounts of test data, and turning failures into actionable engineering feedback
- Comfortable working hands-on in the lab, building your own test setups, troubleshooting unfamiliar problems, and moving quickly when the product or requirements are changing
More about this role
We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Test Engineer to build the test infrastructure behind Arxlight’s hardware products from the ground up.
You’ll develop the tools, fixtures, automation and test systems that tell us quickly whether our hardware works, where it fails and whether it’s ready to ship. That spans individual components, subsystems, fully assembled drones and production units. There’s no existing test lab or set of procedures to inherit. You’ll decide what gets built first and build it, often while the hardware it’s testing is still changing.
You’ll work closely with Hardware, Software, Manufacturing and Flight Test to turn product requirements and real-world failure modes into practical, repeatable tests. When a flight test turns up something unexpected or a build needs to be cleared to ship, you’ll be the one who gets the answer, without waiting for a ticket. This role suits someone who likes building things, breaking things and digging into data, and who wants testing to keep pace with a team that moves fast.
Design and build test infrastructure for drones and their subsystems, including test fixtures, automated test equipment, data acquisition, and...
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