Duration: 6-month contract
Location: Reno, NV (occasionally need to travel to Dallas, TX and/or Monterey, Mexico manufacturing facilities)
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain manufacturing test software for automated test equipment supporting PCBA functional, and EOL testing.
- Write and maintain test software using Golang.
- Integrate test software with hardware interfaces, instrumentation, communication protocols, and manufacturing systems.
- Partner with hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams to ensure Design for Test (DFT) and robust test coverage.
- Support deployment, debug, and sustaining of test software at internal and contract manufacturing sites.
- Continuously improve test uptime, cycle time, and yield through software optimization and smarter diagnostics.
- Support and implement automated data capture, logging, and analysis to detect anomalies and prevent escapes.
- Participate in root cause analysis of production issues and implement long term software-based solutions.
- Maintain clear documentation for software architecture, test flows, deployment procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience developing software for manufacturing test, validation, or automation systems. Candidates with a different experience level still welcome to apply.
- Strong proficiency in Golang Programming language; familiarity and experience with LabVIEW, C#, Python, or similar languages would be a plus
- Experience designing and debugging automated test systems for electronic or electromechanical products.
- Strong understanding of embedded systems, communication protocols, and test instrumentation.
- Experience working in production environments with uptime, throughput, and quality constraints.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience building Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) or Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test systems.
- Experience with communication protocols such as CAN, Ethernet, RS232, RS485, or similar.
- Familiarity with test data analysis, yield metrics, and manufacturing KPIs.
- Experience supporting new product introductions (NPI) and transferring test systems to contract manufacturers.
- Experience developing Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) test systems to validate firmware and control software without physical hardware.
- Proficiency with Linux-based systems and software version control tools.
