Manufacturing Test Engineer (Hardware/Firmware)

Job description

Company is helping our client find a Manufacturing Diagnostics Engineer to support the bring-up, validation, testing, and troubleshooting of the company’s products, as well as the development and implementation of diagnostic systems and infrastructure.

In this role, you’ll develop, refine, and scale test processes for the electrical and firmware systems of the company’s primary drive module subassembly, which is ultimately assembled onto the vehicle.

The ideal candidate has strong debugging and diagnostic skills, hands-on experience with automotive networking and firmware testing, and enjoys working cross-functionally in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

As a Manufacturing Diagnostics Engineer, you will:

• Serve as the first line of defense for electrical, firmware, and functional issues on the drive module manufacturing assembly, including software, firmware, harnessing, networking (CAN, LIN, Automotive & Standard Ethernet, GMSL), hardware, and infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve electrical and firmware issues at the manufacturing supplier (e.g., flashing firmware, updating test sequences, repairing harness connectors, terminals, and wires).
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to interpret component- and vehicle-level requirements and translate them into scalable, system-level validation test scripts and cases.7
• Develop work instructions, troubleshooting guides, and workaround documentation for operators on the manufacturing line.
• Design and implement next-generation diagnostic architectures to support higher-volume production in future manufacturing lines.

Daily tasks

Responsibilities Serve as the first line of defense for all electrical and functional issues on the drive module manufacturing assembly including but not limited to software / firmware, harness, networking (CAN, LIN, Automotive and Standard Ethernet, GMSL, etc.), hardware, and infrastructure issues. Resolve electrical and firmware issues at manufacturing supplier by flashing firmware, updating test sequences, repairing harness connectors / terminals / wires, etc. Work closely with multidisciplinary engineers to collect and interpret the component and vehicle level requirements and translate them into scalable system-level validation test scripts and test cases Develop work instructions and troubleshooting / workaround guides for operators on the Manufacturing line Design and implement future manufacturing lines involving the next generation diagnostic architecture to support higher volume production

Required skills

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in a relevant area such as Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. Very strong troubleshooting and debugging skills and experience, including reading, troubleshooting, and injecting packets over various network protocols such as CAN, LIN, and Ethernet 2-4 years of experience with automotive controller integration testing or test script development / programming in high-level languages such as Python Experience with Github or similar tools for software management Strong background in Linux and shell / bash / terminal scripting Bonus Qualifications Master’s degree in a relevant area such as Computer Science or Engineering Experience with integration and automation of manufacturing and test equipment Background in creating, reading, and writing to tables in SQL database Experience with computer network engineering, TCP / IP protocols, communication over API

Business driver of role

As a Manufacturing Diagnostics Engineer, you will be a part of the team that executes processes to bring up, validate, test, and troubleshoot the company products as well as implements diagnostic systems / infrastructure. You will develop and improve our processes for testing the electrical and firmware systems of the primary drive module subassembly that is ultimately assembled onto the company vehicle.