Mainspring Energy

Staff Electrical Test Development Engineer - NPI

Menlo Park, CA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$157k-$185kDetected 16 days ago

PythonData AnalysisElectrical EngineeringLabVIEWTest AutomationCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities.
Mainspring Energy is looking for a highly autonomous, intellectually curious Senior Test Development Engineer to join our core Electrical Engineering organization.

Develop test requirements and translate them into a variety of testers, from manual screening tests to fully automated testers
Design and integrate complex hardware test fixtures, including mass interconnect solutions and swappable bed-of-nails systems
Determine which projects to insource and which to outsource. For outsourced projects, you will manage external partners that are developing and building testers
Deploy test systems at our manufacturing partners' facilities to capture quality issues earlier in the build process
Collaborate with product design engineers to improve their designs for manufacturability (DFM), testability (DFT), and cost reduction
Validate test systems and production yields using statistical data analysis tools (e.g., GR&R, Cpk, SPC)
Hands-on experience working as an electrical engineer or new product introduction (NPI) engineer developing and realizing electrical testers for manufacturing. You're able to talk in detail about what, why, and how a tester design works
For outsourced projects, you will manage external partners that are developing and building testers
Hands-on experience working as an electrical engineer or new product introduction (NPI) engineer developing and realizing electrical testers for manufacturing.
You're able to talk in detail about what, why, and how a tester design works

8+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of experience with a Master's degree, in Electrical Engineering or a related field
A strong understanding of I/O types, analog, digital, communication buses
Advanced experience with AOI, flying probe, and ICT testing methods
Proven competency in a physical hardware lab environment setting up test benches, instrumenting hardware under test, and maintaining clean, safe laboratory testing practices

Prior experience implementing mass interconnect solutions, bed of nails fixtures, and electro-mechanical fixtures
Proficiency in test automation programming and scripting languages (e.g. LabView, LabWindows, TestStand and/or Python)
Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement.
In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements?

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.

Drive test coverage improvements and manage technical escalations with contract manufacturers (e.g., optimizing Flying Probe, ICT, and AOI test coverage)
Experience developing test system documentation, including test requirements, schematics, coverage analysis, etc

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