Production Engineer (Electrical Test) - Robotics

Tutor Intelligence

$100K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years in electrical test, manufacturing, or hardware engineering
  • Proficient in PCB/PCBA bring-up and troubleshooting
  • Hands-on experience with test equipment like oscilloscopes and multimeters
  • Ability to develop automated test systems and fixtures
  • Familiarity with Python and embedded firmware debugging
  • Understanding of communication protocols like CAN, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, or UART
  • Willingness to spend substantial time on the manufacturing floor

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy electrical test systems for robot components
  • Develop production tests for PCBA, power systems, and sensors
  • Build test fixtures and automate testing processes
  • Manage compliance testing and electrical safety on the production floor
  • Capture and analyze test results for traceability
  • Drive improvements in production yield and defect rates
  • Create repeatable test procedures and train manufacturing technicians

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO and holidays
  • Collaborative, low-ego work culture
  • Opportunities to take ownership and solve real problems
  • Social events for team engagement
Full Job Description
The Role

We're looking for a hands-on Production Engineer (Electrical Test) to build and own the electrical test systems that ensure every robot we ship meets our standards for quality, reliability, and performance.

This role reports to the Head of Manufacturing and Supply Chain, with a dotted line to Hardware Engineering.

The goal is simple: build a system that lets us deliver high-quality robots at scale and at the lowest practical cost.

You'll work directly with Manufacturing, Hardware Engineering, Firmware, Quality, and Supply Chain to turn electrical designs into robust, repeatable production systems. This is a floor-first role - you'll spend real time at the bench and on the line, not behind a desk.

What You'll Do

Build the test system
  • Design and deploy manual and automated electrical test systems for our robot components and assemblies
  • Develop production tests for PCBAs, power distribution, motor controllers, batteries/BMS, sensors, actuators, and wire harnesses
  • Build test fixtures, Python automation, and clear pass/fail criteria
  • Own electrical safety and compliance testing in production - hipot/dielectric withstand, ground bond and continuity, insulation resistance, and ESD controls on the floor
  • Own electrical test coverage end to end, from incoming components through final robot test

Make the data useful
  • Capture test results against serial numbers in ION, our MES, so every unit we ship has a traceable electrical test record
  • Use production data to improve First Pass Yield and reduce defect escapes, rework, test time, and cost
  • Report yield and top failure modes on a regular cadence, and drive the corrective actions that move them

Find root cause
  • Troubleshoot failures down to the PCBA and component level, determine root cause, and close the loop with design
  • Perform PCB bring-up, firmware validation, board-level debug, rework, and failure analysis

Scale it
  • Create simple, repeatable test procedures and troubleshooting guides for Manufacturing
  • Train technicians on electrical testing and troubleshooting
  • Work with Hardware Engineering and Supply Chain to identify, test, and qualify alternative electrical components and suppliers
  • Help transition new electrical designs from prototype into stable, scalable production


Requirements

  • 2+ years in electrical test, manufacturing, or hardware engineering, with strong EE fundamentals and hands-on hardware experience
  • PCB/PCBA bring-up, testing, and component-level troubleshooting
  • Hands-on with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, current probes, power supplies, and electronic loads
  • Experience developing automated hardware test systems and fixtures
  • Python, and enough embedded firmware familiarity to debug alongside our Firmware team
  • Working knowledge of CAN, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, or UART
  • Comfortable spending significant time directly on the Manufacturing floor


Nice to haves
  • Power electronics, motor controls, batteries/BMS, or robotics systems experience
  • PCB rework and soldering
  • Safety/compliance test experience (hipot, ground bond, insulation resistance)
  • Experience feeding test data into an MES or similar production system


The Person

You like to build things and figure out why things fail.

You don't stop at "the board is bad." You want to know what failed, why it failed, and how we prevent it from happening again.

You can take an ambiguous problem, build the test, collect the data, find the root cause, and push the solution forward.

You understand that a great robot design isn't finished until we can build it, test it, troubleshoot it, and scale it.

Most importantly, you are creative, hands-on, and can figure out pretty much anything.

$100,000 - $150,000 a year

We offer unlimited PTO and holidays. We host social events and maintain a collaborative, low-ego work culture where people are trusted to take ownership and solve real problems.

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