Electrical / Electronics Design Engineer - PCBA Test Automation

The role

You will build automated hardware test infrastructure to validate and ship products from PCBA-level testing to end-of-line system testing. You will architect and deliver complete automated test cells integrating power hardware, instrumentation, control software, and data pipelines.

What you will do

• Define functional test coverage for PCBAs, subsystems, and full systems
• Architect test solutions balancing coverage, cycle time, cost, and maintainability
• Partner with design engineering to drive Design-for-Test
• Define regression strategy to prevent re-learning lessons across builds and firmware releases
• Establish pass/fail criteria grounded in real system performance and reliability goals
• Design and deliver automated bi-directional converter testers for AC/DC and DC/DC systems
• Architect high-power test cells including sources, loads, simulators, and protection systems
• Implement automated test sequences for power cycling, efficiency mapping, and fault injection
• Design and build PCBA functional fixtures, harness validation fixtures, and interface racks
• Drive rapid debug loops when tests fail

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in designing and delivering automated test setups for high-voltage / high-power systems
• Strong fundamentals in circuits and instrumentation
• Hands-on experience with scopes, DMMs, power supplies, electronic loads, DAQs, and digital interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART)
• Demonstrated ownership of a test system from concept through deployment and sustainment
• Ability to work cross-functionally and drive issues to closure

Nice to have

• Experience with bi-directional AC/DC or DC/DC power sources and regenerative loads
• Experience with HIL development or embedded firmware validation infrastructure
• Experience with PCBA manufacturing functional test and yield improvement
• Familiarity with production traceability systems and calibration discipline
• Experience developing test systems for medium-voltage or high-power converter products

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (salary and equity)
• Benefits

About the company

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. They aim to build better converters to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid.