Base Salary
$225k - $265k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and own operator-facing test station software, test sequence orchestration, hardware instrument control, and data logging.
- Translate EE-defined test procedures into repeatable automated test sequences and own the corresponding test requirements.
- Define and validate the interface between test stations and production firmware, including test modes, diagnostic hooks, required data, and station capabilities.
- Design firmware update and recovery processes for production environments.
- Own factory device provisioning, certification, and security workflows, including secure boot verification, key provisioning, certificate injection, serial number assignment, and configuration locking.
- Deploy and qualify test stations with contract manufacturers in Asia and debug production issues on the manufacturing floor.
- Establish test data pipelines, yield tracking, reporting, and statistical analysis infrastructure.
- Improve test throughput, coverage, and first-pass yield using collected and analyzed production data.
- Lead the Manufacturing Test Station & Firmware team while remaining deeply involved in technical execution.
- Travel frequently to Taiwan and other Asian locations, including extended stays during NPI and production ramp.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- At least 6 years of experience in manufacturing test systems, ATE, or production software, including test stations shipped and operated at production volume.
- Fluency in Python or an equivalent scripting language for test automation, instrument control, and data processing.
- Experience with DFT analysis, ICT/FCT development, EOL sequence design, fixture collaboration, and sustaining across the factory test lifecycle.
- Hands-on statistical analysis of factory test data to guide process decisions.
- Strong systems design ability to architect test station frameworks across multiple products and manufacturing sites.
- Ability to convert EE-defined procedures into precise, automatable requirements and own the requirements documentation.
- Direct on-site experience managing contract-manufacturer relationships.
- Willingness to make 4–8 international trips per year, primarily to Taiwan, including extended NPI stays.
- Clear English communication between Palo Alto and Taiwan; Mandarin or Taiwanese communication is a plus.
- Sufficient embedded firmware expertise to make direct firmware changes when needed.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance covered up to 100%, with FSA and HSA options.
- One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
- Fertility and family-building benefits through Progyny.
- Flexible time off.
- 401(k) match.
- Role is based in Silicon Valley and requires frequent international travel, primarily to Taiwan and Asia.
About ALSO
We’re ALSO, an electric mobility company on a mission to build the world’s best small vehicles for moving people and goods, driven and autonomous. Originally incubated within Rivian, we’re rethinking transportation from first principles to create a new generation of smaller, smarter, and more connected electric vehicles. Our team combines automotive rigor with advanced software, autonomy, sensing, and vertically integrated EV technologies to build products designed around the realities of modern mobility. We believe small vehicles are not a niche category, but a foundational shift in how people, goods, and communities will move through the world in the decades ahead. At ALSO, details matter. We’re builders, technologists, designers, and dreamers who care deeply about craft, innovation, and the everyday experiences our products create. Because movement is more than transportation—it’s connection, culture, freedom, and collective impact. We’re building that future now.