4 months ago
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 electrical engineering test procedures into automated, repeatable production test sequences.
- Define and validate the interface contract between test stations and production firmware, including test modes, diagnostic hooks, and required data.
- Design firmware update and recovery processes for production environments.
- Own factory device provisioning, certification, secure boot verification, key provisioning, certificate injection, serial number assignment, and configuration locking workflows.
- 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 for line health and process control.
- Improve test throughput, coverage, and first-pass yield using collected and analyzed production data.
- Lead a small team of test station and firmware engineers while remaining involved in technical execution.
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 building and shipping production test stations at 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.
- Applied statistical analysis of factory test data to drive process decisions.
- Strong systems design skills and the ability to architect a scalable test station framework across products and manufacturing sites.
- Ability to convert electrical engineering test procedures into precise, automatable test requirements and own the requirements documentation.
- Direct on-site experience managing relationships with contract manufacturers through a contract manufacturing relationship.
- Willingness to travel to Taiwan and Asia and communicate clearly in English between Palo Alto and Taiwan.
- Embedded firmware expertise sufficient to submit direct firmware changes when needed is ideal; Mandarin or Taiwanese communication is a plus.
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.
- The role is based in Silicon Valley and requires extensive travel to Taiwan and Asia during new product introduction and production ramp.
About ALSO
ALSO builds small, efficient electric vehicles for moving people and goods in dense urban settings, with options planned for both driver-operated and autonomous use. The privately held company, founded in 2025 and headquartered in Palo Alto, was originally incubated within Rivian and follows a vertically integrated approach spanning vehicle hardware, software, and sensing, selling directly through demos, retail experiences, and community activations.