Hardware Test Engineer

Hardware Test Engineer at Reliable Robotics Corporation

We’re building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission‑driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self‑driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Hardware Test Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you will be a key part of the Hardware Test team. This small, experienced group strives to ensure that all hardware being produced meets the stringent requirements for aviation. You’ll be one of the essential interfaces between design, production and flight test, exposed to a wide variety of technical challenges.

Your work will include creating automated test stands to replicate extreme flight conditions, building the infrastructure for qualification testing, breaking development hardware, debugging failure modes and providing critical input for redesign. You will write the software and develop the hardware platforms for command, control and data‑collection systems that test our systems to rigorous aerospace standards.

• Full ownership of the design, build and maintenance of mechanical or electrical test stands for development testing, production acceptance testing, functional and environmental qualification testing
• Automate the repetitive aspects of the test stands
• Author, execute and audit test plans, procedures and reports
• Work closely with design engineers and flight test engineers to design, build, test and improve flight hardware

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent industry experience
• 1+ year of industry experience testing hardware
• Experience using ECAD tools such as Altium or MCAD tools such as NX
• Comfort with basic software scripting in Python, C/C++, or MATLAB
• Working understanding of mechanical or electrical engineering fundamentals
• Eagerness for hands‑on work—integration of sensors, building test fixtures, diagnosing and debugging equipment and hardware
• Ability to methodically diagnose, document and solve hardware problems
• A demonstrated passion for mechanical, electrical or electromechanical hardware

• 2+ years experience in aerospace hardware test planning and execution
• Experience working on and around aircraft
• Knowledge of aerospace qualification testing standards (MIL‑STD‑810, RTCA DO‑160, or similar) and the aircraft certification process
• Experience reviewing technical designs and working from drawings, schematics, layouts, assembly/procedures, master parts lists and other controlled documentation
• Familiarity with test instrumentation and data collection methods such as NI DAQ, UEI DAQ, Lab Jack, etc
• Working understanding of measurement and data analysis; ability to clearly present technical data and state its limitations
• Demonstrated proficiency building/fabricating machine parts, cable assemblies or other testing, integration or assembly experience

Location:

Onsite at our HQ in Mountain View, CA. Travel: willing to travel 10% of the time.

Estimated salary range: $118,000 to $170,000/annual salary + cash and stock option awards + benefits.

In addition to base compensation, Reliable Robotics offers stock options, employee medical, 401(k) contribution, great co‑workers and a casual work environment.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non‑U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non‑U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. §1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. §1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export‑controlled technology without U.S. government…