Test Engineer

Electronics Test Engineer (All Levels)

We are hiring Electronics Test Engineers at all experience levels in Pullman, WA and Lewiston, . Whether you are early in your career and ready to grow into test engineering or a seasoned engineer ready to lead, we have a place for you on our team.

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories exists to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. Our devices must respond to system faults within milliseconds—to ensure safety, avoid damage, and minimize outages. Hundreds of utilities and millions of industrial, commercial, and residential consumers depend on SEL products every day.

Our products are industry-leading, and our test infrastructure must be as well. Test engineering is where electronics design, instrumentation, Design for Test (DFT), and quality engineering meet production. We engineer the infrastructure, test systems, methods, and automation that help ensure our products perform reliably in production and in the field. As an Electronics Test Engineer, you sit at the intersection of product design and manufacturing, doing hands‑on test development from concept through production.

The work is broad, hands‑on, and directly improves product quality, manufacturing capability, and SEL devices. You will design hardware and instrumentation, develop and document test procedures, carefully consider potential failure modes, write test automation programs, and collaborate with engineers around the company and the people operating our test systems in production.

• Develop test strategies, test plans, and test automation for new and existing products
• Collaborate with R&D product design engineers on Design for Test (DFT), ensuring new products are testable and manufacturable from the start
• Design, develop, and maintain board‑level and functional test systems – including modern flying probe platforms from SPEA, bed‑of‑nails systems, and internally developed automated test stations
• Analyze test data to identify trends, root causes of failures, and opportunities for improvement
• Evaluate and implement new test technologies and methods
• Continuously identify, measure, and improve processes – continually driving to improve test performance and coverage

Our manufacturing facilities are US‑based, modern, clean, safe, and growing. Test Engineers are at the heart of what we do—you will see your work go from concept to production floor, often within the same building.

Early Career Electronics Test Engineer – You do not need to start as a test engineering expert—if you understand electronics and circuits, we will help you grow into the discipline. You will learn quickly by doing real work on real products. Under the guidance of experienced engineers, you will design and validate test fixtures, write and debug test scripts, troubleshoot failures, and build your expertise across board‑level test, functional test, instrumentation design, and test automation.

Lead Electronics Test Engineer – You will own test development projects end to end, mentor engineers and technicians, set technical direction for the team, determine DFT specifications with R&D, and drive adoption of emerging test technologies. This is a true electronics engineering leadership role.

• You have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering Technology, or equivalent
• You have a solid understanding of analog and digital electronics—that foundation matters more than prior test engineering experience
• You enjoy hands‑on work and problem solving
• You have experience with (or want to learn) test system development, scripting, and instrumentation design
• You communicate clearly and work well on a team

• Experience in electronics test development – designing and building production test systems
• A track record of leading or mentoring engineers or technicians
• Experience with automation, instrumentation, and circuit analysis
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills

• You have experience with DFT practices in electronics manufacturing
• You have knowledge of power systems…