Senior Electrical Hardware Test Engineer
South Park Commons is a venture capital firm and community for founders and technologists exploring what to build next. It operates member residencies and founder fellowships, provides community and programming, and invests $1 million to $10 million in ambitious early-stage companies.
About South Park Commons
South Park Commons supports founders, researchers, and technologists during the stage from pre-idea to early conviction. Its six-month Member Residency provides a talent-dense community, learning forums, workshops, events, collaboration, and social support at hubs in San Francisco, New York City, and Bengaluru. Its Founder Fellowship and venture fund provide capital and hands-on partner support, including initial investments of $1 million to $10 million, for founders building venture-scale companies. SPC invests across a broad portfolio of technology companies and supports founders through later stages.
Skills
About the Role
You will own the architecture, development, and scaling of the electrical test infrastructure that ensures zero hardware failures at launch. You will drive the test strategy for satellite avionics, design automated test racks, and create custom PCBs or fixtures when required. You will partner with hardware design engineers early in the product lifecycle to implement Design for Test and Design for Manufacturability requirements. You will write and maintain Python scripts based on the software test framework, create methods for rack self-test and preventative maintenance, and guide and mentor junior test and hardware engineers while leading technical design reviews for test infrastructure.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in hardware test engineering
- Strong knowledge of electronic components, circuits, and test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and power supplies
- Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB layout software such as Altium or Cadence/Orcad
- Understanding of microcontrollers and common communication interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, and Ethernet
- Experience with embedded systems, embedded programming concepts, and Linux development environment
- Strong knowledge of scripting/Python and use of AI to expedite script development
- Knowledge of Git or other change control systems
- Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to engineering challenges
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Preferred: B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Responsibilities
- Work with test and reliability to define a common set of hardware and software to create automated test racks for avionics modules
- Define the overarching validation strategy, test plans and methodologies for spacecraft avionics
- Partner with hardware design engineers early in the product lifecycle to implement Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) requirements
- Write and maintain Python scripts based on the software test framework used throughout the hardware org
- Create methods for rack self test and preventative maintenance
- Guide and mentor junior test and hardware engineers and establish engineering best practices for the test team
- Lead technical design reviews for test infrastructure
- Create custom electrical or mechanical fixturing when required
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- Short and long term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Three weeks paid vacation
- 12 paid holidays
- Unlimited sick time
- Paid parental leave
