Engineer, Automated Test
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026. Koch Industries scores A on the Alion truth index.
Your Job
As an Automated Test Engineer, your primary objective is to develop and implement automation solutions for the Validation Lab. You will improve test efficiency, data accuracy, traceability, and laboratory productivity through automated test execution, instrument control, data acquisition, data processing, automated reporting, and remote monitoring. You will work with Validation Engineers to convert manual and repetitive activities into reliable, reusable, and scalable automated test solutions.
Our Team
You are joining a validation organization that is expanding its engineering capability and advancing laboratory automation and digitalization. The team supports product validation across multiple engineering disciplines and works collaboratively to improve test methods, equipment integration, data quality, and laboratory efficiency. This role will provide the software and system-integration capability needed to build scalable automation platforms for the Validation Lab.
What You Will Do
- Develop Automated Test Solutions: Design, develop, implement, and maintain automated test systems, tools, and scripts, primarily using Python.
- Automate Validation Workflows: Automate test execution, equipment control, data acquisition, data processing, analysis, visualization, and report generation.
- Integrate Instruments and Equipment: Connect laboratory instruments and test equipment through Ethernet/LAN, TCP/IP, USB, Serial, GPIB, SCPI, Modbus, vendor APIs, or other applicable interfaces.
- Enable Remote Monitoring: Develop automated data logging, alarm notification, remote monitoring, and test-status tracking for long-duration validation, environmental, and reliability testing.
- Build Reusable Automation Platforms: Convert manual procedures into automated or semi-automated workflows and develop reusable software modules that support multiple test programs and equipment platforms.
- Troubleshoot and Maintain Systems: Diagnose software, instrument communication, data-acquisition, and hardware/software integration issues while maintaining source code, configuration records, and technical documentation.
- Drive Lab Digitalization: Identify opportunities to reduce repetitive manual work, minimize human error, and improve test throughput, equipment utilization, data consistency, and overall engineering productivity.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Automation, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in software development, test automation, data acquisition, instrumentation, or hardware/software integration.
- Hands-on programming experience with Python and the ability to develop structured, maintainable, and reusable code.
- Familiarity with one or more equipment communication interfaces or protocols, such as TCP/IP, Serial, USB, Ethernet/LAN, GPIB, SCPI, or Modbus.
- Ability to understand engineering test requirements and translate them into practical automation solutions.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills for software, equipment communication, and system-integration issues.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with Validation Engineers and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Accountable and detail-oriented, with the discipline to maintain software quality, data integrity, documentation, and version control.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience with PyVISA, REST APIs, NI DAQ, LabVIEW, or similar automation and instrument-control technologies.
- Experience automating laboratory equipment such as environmental chambers, data-acquisition systems, power supplies, DMMs, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, or flow sensors.
- Experience with Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Plotly, databases, dashboards, automated reporting, or test-data management systems.
- Experience with Git or another version-control system and practical software-development practices, including code review, testing, and documentation.
- Experience in product validation, reliability, environmental, thermal, mechanical, liquid-cooling, or high-speed interconnect testing.
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Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.
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