Engineer, Hardware-Auto Testing
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026. Koch Industries scores A on the Alion truth index.
1. Hiring Background
·As project transfer activities increase, the team needs stronger capability to develop and introduce test fixtures, automatic test equipment, and test solutions to ensure smooth project transfer and production ramp-up.
·With capacity expansion, the team needs to continuously improve test efficiency, test coverage, test stability, and safety protection in production testing.
·For new product development, the Auto Testing team needs to participate earlier in FCT/EFT test planning, validation, NPI introduction, and mass-production readiness.
·The Auto Testing team plans to add one engineer in the near term and build a talent pipeline for further expansion.
2. Key Responsibilities
2.1 Automatic Test Platform and Equipment Development
1.Develop, configure, debug, integrate, and continuously improve automatic test equipment (ATE).
2.Develop and validate test fixtures, interface boards, adapters, and related test hardware.
3.Build standardized, reusable, and maintainable automatic test platforms and test architectures.
2.2 Test Solution and Test Program Development
4.Design, validate, and optimize functional test solutions, including FCT and EFT.
5.Develop, debug, and maintain automated test programs to ensure test stability and traceability.
6.Define test coverage, test cycle time, data collection, failure handling, and abnormality tracking mechanisms.
2.3 NPI and Mass Production Support
7.Support test requirement analysis, DFT review, pilot-run validation, and production transfer during NPI.
8.Analyze production test issues and drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and verification closure.
9.Work closely with R&D, process engineering, production, and quality teams to ensure project delivery and production stability.
3. Qualifications
3.1 Required Qualifications
·Bachelor’s degree or above in Electronics, Automation, Information Engineering, Microelectronics, Measurement & Control, or a related discipline.
·Solid foundation in electronics, circuits, and testing; able to use common instruments for debugging and problem isolation.
·Familiar with C/C++ programming, with good logical thinking and debugging capability.
·Strong hands-on ability, learning agility, and engineering problem-solving capability.
·Good English reading and writing skills; able to read technical documents and communicate through basic business emails.
·Humble, collaborative, proactive, and able to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
3.2 Preferred Qualifications
·Familiarity with hardware development tools such as Cadence.
·Experience or lab exposure with MCU, CPLD, or FPGA applications.
·Experience with ATE, FCT, EFT, Boundary Scan/JTAG, or NI test platforms.
·Knowledge of Python, LabVIEW, C#, or other automated test development languages is a plus.
·Familiarity with common communication interfaces such as UART, I2C, SPI, USB, and Ethernet is preferred.
·Experience in NPI, production test introduction, test efficiency improvement, or smart manufacturing projects is preferred.
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