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We are building a new center of engineering excellence to design our new category of tactical robotic systems and the industrial capacity to deliver them, bringing decisive airpower into the hands of every operator. We are not here to make promises; we are here to deliver real systems with real capabilities for real missions.\nYou will join a team of operators, engineers, and builders who solve hard problems with humility and focus. We design and produce multi-mission aerial systems that operators trust to perform in real-world conditions, reliably, repeatedly, and at scale. Our approach is grounded in operator-centered design, rapid iteration from field use, and U.S.-based manufacturing. We operate by a clear set of values: Mission First, Aim Farther, Own It, Win Together. This is how we build advantage and how we help protect our service members, our communities, and our country.\nNow, we’re entering a new phase of growth and are looking for a skilled Senior Test Engineer, Electronics Manufacturing to join our team, contributing to the next wave of system and tool development for our upcoming product lines. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in assisting in architectural design, parts selection, validation test design, overseeing hardware and software New Product Introduction enabling reliable, high-volume deployment for our advanced sUAS systems.\nWhat You'll Do\nThe ideal candidate will thrive working in an innovative and fast-paced environment, able to problem-solve dynamically, deliver and sustain thoughtfully designed and highly adaptable and scalable systems.\nPartner with Hardware and Manufacturing Engineering to architect, design, and deploy electrical test systems for PCBAs, wiring harnesses, and subsystem-level validation in both internal production and contract manufacturing (CM) environments.\nOwn the full lifecycle of test fixtures, including design, fabrication, validation, deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement.\nDevelop manufacturing test specification requirements, testing criteria, plans, and test fixtures for design verification and validation by production and contract manufacturing.\nPerform hardware design tasks such as architecture design, component selection, schematic capture, schematic review, PCBA layout, PCBA layout review, and coordination of fabrication and assembly with contract manufacturers.\nSupport emplacement, qualification, usage, technical support and repair of PCBA test fixtures for Production and contract manufacturers.\nSupport facilitation of outside processes for PCBA manufacturing processes including conformal coating and other forms of secondary processing.\nSupport of PCBA part availability risk identification and mitigation, part obsolesce and piece-part risk purchasing program with Procurement Team.\nWork directly with the Manufacturing Team on the validation of PCBA release packages, quoting with contract manufacturers, identifying part substitutions, working with Contract Manufacturers on the quality program for those PCBAs and ensuring a stable PCBA manufacturing pipeline at the Contract Manufacturer level.\nAnalyze production data to drive yield improvements, identify failure trends, and implement corrective actions to improve test system performance and reliability.\nContribute to the development and scaling of internal hardware quality systems and test infrastructure as production volume increases.\nLead continuous improvement initiatives to optimize test systems for throughput, reliability, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).\nRequirements\nBachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or related field and 8+ years of experience designing electrical test systems for production contract manufacturing environments.\nStrong experience with electronic test hardware design, including embedded systems.\nExperience developing, releasing and implementing electronic test solutions and processes including bed-of-nails, flying probe, and in-circuit test.\nExperience with microcontrollers and their bootstrapping processes (such as flashing via SWD, JTAG USB, or similar interfaces).\nKnowledge of common communication buses, such as I2C, USB, CAN, Serial, and SPI - along with their debugging and test procedures.\nStrong skills in electrical CAD software (such as Altium Designer, CircuitStudio, Cadence, etc.) performing schematic capture and PCBA layout.\nExperience with MES/PLM systems and integrating those processes into an electronics manufacturing test fixtures.\nExperience developing custom Altium jobs, draftsman fabrication, and draftsman assembly documents.\nMust be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance or higher, as required.\nPreferred\nExperience with PLCs and industrial communication control systems protocols (i.e.: OPC UA, SCADA) a plus.\nSoldering experience down to imperial 0402 components and fine pitch ICs.\nExperience with MIPI-CSI, MIPI-DSI, Gigabit Ethernet and other high-speed signals along with knowledge of implementation including controlled impedance, length matching, crosstalk isolation, and other signal integrity considerations.\nCandidates with experience in UAV aircrafts, robotics development, and/or hobby drones are highly preferred.\nPhysical Requirements\nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Ability to sit, stand, bend, reach, climb, and move about regularly throughout the day and lift / carry up to 50 pounds. Must have manual dexterity to operate standard machine shop equipment as well as standard office equipment.\nWork Environment\nThis position typically operates in a standard office and manufacturing environment. This role requires use of standard engineering and manufacturing equipment and may require occasional travel to customer locations or facilities. This position may have exposure to outdoor weather conditions, noise, and non-climate-controlled environments. May require the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) depending on the environment. This is a fast-paced work environment and requires cross departmental collaboration with independent and team-based responsibilities. Standard works hours for this position are 8:30am-5:00pm with occasional overtime as operational needs demand.\nBenefits\nPDW values our team, and we offer a compensation package reflective of your experience and capabilities. Benefits include:\nComprehensive BCBS medical, dental, and vision coverage; 80% sponsored by the company.\nSafe Harbor 401(K) with company match.\nPaid Parental Leave.\nOn-site gym at Huntsville, AL & Denver, CO locations. \nEmployer provided life insurance.\nRobust Employee Assistance Program (EAP).\nA work environment that encourages teamwork and innovation.\nCompetitive salary, generous paid time off (PTO), and flexible leave options.\nEEO Statement\nPDW is an equal opportunity employer that upholds all federal and state non-discrimination laws. 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