Manufacturing Test Engineer, Electrical/Mechanical
Core
Full-vehicle testing and troubleshooting for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in dry and wet factory acceptance testing environments.
Role type
Senior manufacturing test engineer (electromechanical)
Builds
Dive-XL autonomous underwater vehicles for the Royal Australian Navy
Domain
Defense technology / Underwater robotics
Required skills
electromechanical systems testing, automated test systems, Python scripting, hardware troubleshooting, root cause analysis, test equipment design, manufacturing test limits, communication protocols (USB, Ethernet, RS-232, CAN), sensor/actuator testing
Preferred skills
subsea robotics experience, AUV/UUV in-water testing, high-voltage system testing (up to 400V), PLM/MES systems, integrated electrical/mechanical/software projects
Technologies
Siemens NX, Teamcenter, ArsenalOS, Oracle ERP, Python, MATLAB
Responsibilities
Run full-vehicle dry and wet FAT as test conductor, troubleshoot vehicle-level failures, design and maintain test equipment and fixtures, write troubleshooting runbooks, automate test sequences and dashboards, push tests upstream to catch defects early, coordinate with Sydney test team
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC