Senior System Test Engineer – Machine Safety & Industrial Communications
Core
Design and run system-level tests to prove machine safety and industrial communication products work together and fail safely in customer systems.
Role type
Senior System Test Engineer (Machine Safety & Industrial Communications)
Builds
Lab setups for testing safety controllers, light curtains, and industrial networks
Domain
Industrial Automation / Machine Safety
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
System test planning, functional testing, interoperability testing, timing analysis, fault injection, hardware test rig construction, root cause analysis, test automation strategy
Preferred skills
Industrial network protocols (EtherNet/IP, CIP, PROFINET, EtherCAT), safety technologies (GuardLink, OSSD, IO-Link, light curtains), test automation (Python, LabVIEW, TestStand), lab instrumentation (oscilloscope, programmable power supply)
Technologies
EtherNet/IP, CIP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, GuardLink, IO-Link, Python, LabVIEW, TestStand
Responsibilities
Turn requirements into risk-based test plans, execute functional/interoperability/timing/fault-injection tests, build hardware test rigs with safety controllers and networks, validate safe state entry and diagnostics, root-cause cross-domain issues, grow test automation and contribute to test strategy
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC