Production Test Engineer

Highlights

• Own the manufacturing software platform powering PI's robotic systems.
• Turn prototype scripts into safe, guided workflows for technicians.
• Build traceability for devices, test results, and manufacturing history.

Ideal candidate

A systems-minded builder who loves making complex hardware processes simple and reliable for operators, thriving at the intersection of software, hardware, and manufacturing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, preferably involving manufacturing, robotics, hardware test, embedded systems, or fleet operations
• Strong Python experience and familiarity with Linux systems, services, permissions, packaging, and process management
• Experience building reliable web applications and APIs used to orchestrate local or remote hardware
• Experience designing stateful workflows with retries, timeouts, resumability, cancellation, and failure recovery
• Familiarity with device provisioning, firmware flashing, OTA updates, calibration, or automated hardware testing
• Experience integrating with inventory, traceability, MES, ERP, or similar production systems
• Strong understanding of asynchronous jobs, idempotency, durable state, and distributed-system failure modes
• Experience with secure artifact distribution, authentication, authorization, and least-privilege hardware access
• Ability to diagnose issues across browsers, networks, operating systems, backend services, and physical devices
• Strong product judgment for technician-facing workflows and operational tooling
• Excellent cross-functional communication and project-management skills