Test Automation Engineer - Hardware and Systems

As a Test Systems Engineer within the Navigation Solutions team, you will be responsible for the design and realisation of test systems for Electronic and mechanical designs. You will own the design from concept through manufacturing and through to deployment on the production line. You will also be responsible for lifecycle management of the systems.

You will work directly with the design team during the design phase to ensure testability is considered and design test systems to ensure that design requirements are met during goods incoming inspection.

Key Responsibilities

1. Electronic Test Systems:



Design of Bed of Nails test systems to allow rapid repeatable testing of PCBA’s received from our manufacturer; Automatic pass/fail analysis including generation of test reports where necessary; Software development to operate test systems and automate generation of reports; Work with the Electronic design team and the Embedded software team to ensure test coverage is achievable in production.
2. Mechanical Test Systems: Design of mechanical jigs to test critical dimensions and simplify goods incoming inspection; Design of jigs and fixtures to simplify product assembly; Work with the Mechanical design team during the design phase to ensure testability once design is in production.
3. Software Interfaces: Integrate test systems to automatically record test data in ERP systems. Automation of record keeping and logging of test data.

Experience with scripting languages such as Python required. Access to AI tools for development of software interfaces is available.

Embrace a "Progress over Perfection" mindset by deploying rapid design iterations to gather early feedback from technical internal stakeholders.

Advocate for consistency and efficiency across all products balancing quick delivery and quality.

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📌 Senior Contracts Lead – Grid Automation (Sydney)
🏢 Hitachi
📍 Sydney