Senior Test Engineer

Epiq Design Solutions•Mt. Airy, MD

13h•$90,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Epiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime, land, air, and space domains. With 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 25K+ devices fielded to date, Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market, cost, and performance are critical for mission success. For more information, visit https://epiqsolutions.com. Epiq Solutions is seeking a full-time Senior Test Engineer with at least three years of hands-on experience to join our team. This role sits within the software team and focuses on developing robust, maintainable automation software to support hardware validation and production testing. The Senior Test Engineer will architect and implement automated test solutions for Epiq’s board-level and system-level SDR products. This includes developing software to control electronic test equipment (e.g., RF signal generators, spectrum analyzers, power supplies), collect performance data, generate reports and, when needed, design and build supporting test harnesses. The ideal candidate will have new product introduction (NPI) experience, taking products from initial requirements through production test and support, and will work closely with both engineering and production teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience
Strong proficiency in Python (or similar language) for building production-quality automation software
Experience designing and maintaining modular, reusable software systems
Experience debugging and troubleshooting software interacting with hardware systems
Understanding of software architecture principles and maintainability considerations
Basic understanding of RF concepts and measurement techniques
Able to read and interpret schematics, PCB layout, and assembly documents for electronic printed circuit boards
Comfortable working with engineering staff to develop test procedures and documentation
Self-starter with strong troubleshooting skills
Able to manage and prioritize work across multiple concurrent projects

Nice To Haves

Experience building test automation frameworks
Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and collaborate development workflows
Experience integrating automated test into CI/CD pipelines (if applicable)
Familiarity with Linux-based development environments
Advanced understanding of RF performance metrics, such as noise figure, spurious free dynamic range, image rejection, etc.
RF testing experience from .002 – 40 GHz
Experience testing products that utilize high-speed backplanes such as 3U/6U VPX and other form factors
Experience with temperature, shock, burn-in and environmental testing (including MIL-STD 810G)

Responsibilities

Work with engineering team to identify, develop, and document the required testing scenarios for Epiq's products from concept to production
Develop software libraries for controlling various electronic test equipment, including RF signal generators, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, temperature chambers, etc. via GPIB, serial, ethernet, or other standard interfaces
Architect and implement maintainable, scalable automated test software applications, following software engineering best practices
Develop documentation capturing the details of the test procedures
Generate test results, reports, and recommendations for review by both engineering and production teams
Provide training on test procedures to production staff
Support production team in resolving yield and build issues