Test Development Engineer

Atomic Machines • Emeryville, CA

3h

About The Position

We are seeking a Test Development Engineer with a strong electrical engineering background to join our growing Test team. At Atomic Machines, we are building a novel robotic manufacturing platform—the Matter Compiler™—from the ground up. This enables us to explore entirely new materials and processes, making possible a class of devices that cannot be fabricated in conventional fab environments. From a test perspective, this means we design novel tests, frequently build our own hardware, and ultimately integrate those tests into a fully automated production framework.
As part of the test group, you will work on complex multidisciplinary problems. You will have the opportunity to define novel tests from initial specifications through initial design, design and build custom hardware, and integrate it into a complete system. Your test development can include mechanical fixturing, circuit board design, firmware development, integration of existing equipment, and analysis of resulting data. You will work closely with colleagues from Device Design, Go-To-Market, and Production to specify, implement, and validate tests.
In addition to a strong electrical engineering background, the ideal candidate will bring strong first principles thinking, creativity, and a generalist mindset. There are typically multiple approaches to developing any test, and navigating design/fabrication/results tradeoffs is where someone with a first principles approach will excel.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in circuit design, instrumentation development, or test engineering.
• Demonstrated experience in full board development from initial circuit concepts through PCB layout, including defining specifications, validating functionality at the schematic level, and executing PCB layout
• Designing with Altium 365
• Deep understanding of analog and mixed-signal circuit design
• Experience implementing analog system control using microcontrollers
• Familiarity with hardware-level communication protocols
• Ability to develop microcontroller code in C
• Strong documentation skills for clear hardware handoff to system-integration teams
• Proficiency with standard electronic test equipment
• Experience developing instrumentation, including constructing and managing error budgets
• Solid hands-on lab skills, including soldering, hardware build/test, and iterative refinement
• A first-principles mindset — you question assumptions, reframe problems from the ground up, and approach challenges with a foundational understanding rather than relying solely on precedent.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics. A PhD in a hard science or engineering discipline is strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

• High current (500A+) or high voltage (1kV+) systems experience
• Experience developing with the STM32 microcontroller platform
• Experience with reliability or environmental test systems

Responsibilities

• Develop novel test instrumentation from initial specification through validation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in device design, product development, and manufacturing to develop new classes of tests driven by customer and product requirements
• Integrate off-the-shelf instrumentation with existing and custom tests
• Design and build circuit boards for test instrumentation
• Design and implement novel test functionalities
• Document test instrumentation design and operating procedures
• Transfer tests from development to production
• Maintain test development facilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees