Automated Test Applications Engineer (SW Dev., System Design & Integration; North Reading, MA)
$97,800 - $156,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an Applications Engineer, you will join the Total Test Solutions team to design and develop custom automated test solutions for Defense and Aerospace technology.
What you'll do
- Develop strategy to turn complex customer requirements into complete automated test solutions, including custom fixturing, cabling, and software
- Present planned strategy to internal and external stakeholders in design reviews, including System Requirement Review, Preliminary Design Review, and Critical Design Review
- Collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers to guide design efforts
- Develop custom C# software to operate automated test equipment and fixturing
- Integrate new software and hardware, debug and solve system issues
- Develop Operator Interfaces using test executive environments like TestStand
- Provide documentation for developed software, including operator’s manuals and version description documents
- Work with electrical technologies including high-speed digital buses, ethernet, analog signals, and power systems
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field
- 2+ years of experience with Bachelor’s degree in Application Engineering using Automated Test Equipment, Test Development Engineering, or other relevant experience, or recent Master’s degree graduate
- Strong programming skills with C# or other object-oriented languages
- Experience with Visual Studio or other IDE and associated debug tools
- Familiarity with Git or other source control tools
- Ability to troubleshoot electrical hardware using multimeter, oscilloscope
- Able to support occasional travel, up to 10% or greater
- Must be a US Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident, Asylee, Refugee or otherwise lawfully admitted under an amnesty program
Nice to have
- Experience with test executive environments like TestStand and TestStudio
- Experience with Spectrum 9100, Spectrum HS, or similar automated test equipment
- Exposure to C, Python, and LabView
This role has been open 3 days — well below the 26-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · DFT Test
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Open roles in category
522
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Median days open
26 d
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Median salary
$169k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Teradyne | All employers we track in this specialty (522 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 67 | 522 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 83 | 2195 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 23 d | 26 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne (this employer) · 67 open roles · median 23 d
- Renesas Electronics · 39 open roles · median 26 d
- Infineon Technologies · 38 open roles · median 35 d
- Micron Technology · 28 open roles · median 32 d
- AMD · 27 open roles · median 38 d
- Qualcomm · 24 open roles · median 26 d
How we counted: 522 open Silicon Test Engineering (DFT Test) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.