Mechanical Integration & Test Engineer - Austin, United States

Originally posted 21 April 2026 by the employer.

About the role

As a Test Engineer, you will interface across teams to characterize tools, anticipate issues, and diagnose complex failures across hardware and software systems.

What you'll do

- Own the end-to-end characterization of tools, defining criteria to measure, running software tests, testing hardware limits, and logging failures to guide engineering decisions. - Build software testing programs and automated testing frameworks from scratch. - Diagnose complex system errors alongside electrical, mechanical, and software teams to map out problem matrices and track down root causes. - Document and enforce testing standards while establishing clear timelines across cross-functional teams. - Build and execute test plans to support positioning tools and related systems.

What you'll need

- 3-10 years of experience as a test engineer or applications engineer diagnosing errors and applying testing best practices. - Ability to write code and create automated testing programs from scratch. - Hands-on capability to build and run electrical tests. - Strong mechanical intuition combined with a detail-oriented, scientific approach. - Concise written and verbal communication skills across multiple engineering disciplines.

Nice to have

- Prior experience with mechanical design. - PCB design experience.

Skills: characterization, test plans, software tests, diagnose complex failures, automated testing, electrical tests