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Staff Electrical Specialist - Hardware Test (R6122)

Shield AI· X-BAT Division – X-BAT Engineering - Avionics
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Seattle, WA$50/hr - $75/hrFull Time EmployeePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior hands-on electrical test engineering role focused on building, modifying, troubleshooting, and sustaining electrical test systems for X-BAT hardware; lead improvements, mentor technicians, and serve as escalation point for difficult electrical problems.

Responsibilities

  • Build, integrate, validate, maintain, and repair electrical test systems that combine custom electronics, harnesses, instruments, controls, test computers, and mechanical fixtures.
  • Perform benchtop PCBA testing and advanced troubleshooting using schematics, assembly drawings, test procedures, and laboratory instruments.
  • Perform high-quality PCBA, cable, harness, connector, and electromechanical rework, including inspection and verification of completed repairs.
  • Design and release interface boards, simple-to-moderate PCBs, harnesses, breakout assemblies, adapters, and electrical portions of test fixtures using appropriate CAD tools.
  • Select components, connectors, wire, circuit protection, relays, switches, and instrumentation; document pinouts, bills of material, drawings, and assembly instructions.
  • Support equipment checkout, calibration, preventive maintenance, configuration control, spares, and lifecycle issues such as obsolescence and recurring failures.
  • Respond to emergent production- and test-floor issues, restore safe operation, communicate status, and ensure temporary actions are converted into durable corrective actions.
  • Partner with electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, quality, and test engineers in design reviews; advocate for testability, serviceability, fault isolation, and simpler rework.
  • Create and improve work instructions, checkout procedures, troubleshooting guides, inspection criteria, and safe-work practices for electrical equipment.
  • Mentor technicians and engineers, lead difficult builds and repairs, and model strong ownership, workmanship, documentation, and laboratory discipline.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of hands-on electrical experience in aerospace, manufacturing, test, electronics, or a similarly rigorous hardware environment; equivalent military or trade experience is welcome.
  • Demonstrated expertise in benchtop electrical testing, PCBA troubleshooting, and root-cause isolation using oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers, and related equipment.
  • Advanced experience performing PCBA and harness assembly, modification, and rework from controlled drawings and workmanship requirements.
  • Ability to read, create, and review schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, assembly drawings, bills of materials, and test procedures.
  • Experience designing and maintaining electrical test equipment, interface electronics, harnesses, or production fixtures through release and sustained use.
  • Working knowledge of analog and digital circuits, power distribution and protection, grounding, shielding, connectors, communications interfaces, and electrical safety.
  • A record of resolving urgent production or laboratory issues while preserving safety, quality, traceability, and configuration control, communicating clearly, and mentoring others.

Skills

Required:Electrical test system design and maintenancePCBA troubleshootingSchematic and drawings literacy

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary benefits after 60 days for temporary employees
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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