Powertrain Manufacturing Test Engineer

📋 Description

• Lead EOL and in-process test development for HV batteries and motors.
• Design and deploy test strategies: hipot, IR, winding, EMI, ESS.
• Specify, validate, and commission production test equipment (installation, FAT).
• Program, maintain, and optimize ATE, test sequences, pass/fail, data collection.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Design, and Quality to integrate test stations.
• Analyze test data to identify trends, root cause, and corrective actions.
• Support FAI, qualification, and process changes for new battery/motor builds.
• Troubleshoot test equipment and production issues on the floor.
• Develop and maintain test procedures, work instructions, HV safety docs.
• Own calibration, maintenance, and validation of test equipment.
• Contribute to PFMEA and in-process quality control strategy.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 3+ years manufacturing test engineering; EV battery or motor experience preferred.
• Hands-on experience with production test equipment and automated electrical test systems.
• Strong HV safety knowledge; battery and motor manufacturing processes.
• Battery testing (capacity, IR, balancing, BMS) and motor testing (back-EMF, insulation).
• Proficiency in test data analysis, SPC, and MES.
• Experience taking production test equipment from prototype to mass production.
• Strong troubleshooting across test equipment, product, and process issues.
• Comfortable working on the production floor with technicians and operators.
• Ability to create, validate, and sustain manufacturing test procedures and work instructions.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Direct experience in battery module/pack or electric motor manufacturing.
• Familiarity with battery/motor production: welding, winding, balancing, automation.
• Experience with BMS or motor controller programming and EOL configuration.
• Knowledge of CAN, Ethernet/IP, Modbus and PLC-based automation.
• Dynamometer testing, power electronics, or motor control experience.
• Aerospace manufacturing, AS9100, or eVTOL programs.
• Lean manufacturing and production ramp-up experience.
• Ability to support multiple shifts during critical production phases.

🎁 Benefits

• Safe workplace and aircraft; safety-sensitive role.
• Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
• Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity.
• Background checks and drug screening as part of safety.