Amazon
Principal Manufacturing Test Engineer
$163K–$221K
N.reading, MA · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; experience spanning NPI/prototype and high-volume production environments.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
About the job
Defines and scales manufacturing test strategy, systems, and operations for electromechanical products from prototype through high-volume production.
What you'll do
- Own the test strategy, roadmap, readiness criteria, and production test system deployment from prototype through volume.
- Influence product and interface design for testability, and align validation requirements with production test capability.
- Architect test data and feedback loops to support production visibility, trend analysis, and design and quality improvements.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a listed engineering discipline or equivalent technical discipline.
- 10+ years of manufacturing test engineering experience for electromechanical or robotic products, spanning NPI/prototype and high-volume production.
- Experience owning NPI manufacturing test strategy from concept through volume production and deploying in-line and end-of-line functional test systems.
- Proficiency in test software/frameworks and DAQ/instrumentation specification; experience architecting test data pipelines and implementing test systems end-to-end.
Nice to have
- Experience with production-scale HIL testing, high-throughput test cells, or scaling test from prototype to volume.
- Familiarity with Grafana, QuickSight, structured data formats, or robotic/electromechanical communication protocols.
Pay
163,400.00 - 221,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
LabVIEW, NI TestStand, Python, DAQ, Grafana, QuickSight, JSON, Parquet
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