Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Staff Product Launch Test Engineer
$136K–$187K
Palo Alto, California · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 1, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years; alternatives: Bachelor's plus 6 years, Master's plus 4 years, PhD plus 3 years, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics, Manufacturing or a related engineering field; or Master's; or PhD; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Owns production test for electronic control units at contract manufacturers, from tester commissioning and acceptance through launch, ramp-up, and production failure resolution.
What you'll do
- Own production test strategy, coverage, capacity, and deployment for ICT, EOL functional test, and production flashing.
- Accept and qualify test hardware and sequences, including FAT and SAT, and prevent unvalidated equipment from reaching production.
- Lead production failure root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and test readiness across program milestones and manufacturing sites.
What they ask for
- Hands-on ownership of ICT and/or EOL functional test equipment in high-volume electronics manufacturing.
- 6+ years specifying, building, commissioning, and sustaining manufacturing test equipment for electronic modules.
- Component-level debugging skills, including schematic reading, probing live PCBAs with an oscilloscope and DMM, and production programming/flashing of embedded devices.
- Bachelor's in a related engineering field plus 6 years of relevant experience; or Master's plus 4 years; or PhD plus 3 years; or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting VWG or another German OEM as a customer.
- Experience defining manufacturing test cases from DFMEA / PFMEA inputs.
Pay
$135.8K – $186.8K (base salary); annual bonus target of 15% (annual bonus target; amount not stated)
Tools
ICT, EOL, JTAG, DAP, ISP, LabVIEW, NI TestStand, Python
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