Saronic
Senior Electrical R&D Test Engineer
Austin, TX · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 4–10 years of relevant experience; Senior: 4–7 years; Staff: 7–10 years.
- Education
- BS or MS in electrical engineering, robotics engineering, mechatronics engineering, or similar.
- Visa sponsorship
- Role requires access to export-controlled information or items requiring “U.S. Person” status: U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, and certain protected classes of asylees and refugees.
About the job
Develops, integrates, and tests electrical and multidisciplinary subsystems for autonomous surface vessels in laboratory and marine field environments.
What you'll do
- Design, build, integrate, troubleshoot, and improve electro-mechanical systems and software for autonomous vehicles.
- Conduct and lead component, subsystem, and integrated-system testing; analyze performance and failures.
- Document applied research, develop design documents, and collaborate with technicians on build and testing.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in electrical engineering, robotics engineering, mechatronics engineering, or similar.
- 4–10 years of relevant experience.
- Experience operating, maintaining, diagnosing, testing, and repairing electrical and electro-mechanical systems.
- Skills in electrical power, schematics, SPICE-based circuit simulation or equivalent, PCB design, networking, sensor/data acquisition, and software.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous vehicle systems or robotic platforms.
- Experience integrating sensors, communication systems, and embedded hardware.
Tools
SPICE, ethernet, CAN J1939, serial, Rust, C/C++, Linux, Python
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