Test Engineer

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. is seeking a Test Engineer to join its electronics test team onsite in Lewiston, Idaho. The role focuses on designing test hardware, test procedures, and test automation to ensure product quality from concept through production. Salary for this role ranges from USD 84,200 to 170,400 per year, and Electronics Test Engineer positions are available at all experience levels in both Pullman, WA and Lewiston, ID.

Responsibilities

• Develop test strategies, test plans, and test automation for new and existing products
• Collaborate with R&D product design engineers on Design for Test (DFT), ensuring new products are testable and manufacturable from the start
• Design, develop, and maintain board-level and functional test systems, including modern flying probe platforms from SPEA, bed-of-nails systems, and internally developed automated test stations
• Analyze test data to identify trends, root causes of failures, and opportunities for improvement
• Evaluate and implement new test technologies and methods
• Continuously identify, measure, and improve processes, driving improvements in test performance and coverage

Requirements

• You have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering Technology, or equivalent
• You have a solid understanding of analog and digital electronics, and that foundation matters more than prior test engineering experience
• You enjoy hands-on work and problem solving
• You have experience with (or want to learn) test system development, scripting, and instrumentation design
• You communicate clearly and work well on a team
• Experience in electronics test development, designing and building production test systems
• A track record of leading or mentoring engineers or technicians
• Experience with automation, instrumentation, and circuit analysis
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Technologies

• SPEA flying probe platforms, bed-of-nails systems, Python, C

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Tuition assistance
• STEM education
• Engineering development programs