Description
Lyft Urban Solutions is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to design, build, and manage test systems for ensuring the safety, durability, and functionality of bikes and scooters.
Responsibilities:
Test System Ownership
- Design, build, and own software, electrical, and hardware test fixtures used during production.
- Define the vision, strategy, and architecture for current and future manufacturing test systems.
- Write scripts and programs to run automated tests and capture factory data.
- Implement features and tooling to support hardware testing across the product line.
- Own and maintain the in-house test platform.
- Manage CI, signed installers, semver releases, and an S3-based auto-update pipeline.
Hardware Bring-Up & Validation
- Own firmware bring-up, validation, and testing of electronic PCBAs and multi-component electrical systems.
- Validate mechanical and electrical assemblies to confirm they meet safety, durability, and functional requirements.
- Validate and troubleshoot factory tests, set factory test requirements, assist in software bring-up, and review test fixture software.
Production & Factory Floor Support
- Partner with engineers to triage issues, perform initial failure analysis, and drive corrective actions.
- Troubleshoot assembly failures on the production line and diagnose/fix bugs in test stations.
- Travel on-site to contract manufacturers as needed.
Cross-Functional & Vendor Leadership
- Partner cross-functionally with contract manufacturers, supplier quality, and program teams to resolve manufacturing issues.
- Maintain key relationships with manufacturing partner teams, internal and external test/lab resources, and mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineers.
- Manage external fixture vendors, including design reviews and Factory/Site Acceptance Testing (FAT/SAT).
- Prepare concise, detailed design investigation summaries and test reports.
Experience:
- A degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience with Python, C/C++, OpenHTF, TypeScript, or other scripting languages for test automation.
- Working knowledge of hardware test equipment and lab tools.
- Test fixture and station design and build experience.
- Hands-on experience with prototype bring-up and debugging, functional verification, and manufacturing support.
- Experience with embedded systems design and communication protocols.
- Experience with ARM-based microcontrollers and RTOS frameworks.
Bonus Points
- Experience with hardware test frameworks or building test platforms from scratch.
- Exposure to MES/ERP integration experience.
- Exposure to Cloud data plumbing experience.
- Familiarity with test data pipelines, traceability, or genealogy systems.
- Familiarity with firmware debug tools.
- Experience with Android or embedded Linux environments.
- Willingness to travel to and work on-site at manufacturing and assembly vendors.
Benefits:
- Extended health and dental coverage options.
- Mental health benefits.
- Family building benefits.
- Pet benefits.
- Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account.
- RRSP plan with company match.
- Flexible paid time off policy.
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits.