Test Engineer

About Us

Amidon Heavy Industries is a startup building unmanned systems for the offshore industry. We develop uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) that autonomously deploy tethered remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to inspect subsea pipelines, telecom cables, and offshore infrastructure. Our goal is to deliver reliable subsea awareness at a fraction of the cost of traditional crewed vessels.

The Role

We are hiring a Test Engineer to design, execute, and improve the testing processes that validate our autonomous surface vessel and its subsystems. You will work hands-on with hardware, software, and integrated robotics systems to ensure the platform performs reliably in bench tests, field tests, and on-water missions.

Your work will touch every part of the system—power, networking, sensing, autonomy, and mechanical subsystems—and you will play a key role in turning an evolving prototype into a stable, production-ready platform. This role is perfect for someone who loves building test setups, breaking systems in controlled ways, and closing the loop between observation, diagnosis, and fixes.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute test plans for electrical, mechanical, and software subsystems

• Design repeatable test procedures for core systems (power, comms, sensors, propulsion, autonomy)

• Build test fixtures, harnesses, and ad-hoc setups to validate components and subsystems

• Run bench-level hardware validation using oscilloscopes, multimeters, protocol analyzers, and data-logging tools

• Participate in on-water tests to capture performance data, reproduce bugs, and verify fixes

• Create structured logs, issue reports, and root-cause analysis summaries for failures

• Work with engineers to set acceptance criteria, reliability thresholds, and regression testing workflows

• Support HIL/SIL test setups and scenario-based autonomy testing

• Maintain a growing library of test documentation, procedures, and configurations

• Track issues across hardware and software, ensuring fixes are verified and closed

• Help enforce consistent testing processes across prototypes and field deployments

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Robotics, Mechatronics) or equivalent hands-on experience

• 2–5 years of experience testing electromechanical or robotic systems

• Strong hands-on skills with lab equipment (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, DMM, power supplies)

• Experience writing and executing structured test procedures for complex hardware

• Familiarity with Linux and basic scripting (Python preferred)

• Comfort working with CAN, UART, Ethernet, and sensor interfaces

• Ability to diagnose failures across electrical, mechanical, and software boundaries

• Strong documentation habits and attention to detail

• Comfortable working hands-on around water, boats, and outdoor test environments

Bonus Points:

• Experience testing autonomous systems, drones, USVs, AUVs, or other field robotics

• Experience with ROS or ROS2-based systems

• Experience developing HIL/SIL tools or automated test frameworks

• Familiarity with environmental or reliability testing (vibration, thermal, ingress, EMC)

• Prior field testing experience in harsh or marine environments