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As a Senior Test Hardware Engineer at Impulse, you will design, build, deploy, and support the common electrical test hardware that powers the company's test infrastructure. You will create standardized, reusable building blocks for test engineers, including rack-mounted data acquisition (DAQ) and control units, mobile DAQ systems, test carts, rack-mounted pressure controllers, thermal chamber support hardware, power distribution assemblies, and electrical interface boxes.
Key responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining common electrical test hardware platforms for DAQ, controls, instrumentation, power distribution, networking, and computer-integrated test assets. You will create and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, cable designs, bills of materials, assembly instructions, checkout procedures, and operating documentation. A core focus is developing standardized hardware architectures that allow test engineers to quickly assemble safe, reliable, maintainable, and reusable test systems.
You will participate in the full hardware lifecycle—from requirements and design through procurement, fabrication, integration, commissioning, deployment, maintenance, and improvement. Close collaboration with test operations, software automation engineers, IT, and other cross-functional teams is essential to ensure rapid, reliable deployment of test assets. You will work closely with software automation engineers during design, deployment, integration, checkout, and troubleshooting of standard test assets, and coordinate with IT and test automation engineers to define, image, configure, and maintain computers used in standard test assets.
The role requires resourceful, hands-on problem-solving to diagnose and resolve issues across electrical hardware, software interfaces, networking, and test infrastructure. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or related engineering discipline, plus 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, integrating, or operating electrical test hardware, laboratory equipment, industrial automation systems, or similar engineering hardware. You must have experience creating and maintaining electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, bills of materials, and assembly documentation, proficiency with EPLAN or similar electrical design tools, and working knowledge of data acquisition, instrumentation, sensors, controls, wiring, power supplies, networking, and electrical system integration.
