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# Sr. Test Engineer

- **Company:** Velo3D, Inc.
- **Location:** Fremont, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Bash Shell, Linux, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Modbus, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Subsystems, System Testing, Datadog, Mttr, Splunk
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/sr-test-engineer-fremont-ca--eb7b3b7c-2009-4e61-94ae-f32fd364ad7d

## About the Role

Testing, Additive Manufacturing, Testing, Printers, Metal Manufacturing, Electricity, Optics, System Validation, Change Control, Engineering Change Management, * Bachelor's in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics or related engineering, or equivalent experience.

 * 3-5 years in test, bring-up or manufacturing engineering on complex capital equipment (semiconductor, laser, medical, aerospace or automation).

 * Has authored and released revision-controlled test procedures and led root cause to a verified fix.

 * Hands-on across electrical (schematics, DMM, scope, megger), gas and fluid systems (P&IDs, leak-down), precision motion and optics.

 * Controls and computing: firmware, PLC/controller interfaces, IP/Modbus networking, Linux/Windows, Shell and Python.

 * Clear communicator who makes decisions from data and never skips a step under schedule pressure.

Preferred:

 * Experience taking a new product from prototype into production test (new product introduction).

 * Laser systems or metal additive manufacturing experience.

 * Tracking equipment reliability and uptime - mean time between failures (MTBF) and mean time to repair (MTTR).

 * Statistical process control (SPC) to monitor test results, and measurement system analysis (MSA) to prove test equipment is accurate and repeatable.

 * Structured root cause methods such as 8D (eight-step problem solving) and 5-Why.

 * Working in an aerospace or ISO quality system (AS9100 or ISO 9001).

## Description

As a Senior Test Engineer, you own how Velo3D proves its metal additive manufacturing printers are ready to ship and keeps them running. Every printer passes through three stages of test:

 * Subsystem bring-up (Level 600) - power up and verify each subsystem in turn: electrical and safety interlocks, argon gas and compressed air, cooling, motion, powder handling, laser optics, controls and software.

 * System validation (Level 700) - confirm the subsystems work together and the printer meets its acceptance criteria.

 * Final qualification (Level 800) - the last qualification checks and sign-off before a printer is released.

You own the procedures for bring-up and validation, sign off final qualification, and keep our internal printers qualified and available. Test Technicians execute your procedures; you are their technical escalation point.

Success looks like higher first-pass yield, shorter bring-up cycle time, failures caught in test rather than in the field, and recurring incidents closed with permanent fixes.

Responsibilities

 * Procedures - Author, revise and release the bring-up (Level 600) and system validation (Level 700) procedures through engineering change control; set acceptance limits.

 * Final qualification - Own Level 800 qualification and release sign-off; direct technician support and confirm printers arrive from system validation complete.

 * Test equipment - Specify, build and validate test stations, fixtures and instrumentation; own gauge capability and calibration requirements.

 * Internal fleet - Own incidents on internal printers to closure (ITRS, Splunk, Datadog); support software releases and user acceptance testing.

 * Root cause - Lead root cause and permanent corrective action for test failures and recurring incidents with Hardware, Software, suppliers and Quality.

 * Data and automation - Track yield, cycle time and downtime; write Shell/Python tooling to automate data capture, monitoring and repetitive steps.

 * People and quality - Train Test Technicians on procedures, mentor junior engineers, and keep records to AS9100 standards., * Standing, ladders and occasional confined spaces; lift up to 50 lbs; occasional off-shift work for machine-down events