Manufacturing Test Engineer

The posting, as KH Aerospace wrote it

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace (KHA) is an aerospace company specializing in long-endurance unmanned aerial platforms for a wide variety of industries. KHA supports a number of customers to carry out missions involving aerial reconnaissance, survey, communication relay and communications provisioning. Endurance, enabled by effective design, is key to these applications and KHA aircraft utilize cutting-edge aircraft design together with on-board intelligence to deliver value for these customers.

Location: Hayward, CA
Reporting To: Director of Manufacturing
Travel: Approximately 25%, including domestic and international travel as business needs require

About the Role

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace is seeking a hands-on and multidisciplinary Manufacturing Test Engineer to develop, implement, and support the test systems and processes required to manufacture our Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) reliably and at scale.

This role sits at the intersection of manufacturing, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and software. The Manufacturing Test Engineer will be responsible for translating product and engineering requirements into practical production test solutions, including test equipment, fixtures, test boxes, automated and semi-automated test methods, procedures, and supporting software.

The successful candidate will work closely with Engineering and Manufacturing to ensure that components, subassemblies, and completed systems can be efficiently tested, troubleshot, and validated throughout the production process. As KHA expands its use of external manufacturing partners, this role will also help establish and transfer manufacturing test capability to contract manufacturers in the U.S. and internationally.

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Test Development

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain manufacturing test systems for UAS components, subassemblies, and integrated systems.
• Translate engineering and product requirements into repeatable production test methods and acceptance criteria.
• Develop test fixtures, test boxes, harnesses, interfaces, and other equipment required to support manufacturing and acceptance testing.
• Develop automated and semi-automated test methods to improve repeatability, efficiency, data quality, and production scalability.
• Support electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, and system-level manufacturing test activities.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual test effort and improve production throughput through test automation.

Test Software & Data

• Develop or support software, scripts, and tools used to control test equipment, automate test sequences, collect data, and evaluate results.
• Establish clear methods for capturing, reviewing, and retaining manufacturing test data.
• Analyze test results and failure trends to identify recurring product, process, or test-system issues.
• Ensure test methods provide clear pass/fail criteria and useful diagnostic information when failures occur.

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Who We Are

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace develops the world’s longest endurance fully electric Unmanned Aircraft System in our size and weight category. We solve large-scale worldwide problems by providing persistent overhead services to help our soldiers remain safe in theater, provide rapid emergency communications for disaster relief efforts, enable search-and-rescue services to assist emergency response efforts, help protect endangered species, and provide geospatial data to assist in slowing climate change.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge UAS technology.
• Collaborative and innovative engineering environment.
• Exposure to the full product development lifecycle.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and contact information. We will reach out directly regarding next steps.

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