Leads a small team building performance models for AI infrastructure, quantifying system-level tradeoffs and turning workload and hardware analysis into architectural recommendations and vendor guidance.
Expert Hardware Test Engineer (f/m/d)
📜 Description
- Define, conduct, and document test strategies, protocols, and quality gates for automation systems and imaging units.
- Create in-house testing environments for subsystems and components.
- Collaborate with product development, supply chain, field engineering, and software integration teams.
- Establish and own the quality management framework and testing processes.
- Assess suppliers, visit manufacturing sites, and perform factory acceptance tests.
- Set long-term testing and quality strategy, building the team and resources needed to deliver it.
🛠️ Requirements
- You have 5 + years experience in hardware, reliability, mechatronics or system-integration testing and have led a testing team in the past.
- You have established and enforced quality and testing frameworks for complex systems using top-notch tools.
- You are hands-on with automation systems, sensors, actuators, oscilloscopes or PLCs.
- You have proven ability to set objective pass/fail criteria, perform root-cause analysis and request design improvements.
- You are experienced in writing clear test plans for electro-mechanical interfaces.
✨ Benefits
- Stock Options: Share in Orbem’s success.
- Visa & Relocation Support: Seamless support for your move to Germany.
- Learning & Development: €1,750 annual budget for personal growth.
- Fitness Membership: Access to Urban Sports Club or Wellpass.
- Childcare Reimbursement: Support for Kita/Kindergarten fees.
- Deutschland Ticket: Full coverage of public transportation.
Full job description
We see the potential inside everything and everyone. Starting with you.
Orbem uses AI to industrialize MRI, delivering non-invasive insight into everything from fruits to eggs to the human body. We are transforming what is becoming the world's largest biological dataset into actionable intelligence to reduce waste, increase quality, and accelerate the shift toward a more sustainable and healthier future.
Headquartered and founded in Munich, Germany, with an office now in Houston, Texas, our world-class team is scaling inside-out technology to transform how humanity sees and understands biological matter.
Help us see what's possible. Join us.
Your Role
You will spearhead hardware testing at Orbem. Working side-by-side with MRI, Mechatronics, Compliance, and Software Engineers in Test, you will design rigorous test protocols and execute hands-on validation of every mechanical, electrical, and mechatronic component that ships with our automation and industrialised AI-powered MRI products.
Your day-to-day
Define, conduct and document hardware test strategies, protocols and quality gates for our automation systems and industrialized imaging unit.
Define and create the right environment for in-house testing of sub-systems and components.
Collaborate closely with the product development team, supply chain, field engineers and Software integration.
Establish and own our QMS framework and testing process.
Define and conduct testing strategies and protocols to assess our suppliers, visit manufacturing units and perform FATs.
Your responsibilities include:
Defining a long-term testing and quality strategy for our complex systems and building the required team and resources around this.
Your Experience and Skills
You have 5 + years experience in hardware, reliability, mechatronics or system-integration testing and have led a testing team in the past.
You have established and enforced quality and testing frameworks for complex systems using top-notch tools.
You are hands-on with automation systems, sensors, actuators, oscilloscopes or PLCs.
You have proven ability to set objective pass/fail criteria, perform root-cause analysis and request design improvements.
You are experienced in writing clear test plans for electro-mechanical interfaces.
Fit to our values
We own every challenge: we enjoy complexity and thrive under uncertainty.
We strive for better: we seize any opportunity for growth and challenge the status quo. We are constantly learning and improving.
We imagine new frontiers: we think beyond “doable” and “reasonable”. We design a sustainable and healthy future together.
What Makes You Stand Out
You have a strong background in the food automation industry or worked with medical devices.
You turn fuzzy “should work” ideas into measurable metrics and back them with repeatable test frameworks
You are proactive, curious and passionate about sustainable, high-impact technology.
What We Offer
International Environment
Join a team with 40+ nationalities across 5 continents, all driven by a shared purpose: shedding light on the world’s toughest challenges.
Attractive Compensation Package
Stock Options: Share in Orbem’s success.
Visa & Relocation Support: Seamless support for your move to Germany.
Learning & Development: €1,750 annual budget for personal growth.
Fitness Membership: Access to Urban Sports Club or Wellpass.
Childcare Reimbursement: Support for Kita/Kindergarten fees.
Deutschland Ticket: Full coverage of public transportation.
Work-Life Integration
Flexible Hours & Home Office: Work when and where it suits you.
WFH Perks: Get €185 to upgrade your home office + a sleek external monitor on us!
30 Days Paid Leave: Plenty of time to recharge.
Personal Leave: Flexibility for life’s important moments.
Work from Anywhere: Experience new cultures and environments for up to 60 days per year.
Make a Difference:
Join an ambitious, fast-growing team working on breakthrough technology. In our scale-up environment, you'll have the freedom to lead your projects and make an impact. We provide a platform for you to explore, innovate, and define your vision for the future. At Orbem, we're committed to helping you discover your strengths, and while we aim to teach you, we also want to learn from you.
Your Team:
You'll become part of our diverse and international team. Learn more about the team members, their work, and challenges here: https://orbem.ai/company/
At Orbem, we're committed to building a smart, diverse team, and we recognize that self-doubt can prevent talented individuals from applying. If you feel you don't meet every requirement, we'd love to hear from you anyway!
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