Electrical Engineer - Test Fixture Design

Job Title: Electrical Engineer

Location: Tarrytown, NY, USA

Experience: 4 to 8 years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Electro-Mechanical Test Fixture Design Engineer to design, develop, validate, and support automated and manual test fixtures for electronic, electro-mechanical, and embedded systems products. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in mechanical fixture design, instrumentation integration, PCBA testing, hardware validation, and cross-functional collaboration with electrical, embedded, manufacturing, and test engineering teams.

The role involves the complete fixture development lifecycle from requirements analysis, concept generation, detailed design, prototype development, verification & validation, design transfer, and production support.

Must Have Skills : -

Electromechanical Text Fixture / Design& Development

Sensors Motors / Component Selection

Test fixture Qualification for Compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Test Fixture Design & Development

• Design and develop electro-mechanical test fixtures for PCBAs, subassemblies, and product-level testing.
• Create fixture concepts, architectures, and detailed 3D CAD models.
• Develop manual, semi-automated, and fully automated test fixtures.
• Design fixture mechanisms, enclosures, interfaces, guide-pin systems, and bed-of-nails solutions.
• Perform tolerance analysis and stack-up studies to ensure fixture reliability and repeatability.

Test System Integration

• Integrate instruments such as:
• Power Supplies
• DAQs
• Signal Generators
• Oscilloscopes
• Digital Multimeters
• Switch Matrices
• Support hardware interfacing for functional, verification, and validation testing.
• Collaborate with software teams for automation and data acquisition systems.

Verification & Validation

• Develop fixture qualification, verification, and validation plans.
• Execute reliability, repeatability, and GR&R studies.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Support test coverage analysis and failure investigations.

Documentation & Compliance

• Create engineering drawings, BOMs, manufacturing documentation, and assembly procedures.
• Generate test plans, validation reports, and design documentation.
• Participate in risk assessments, DFMEA, PFMEA, and design reviews.
• Support change control and engineering release processes.

Design Transfer & Manufacturing Support

• Work with suppliers and manufacturing teams for fixture fabrication and deployment.
• Support design transfer activities and production ramp-up.
• Troubleshoot fixture issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for standardization, modularity, and cost optimization.