Test Automation Engineer

Who is Elve?

Elve, Inc. is a deep-tech startup with a factory in Davis, CA & Customer Experience center in San Francisco, CA, specializing in designing and manufacturing high-efficiency, lightweight millimeter-wave and near-THz RF power amplifiers. Our technology enables high-performance wireless communications for applications ranging from satellite communications to advanced terrestrial systems.

We are looking for engineers to join our team and help develop and manufacture cutting-edge RF technology. If you are passionate about RF systems, test automation, hardware, and building tools that directly improve how products are tested and manufactured, we want to hear from you.

Job Description

The RF Test Automation Engineer will develop, automate, and maintain RF test procedures and the software frameworks used to support production and engineering testing.

This role requires a strong foundation in RF testing combined with the ability to develop and maintain production-quality software. The engineer will translate engineering requirements into useful and technically valid RF test procedures, automate those procedures within reusable test frameworks, and support their continued use and improvement across production.

This is a highly hands-on role. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across RF hardware, test instrumentation, software, and production systems and troubleshooting issues that may span all of those areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop RF test procedures based on engineering and product requirements
• Automate RF testing using reusable and maintainable software frameworks
• Develop and maintain test software, including data acquisition, processing, logging, and reporting
• Interface with RF test equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, and related instrumentation
• Troubleshoot issues spanning test software, instrumentation, test setups, and RF hardware
• Partner with RF, test, manufacturing, and product engineers to improve test coverage, repeatability, and throughput
• Implement appropriate software debugging, logging, error handling, and version control practices
• Prepare for and participate in live customer product demonstrations
• Document test methods, software, and results clearly for engineering and production users