Staff Hardware Test Engineer (Manufacturing)

Join WHOOP, a leading performance optimization company, as a Staff Hardware Test Engineer (Manufacturing). In this role, you will lead the manufacturing test strategy, develop scalable test solutions, and ensure the highest standards of quality and reliability for WHOOP devices. You will work across multiple engineering disciplines, drive alignment on test strategy, and deliver measurable improvements in test coverage, quality, yield, cycle time, and cost. Additionally, you will establish best practices, mentor engineers, and contribute to product and manufacturing roadmaps.

• Lead the development and implementation of manufacturing test strategies, ensuring high standards of quality and reliability for WHOOP devices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive alignment on test strategy, influence product and manufacturing decisions, and deliver measurable improvements in test coverage, quality, yield, cycle time, and cost.
• Establish best practices, raise engineering standards, and mentor engineers across the team, contributing to the continuous improvement of manufacturing test methodologies and applications.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Ability to travel up to 15%, both domestically and internationally
• 10+ years of experience developing hardware test systems, automated test equipment, or manufacturing test solutions for high-volume consumer electronics or similarly complex products
• Extensive experience working with CMs and JDMs, including factory bring-up, NPI, production ramp, and sustaining support
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions, align stakeholders, and communicate effectively across engineering, operations, and leadership
• Strong commitment to leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions
• Proven ability to lead complex, ambiguous technical initiatives and drive outcomes across multidisciplinary engineering and operations teams
• Deep understanding of electronics, instrumentation, measurement systems, and communication protocols such as UART, I²C, SPI, USB, Bluetooth, and NFC
• Extensive experience designing, validating, and debugging manufacturing test fixtures, instrumentation, and production hardware
• Strong proficiency in Python for developing automated manufacturing test applications; experience with C/C++ or other systems languages is a plus
• Demonstrated experience independently owning manufacturing test strategy and execution from product development through NPI, ramp, and mass production
• Strong understanding of manufacturing test methodologies and data analysis, including test coverage, calibration, correlation, GR&R, process capability, yield analysis, and failure analysis
• Track record of delivering measurable improvements in manufacturing quality, yield, efficiency, test coverage, or cost
• Experience mentoring engineers and improving engineering practices within a team
• Experience designing electronic circuits and PCBAs using tools such as Altium Designer
• Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience