Job Title: Senior Automation/Test Development Engineer

Location: Cambridge

Type: Full-Time (on-site)

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Coherence Neuro is a highly interdisciplinary neurotechnology company solving some of the most challenging biological and medical problems that remain unmet. Our goal is to develop technologies that significantly increase the quality and length of life for those with debilitating and deadly cancers in the brain and body. We are backed by the best global venture capital firms, and are scaling our team across multiple sites to bring our products to those who need it as quickly and safely as possible. If you're driven to push the boundaries of engineering and science and want to help build something that could genuinely changes lives, we want to hear from you. We value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to join us in our mission. Learn about our team here!

We are seeking a Senior Automation/Test Development Engineer to lead the development of custom test systems supporting the SOMA program at our Cambridge office.

This role will lead the architecture, hardware, software, and documentation of scalable test platforms supporting engineering characterisation, design verification, and future manufacturing needs. The successful candidate will be a hands-on engineer capable of building reliable automated systems, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring that test equipment and methods can be reproduced, controlled, and used to support regulatory submissions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of custom automated test systems.
• Translate technical requirements into test methods, fixtures, instrumentation, software, and data outputs.
• Design and integrate custom electronics, PCBs, fixtures, sensors, cabling, and commercial laboratory equipment.
• Develop software for instrument control, test sequencing, data acquisition, analysis, and reporting.
• Improve test repeatability, throughput, traceability, and scalability, including parallel testing where appropriate.
• Define and verify tester accuracy, calibration, measurement uncertainty, and system performance.
• Produce the procedures, drawings, schematics, bills of materials, software records, and verification documentation needed to rebuild and operate systems repeatably.
• Work across engineering, quality, and preclinical teams to develop technically meaningful and regulatory-relevant test methods.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware, software, instrumentation, and measurement issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and support the transition of test systems into controlled verification and manufacturing methods.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline.