Are you a software engineer who loves the idea of working with a factory? We are seeking a software engineer to work on the manufacturing software we use to ensure our product has been properly built and can perform all necessary functions.
As a software engineer working on manufacturing, you will:
Write the code that implements our manufacturing software systems, from IC-level programming to final assembly system test for our rack
Work closely with engineers across hardware, embedded, and OS development to gather test requirements and create test plans
Collaborate with our manufacturing partners on usability, system implementation, and improvement opportunities
Create production-quality processes for software release for manufacturing test systems
Recommend hardware and equipment needed to develop test system bill of materials (BOMs).
Build text-based UIs for Unix-based manufacturing line systems which indicate test progress and troubleshooting information, as well as send manufacturing data to backend services
Create systems that can help Oxide leverage manufacturing data (such as debug assistance and defect trending) to support our production
Get to learn about every piece of Oxide’s hardware, from the smallest PCBA to the rack-level system
You will thrive in this role if you:
Enjoy watching How It’s Made
Have experience shipping software written in Rust
Have previous hardware test experience
Are energized the by the urgency of production while creating software that ensures product quality
Want to enable test engineers to identify problems efficiently and keep production moving
Enjoy considering human factors in your user interfaces and building for users with varying skillsets
Communicate effectively with people across engineering, operations, and manufacturing
Before applying for this role, you should:
Learn enough about our product to understand our approach.
Browse our public Requests for Discussion to get a flavor for how we work.
Listen to Hiring Processes with Gergely Orosz to familiarize yourself with the Oxide hiring process.
Listen to some episodes of Oxide and Friends. A few recommendations:
Tales from Manufacturing: Shipping Rack 1 to hear about how everything came together for our first customer shipment.
Raiding the Minibar about a test rig we’ve developed for our manufacturing line
Integrating Hardware and Software Teams on the benefits of having hardware and software engineers working together.
Textual UIs with Orhun Parmaksız on building the kind of user interfaces that we use in manufacturing.
