Senior Hardware Test Engineer - Automation & Product Quality

Halter, Auckland

The role

Halter is flipping the livestock world on its head. We're scaling fast across NZ, Aus, and the US, lining up multiple new international markets, and the stakes are high.

We are looking for a Senior Hardware Test Engineer to be a technical cornerstone of our Test Engineering pillar within the broader Product Reliability Function. Our collar is tough and built for the beating it takes day in and day out on a farm, but it can always be tougher. We've iterated it to this point and learnt many tough lessons along the way. We need someone who can design and execute automated tests across 100's of samples, that turn assumptions into evidence; someone who brings rigour, creativity, and speed to every challenge they take on.

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Senior Hardware Test Engineer - Automation & Product Quality

Halter, Auckland

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Location: Auckland
Work type: Onsite
Level: Senior
Posted: Jul 3, 2026
Last check: 7 h ago
Job type: Hardware and robotics

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Company facts

Money raised: $320MSum of funding rounds on record
Newest round: Series EMar 25, 2026

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The role

Halter is flipping the livestock world on its head. We're scaling fast across NZ, Aus, and the US, lining up multiple new international markets, and the stakes are high.

What you will do

What you'll own

Your work produces the evidence that decides whether we ship, whether we hold, and what we fix next. You'll operate with a high degree of autonomy across test design, execution, and infrastructure.

Design, build, and run tests that matter

Own and execute the test automation strategy and overarching infrastructure (likely in Python or Teststand)
Design and execute environmental, reliability, verification and validations tests across electromechanical sub-systems and full product assemblies: HALT, UV exposure, tumble, impact, thermal cycling, ingress, and more.
Own tests end-to-end: from interpreting product requirements and writing test plans through to execution, analysis, and delivering clear pass/fail evidence.
Identify gaps in requirements or test coverage and propose new methods or approaches to close them.

Build and maintain test infrastructure

Design and build bespoke test rigs, fixtures, and automation that makes testing faster, more repeatable, more reproducible and less manual.
Own, maintain and integrate environmental chambers, DAQ systems, RF systems and other equipment into the test automation infrastructure, ensuring the infrastructure is always calibrated and up to a high standard.
Continuously raise the bar on test and data throughput without compromising evidential quality or repeatability.

Deliver decision-grade data

Ensure every test produces data that is trustworthy, traceable, and actionable—not just raw numbers, but clear evidence that links back to requirements or risks that engineering leadership can rely on for go/no-go decisions.
Maintain strong test governance practices: calibration records, equipment versioning, code versioning, procedure versioning, and full traceability.
Present findings clearly to cross-functional stakeholders, turning complex results into crisp recommendations.

Collaborate across engineering

Partner closely with Reliability Engineering, Hardware Design, Firmware, and Production to ensure quality testing approaches are embedded early in the development cycle, not bolted on at the end.
Work with Reliability Engineers to translate reliability requirements and product requirements into robust, efficient and scaleable test plans.
Contribute to a culture of evidence over opinions—where "reliable" and "quality" means "proven," NOT "seems fine."

What success looks like

Tests you design and run are repeatable, well-documented, and trusted across the organisation.
Your evidence directly enables Halter to ship with confidence, driven by data rather than hope.
Test infrastructure you build scales with the team—others can pick up your rigs, procedures, and methods and run with them.
Reliability and Quality improves with every release, and your work is a key reason why.

Senior Hardware Test Engineer - Automation & Product Quality

The role

Senior Hardware Test Engineer - Automation & Product Quality

The role

What you will do

What you'll own

Design, build, and run tests that matter

Build and maintain test infrastructure

Deliver decision-grade data

Collaborate across engineering

What success looks like

You're a hands-on engineer who builds things that work

You know the tools and the reality

You operate with ownership and clarity

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Why our team loves working at Halter

About Halter

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