Looking to build your career with a company that values innovation, stability, and people? Join our dedicated team as the Lead Hardware Test Engineer in Bridgeton MO!
Since 1946, Hunter Engineering has been aligning cutting-edge technology with a strong commitment to quality. As a family-owned, American-made company, Hunter is the global leader in automotive service equipment, with our products used in over 130 countries by top vehicle manufacturers, tire companies, and service centers.
We’re proud to be recognized as a Best Places to Work finalist by the St. Louis Business Journal for five consecutive years (2022 – 2026) – a testament to our commitment to our people. Here, employees are supported, challenged, and take pride in their work. We offer exceptional benefits, a healthy work-life balance, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
If you’re ready to join a team that’s shaping the future of automotive service, read on.
As the Lead Hardware Test Engineer, you will own the creation of the testing; strategy, execution, and continuous improvement while developing and mentoring a team of Test Engineers and Technicians. This is a role with a strong mechanical focus.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead day-to-day hardware and software activities for the Alpha Test Engineering Team; provide technical leadership and development for Test Engineers and Test Technicians
- Coordinate testing priorities, resource planning, and work assignments across projects
- Coordinate with the Validation Engineering Team to execute test plans, test procedures, and validation strategies for Hunter Engineering products including new hardware, embedded systems, firmware, and application software.
- Identify test coverage gaps and ensure validation activities meet functional, performance, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Define test equipment and resource requirements including the effective implementation of all testing needs.
- Lead the execution of system, integration, functionality, regression, stress, and reliability tests to ensure products meet defined quality, performance, and release-readiness criteria
- Oversee test data collection, analysis, and documentation of results using structured reporting tools.
- Establish and refine testing best practices, standard operating procedures, and documentation standards to improve consistency, traceability, and audit readiness.
- Additional duties as assigned
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Technology or related field.
- 5+ years leading a technical team.
- 5+ years of experience in mechanical, hardware, software, or systems testing.
- Strong understanding of embedded systems, hardware interfaces, sensors, and software architecture.
- Proven experience creating and executing test plans.
- Proficiency with test instruments such as multimeters, DAQ systems, signal generators, etc.
- Experience with defect tracking tools and test documentation practices.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to adapt to ever changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
What We Offer:
- Industry-Leading Healthcare Coverage
- Profit-Sharing Plan with Safe Harbor Contribution
- Generous Paid Time Off & Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Free Onsite Fitness & Recreation Center
Join us in our mission to ‘Align People and Innovation to Drive Excellence!’
- Make Lives Better Together
- Take Pride in the Extraordinary
- Define the Standard
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Technology, or related field.
- 5+ years leading a technical team.
- 5+ years experience in mechanical, hardware, software, or systems testing.
- Strong understanding of embedded systems, hardware interfaces, sensors, and software architecture.
- Proven experience creating and executing test plans.
- Proficiency with test instruments such as multimeters, DAQ systems, and signal generators.
- Experience with defect tracking tools and test documentation practices.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Hunter Engineering Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hunter Engineering Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Hunter Engineering Company.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many salaried and plant roles, with consistent descriptions of good pay and fair compensation. Earning potential can be notably strong in consultative field roles when performance and territory align.
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Retirement Support — A Safe Harbor 401(k) with an automatic company contribution is paired with a separate profit‑sharing plan. Plan specifics include immediate vesting for Safe Harbor funds and a defined vesting timeline for profit sharing.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation that scales with tenure, personal days, and a broad paid holiday schedule are described. Parental and adoption leave complement the package, with paid volunteer time also noted.
Hunter Engineering Company Insights
What We Do
Hunter Engineering Company is a global leader in automotive service equipment, offering state-of-the-art wheel alignment systems, wheel balancers, tire changers, vehicle inspection equipment, brake lathes and more. Since 1946, when Automotive Hall of Fame inductee Lee Hunter founded Hunter Engineering, the company has built a reputation for innovation and visionary leadership in the application of the newest technologies to automotive undercar service. Hunter's award-winning research and development team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers are responsible for hundreds of patented and exclusive features that make Hunter products the most productive undercar service equipment available. Hunter has a total of over 350 awarded patents while releasing an average of 7-10 new patents each year. Hunter fields the largest dedicated sales and service force in the undercar service industry with approximately 390+ sales representatives and 410+ independent service representatives throughout the United States.
