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.

• 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

• 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

• 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.