Senior Field & Test Engineer
The engineer who keeps prototype hardware alive in the field, and turns what breaks into the next hardware revision.
About the project
The company is developing a complex technology product at the intersection of mechanics, electronics, firmware, and software. The product is designed for demanding operational environments, where reliability, performance, and real-world usability are critical.
WHAT THIS ROLE OFFERS
Why this one is worth leaving something else for
Work on advanced technology designed to enhance human physical capability and performance.
Join at a stage where your engineering decisions can have a fundamental impact on the product and its technical direction.
Work hands-on across complex physical hardware, in an environment built around rapid learning, experimentation and real-world performance.
Take significant ownership from day one, with the opportunity to expand your impact as the product, the team and the company grow.
A package reflecting your experience, expertise and level of responsibility.
RESPONSIBILITIES
What you will actually do
- Tear down, diagnose, and repair electromechanical prototype units: actuators, drivetrains, battery systems, motor controllers, sensors, harnesses, structural components
- Build and maintain a field workshop in Kyiv: tools, spares inventory, repair benches, test rigs
- Run structured field tests with military operators: instrument units, define test conditions, capture data, document failures with photos, video, and written analysis
- Perform field modifications and quick-turn fixes so testing continues while permanent fixes are designed
- Produce root-cause failure reports that feed directly into the next hardware revision. Your analysis shapes what gets built
- Fit and adjust units on operators, train users, and gather structured feedback on comfort, controls, and performance
- Work daily with our engineering team (async, English) on failure data, design questions, and incoming build reviews
- Travel within Ukraine to units and test sites as needed
REQUIREMENTS
What we need from you
- 5+ years hands-on with electromechanical hardware: robotics, drones, UGVs, automotive, industrial machinery, or defense systems. You have physically built, broken, and fixed real machines
- Strong mechanical skills: disassembly and assembly of precision mechanisms, machining or fabrication basics, reading and interpreting CAD and drawings
- Solid electronics competence: BLDC motors and drivers, lithium battery packs, wiring harnesses, soldering, multimeter and oscilloscope diagnostics
- Systematic debugging: you find root causes, not just symptoms, and you write them down clearly
- Self-directed under ambiguity: no procedures manual exists, you create it
- Working English (written and spoken) for daily coordination with US and international engineering. Ukrainian fluency for operator work
- Based in or willing to relocate to Kyiv, and comfortable with field environments including proximity to active military training
STRONG PLUSES
What would help
- Military service or extensive direct work with military units
- Firmware familiarity: reading logs, flashing controllers, basic scripting for data capture
- Experience working with Chinese or international hardware supply chains
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
What happens after you apply
Stages differ between roles — different clients, different stakeholders. These are the ones for this vacancy.
- Intro call
- Technical deep-dive
- Hands-on practical assessment in Kyiv
- Final interview with the founder, in person in Kyiv
APPLY
Apply for this role
Four fields and a CV. No account, no portal, no cover letter unless you want to write one.
TALENT POOL
Don't see a role that fits?
Or know someone who would. We work with international defence-tech companies and open new technical and operational positions regularly. If nothing here fits you right now, send a CV anyway — that is how most of our shortlists start.
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