Electromechanical Validation Engineer

About the role

Movu Robotics builds intralogistics robots with in-house design and manufacturing, and is building an in-house software testing capability centred on test automation. As a Mechatronics Test Engineer, you develop test software, help build SiL and HiL test environments, investigate how products can fail and give developers fast, actionable feedback. The position is based at the headquarters in Lokeren, with no telework.

Key responsibilities

• Develop maintainable test software in Python with reusable components, clear assertions and useful error messages.
• Automatically test suitable Linux applications through their software interfaces and data communication, for example in a SiL environment with Docker.
• Build HiL setups that test embedded software and electronics using simulated sensor and actuator signals.
• Translate requirements, historical defects and product risks into automated tests, including failure scenarios, boundary values and configuration variants.
• Make test execution repeatable and integrate it into the CI/CD flow, with traceable versions, configurations and results.
• Investigate test failures with developers, document results, recommend corrective actions and obtain stakeholder acceptance.
• Log and track defects to closure, document decisions and ways of working, and help onboard new colleagues.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Mechatronics, Electronics, Automation, Computer Science or similar, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of engineering experience, preferably in manufacturing, automation, machine building or aerospace.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining a well-defined test solution.
• Comfortable working in Linux and able to analyse software or integration problems clearly.
• Interest in embedded systems and the interaction between software, electronics, sensors and actuators.
• Autonomous and a communicative team player.
• Dutch and English (C1 or higher); eligible to work in Belgium and able to commute daily to Lokeren.

Required skills

• Solid Python foundation: OOP, SOLID, PEP8, error handling, git and testing your own test software.
• Test design: explaining which risks a test covers and what uncertainty remains.
• Nice to have: HiL/SiL, interface simulation or hardware control from test software; pytest, Robot Framework or similar; Docker and Azure DevOps; communication protocols and network traffic analysis; reading embedded C/C++ and debugging on an embedded target; basic electronics and measurement tools; experience running electrical and mechanical tests per procedure.

What we offer

• Company car with fuel card/charging pass, group health insurance and meal vouchers (8€).
• Net allowances, CAO90 bonus, laptop and iPhone with subscription.
• 20 days of vacation plus 12 extra days for a full year on a 40-hour week (32 days total).
• Intensive training by experienced colleagues and a satellite office in Berchem (Antwerp).