About the role
About Halter At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund , Bessemer Venture Partners , BOND, DCVC , Blackbird , Promus Ventures , Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures . To find out more, visit our LinkedIn & Instagram . Role Summary Set technical direction and standards for production test systems, scaling globally and building team capability. What you’ll do Own production test strategy across products and sites, including coverage philosophy, fixture architecture, calibration approach, validation evidence, and readiness gates. Lead architecture and delivery of production test systems that scale globally, ensuring stations, fixtures, instrumentation, software interfaces, and data flows are reliable and repeatable. Set standards for production testing fixture architecture, instrumentation strategy, validation evidence, interface design, and ongoing maintenance/calibration. Drive cross-functional execution for NPI and major ECNs with clear go/no-go calls, aligning fixture, process, product, firmware, and software trade-offs. Create leverage through mentoring and technical leadership for production test engineers and technicians, while staying close to critical technical decisions. What we’re looking for Proven technical leadership of production test or test engineering teams, with experience taking test systems from development through production release and ongoing improvement. Deep knowledge of test systems, fixture architecture, calibration, data pipelines, and factory operations, including how test coverage, yield data, traceability, and validation evidence are used to make production decisions. Strong communicator; able to align Production Process, Machine Design, Product Design, Firmware, Production Software, Quality, and factory teams on complex technical programs, trade-offs, and readiness decisions. Join our team Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the