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Test Lab Engineer

Tovala · Urbana, IL · On Site · Active · $115,000–$150,000 / year · Lever

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Field	Value
Company	Tovala
Title	Test Lab Engineer
Normalized title	-
Department / team	Hardware
Location	Urbana, IL, United States
Work model	On Site
Employment type	Full Time
Salary	$115,000–$150,000 / year
Status	active
ATS provider	Lever
Posted / first seen	2026-06-02 / 2026-06-03
Changed / last seen	2026-06-06 / 2026-06-06

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Company	Tovala
Source	29a48a71-3d5d-4e45-bcdd-83c33c53081d
ATS provider	Lever

Description

We’re Tovala, a food-tech company reinventing home cooking to save consumers time. Through an innovative combination of hardware, software, and fresh food delivery, we make it incredibly simple for anyone to prepare and enjoy delicious, home-cooked meals without sacrificing time to do whatever matters to them. Through our superior technology, product experience and food quality, we have separated Tovala from the busy pack of other meal delivery businesses. In the process, we’ve amassed a loyal, rapidly growing following and our retention, product engagement and customer NPS are all best-in-class. We’ve raised over $100mm from great investors like Left Lane Capital, Origin Ventures, Y Combinator and Comcast Ventures and have invested strongly in building a unique culture that fosters growth, personal development and camaraderie. Food packaging and oven testing is more than just running tests; it often involves quick prototyping and a fair amount of creativity. In addition to executing test plans, you’ll design the experiments, fabricate the fixtures, report results back to the team, and continuously improve our growing inventory of test materials and instruments. Compensation & Benefits: Tovala uses market data, geography, and placement of internal employees to determine salary. Additionally, we offer all employees real ownership in the company in the form of a competitive equity package. - Flexible paid time off (with a minimum of 15 days off you are highly encouraged to take) - Comprehensive healthcare coverage we really invest in - 401k with match - Free Tovala Smart Oven and discounted Tovala meals - Paid holidays and our winter holiday office shutdown where the offices and facilities close for a week around Christmas and New Years - Various other perks - recognition programs, continued learning stipend, casual dress code, in-office coffee, snacks and drinks, and Tovala swag Our Values > Put the Team First: We put what is best for the broader team ahead of what is best for ourselves or our immediate department. > Get S#!t Done (Well): We celebrate people at all levels for delivering high impact work that expands the bounds of what we’re able to do. > Connect the Dots: We engage with curiosity to learn how our work impacts others so that we can problem-solve holistically and work collaboratively. > Be Direct: We share our perspective openly and directly, even when it feels difficult to do so. > Embrace the Obstacles: We rise to meet challenges with a sense of urgency, resolve, and optimism. > Champion the Customer: We consider and prioritize our customer in all of our decisions At Tovala we‘re committed to building a workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Everyone is welcome here! What You’ll Do Build and maintain robust lab management systems for all equipment, measurement systems, maintenance, and calibration. Drive continuous improvement through team participation, project reviews, and result analysis.Support new product design and quality assurance teams through test development, data analysis, and competitor benchmarking. Use robust statistical methods to interpret performance data and make formal recommendations to product teams. Operate a variety of cooking appliances in representative conditions and design highly detailed appliance and thermal tests with project teams. Conduct diverse and complex mechanical and electrical tests to ensure product conformance to internal specifications and regulatory requirements. Continuously review and interpret tool sensor data to ensure the accuracy of testing. Provide updates to management and project teams as required, and prepare thorough, timely, accurate technical reports on tests performed using word processing, database, spreadsheet, and statistical/graphical software. What You’ll Bring Required Skills +3–5 years of experience with test equipment, procedures, and mechanical/electrical principles. Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, mechanical, or similar). Working knowledge of test concepts in the design and development of products and components. Strong problem-solving instincts and the discipline to design experiments that actually answer the question. Excellent communication skills. You can explain results and tradeoffs clearly to engineers and non-technical stakeholders. Nice to Have Six Sigma knowledge and/or certification. Basic understanding of thermal, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Electrical fabrication: soldering, wiring, building custom instruments. Data analysis and visualization using spreadsheet tools, Python, R, or similar. Hands-on experience with AI-assisted tools for data analysis, reporting, or test scaffolding, and a point of view on where they help in a lab context. Experience working in a connected consumer product or food-tech company. Who You Are Outcome-Oriented: You judge the quality program by what customers experience, not by how many documents you produced. You care about the right metrics and aren’t shy about changing them when they stop being useful. Cross-Functional Leader: You lead through influence as much as authority. Engineering, ops, CX, and manufacturing partners trust you because you’re fair, technical, and direct. Hands-On: You’re comfortable on a production line, in a teardown lab, and in a spreadsheet. You don’t outsource your understanding of the product. Startup Mindset: You’re comfortable in an environment where priorities evolve and where your work has a direct, visible impact on customers’ kitchens. You can build a process where it’s missing without over-building. Curious and Adaptive: You stay current on quality practices and tooling, and you have a point of view on where AI and automation belong in a modern hardware quality program. Location Work out of our R&D and prototyping dream shop at The Product Manufactory ( www.theproductmanufactory.com ) in Urbana, IL. This is an onsite role in our lab.

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Country	United States
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Salary Raw	USD 115000-150000 per-year-salary
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First Seen At	2026-06-03 12:24:35Z
Last Seen At	2026-06-06 19:45:09Z
Last Checked At	2026-06-06 19:45:09Z
Last Changed At	2026-06-06 07:55:26Z
Inactive At	—
Source Posted At	2026-06-02 11:57:30Z
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