Engineer, Test Development

Summary

The Engineer, Test Development designs, develops and implements automatic test equipment and test programs for product testing.
The Engineer, Test Development may specialize in many areas but are generally categorized as  and Functional (verification that a customer's product will perform its main purpose).   

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Work independently to develop technical solutions without assistance in a limited number of technical fields supporting common segments/technologies. May also solve complex problems in cooperation with a team of other engineers.
• Attend and interact in technical customer meetings.
• Provide high level test hardware and software solution architecture
• Review customer's product documentation and select appropriate equipment based on requirements
• Support creation of a functional test strategy and test plan to meet project goals and requirements
• Support creation of technical proposals with costed BOM and hours estimates
• Ability to research and comprehend relevant product technologies and skills associated with product technologies
• Develop production test strategies based on customer supplied specifications/Statement of work
• Design and develop test solutions including hardware & software elements including initial builds, qualification, and installation to meet product, quality and test requirements outlined in the test plan.
• Debug of tester issues using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies
• Execute all validation/qualification requirements by applying statistical and common industry methods
• Stabilization of Test Solutions for manufacturing working to optimize with operation's process teams focussing on cycle time and yield.
• Test developers may also work with the customer including product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience.
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Practical Experience with test equipment including, but not limited to:

• Digital Volt Meters
• RF Power Meters
• Optical Power Meters
• Oscilloscopes
• Spectrum Analyzers

Practical Software Experience :

• Labview
• C#
• Python
• LINUX
• Microsoft Office (EXCEL/WORD/POWERPOINT)
• MINITAB (or other statistical packages)
• SQL

Product Knowledge:

• WIFI
• Cellular Technology
• Fiber Optic Communication
• RF Cable Systems
• ETHERNET

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment as well as an operating production floor.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. 
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 1 to 3 years of related experience;Experience in similar job roles

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Relocation is not provided for this opening