Lead Engineer, Test Development

Summary

The Lead Engineer, Test Development designs, develops and implements automatic test equipment and test programs for product testing and design verification which ensure robust and high quality assembled products in manufacturing.
A Test Development Engineer may specialize in many areas but are generally categorized into Structural (verification of an assembly process by testing each of its smaller elements and their interconnects) and Functional (verification that a design will perform its main purpose).  

Detailed Description

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

• Develop and implement technical solutions in two or more technical areas. Lead smaller projects and may coordinate other engineers including reviews of their work.
• Reviews and interprets customer documentation, conducts appropriate research, analysis and experiments with minimal direction from senior staff.
• Creates technical proposals (solution and timelines) based on requirements
• Provide high level test hardware and software solution architecture
• Create structural or functional test strategy and test plan to meet project goals and requirements
• Create technical proposals with costed BOM and hours estimates
• Create product test requirements with guidance from senior staff and collaboration with customer designers
• Provides Technical program management for small projects
• Develop production test strategies based on product design specification
• Design and develop test solutions including hardware & software elements and then system integration, 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 process teams focusing on cycle time and yield.
• Test developers may also work with product design teams with feedback from product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience.
• Keeping up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Ability to design and build experimental set-ups to quantify the performance of the thermal solutions, along with experience with instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and power delivery systems. Thermal solutions will include air-cooling, liquid-cooling  and hybrid.
• Knowledge of mechanical and thermal tolerancing
• Knowledge of server architecture, design, components, sub-assemblies and systems
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve (and prevent) a wide range of problems quickly and logically.
• Basic mechanical CAD tools experience primarily for review of thermal designs.
• Ability to multitask and operate in cross functional development teams.
• Good verbal, and written communication skills in English.

Typical Experience

• 5+ years of proven experience in PCBA and System products validation.
• Background in production test development including failure analysis, problem solving and ECOs.

Typical Education

• Degree or higher in Electronics Engineering or equivalent

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.