Staff Engineer, Test Development

General Overview

Functional Area:  Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream:  Test Engineering Development (TED)
Role:  Staff Engineer (SEN)
Job Title:  Staff Engineer, Test Development
Job Code:  SEN-ENG-TED
Job Level:  Level 10
Direct/Indirect Indicator:  Indirect

Summary

The Senior Staff 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 the interconnects) and Functional Testing (verification that a design will perform its main purpose and meet specific performance requirements).  
Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service and teams.  

Will report directly to North American regional test development center of excellence, and align with services leadership team to deploy tools and processes inline with standards and best practices within the larger organization. 
 

Detailed Description

Activities include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Develops and executes assembly/test strategy for new products including design for manufacture and test analysis and feedback.
• Executes assembly / test bringup for new products
• Lead the development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains and participate in project planning and scheduling.
• Involvement in all areas of the test development process, including procurement, software development, hardware integration, system integration, qualification and installation support for manufacturing.
• Implements production systems to ensure maximum utilization of critical resources, maximum throughput, minimum cost and capacity growth.
• Review and interpret customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contact.  
• Analyze tradeoffs in complex systems and recommend solutions.  Develop deployment strategies and plans.
• Integrate tools and code developed by other internal groups or external customers.
• Lead the deployment of strategic programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.
• Debug of solutions using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies.
• Project leadership, including management of (and communication with) team members, suppliers and customers both internal & external.
• Collaborate with a highly experienced engineering team to review and provide input on development designs and test strategies.
• Work with regional leadership to establish short term and long term investment and skills development strategies and business cases for local organization
• Execute all validation/qualification requirements by applying statistical and common industry methods
• Stabilizing Test Solutions for manufacturing by working with process teams focusing on cycle time and yield optimization.
• Apply a continuous improvement mindset to all aspects of the development process.
• Some responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.)

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Bachelor of Applied Science or Engineering in Computer, Electrical, Software, or Computer Science
• Engineering Foundation Competencies
• Knowledge and understanding of the design process for systems and printed circuit boards
• Knowledge and understanding of systems and printed circuit board manufacturing processes and equipment
• Knowledge of industry and quality standards
• Ability to evaluate, diagnose and troubleshoot problems
• Knowledge of materials and components used in the construction of systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies
• Knowledge of industry and quality standards for incoming materials
• Ability to evaluate materials, gather and analyze data and determine root cause of problems
• Knowledge of testing software, processes and methodologies and failure analysis
• Knowledge of IT platforms, networking, database design and programming languages appropriate to area
• Minimum 3-5 years of practical software development experience in Linux environment with minimum one language ( Python preferred )
• Minimum 1-2 years of practical experience using GIT in Linux environment (preferred)
• Minimum 5-7 years of engineering development and manufacturing operations support (preferred, not mandatory)
• Some Javascript, HTML, XML, TCL, Bash Scripting, MS Visual Studio .NET (C#, VB, ASP), SQL (preferred)
• Strong operations background (electronics manufacturing experience preferred, not mandatory)
• Software design, development, debug and release
• Some Hardware development, integration and qualification (preferred, not mandatory)
• Project leadership and managing multiple projects
• Ability to manage/lead complex, multiple line engineering projects that may also involve other functions. Demonstrate solid understanding of the technical, financial and people aspects of the project.
• Able to create a project/change management plan and ensure that the project is delivered within the assigned time and budget.
• Ability to create financial plans for your projects, align them internally with your line of management and other functions and externally if needed. Create project plans, profitability calculations, risk and sensitivity analysis, able to recognize barriers and mitigate profitability risks.
• Good organization skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of internal and external customers
• Instrumentation automation, driver development (preferred, not mandatory)
• Development in Aerospace & Defense and/or Healthcare industry would be an asset (not mandatory)
• Development in Hyperscale, Cloud Connectivity and/or DataCenter industry would be an asset (not mandatory)
• Some development experience with National Instruments LabView would be an asset (not mandatory)
• Some National Instruments TestStand experience would be an asset (not mandatory)
• Some board design and layout experience would be an asset (not mandatory)
   

Physical Demands

• Lab work including assembling test equipment, racks of instruments, running cables, wiring and pcb assembly
• Normal office environment with exposure to manufacturing environments
• May require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data
• Repetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc)
• Occasional travel (NA, EU, Asia) may be required.

Typical Experience

• 7 to 10 years of related experience;Experience in similar job roles

Typical Education

Bachelor of Applied Science or Engineering in Computer or Electrical or Software, or Computer Science

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.