Associate Manufacturing Test Engineer (2nd shift)
About The Position
The Associate Manufacturing Test Engineer creates the roadmap for the production test environment and develops implementation strategies. The role analyzes and resolves day-to-day hardware and software issues affecting production tests, helping keep product testing running without interruption, and implements Test Plans for Automated Logic products. Test Plan implementation may include specifying test fixtures and designing additional circuits to support testing. Plans should meet Takt Time, quality, and First Pass Yield goals. The position also improves the efficiency of production tests and assembly processes. This is a full-time, onsite position in Kennesaw, Georgia, on a second-shift schedule of four 10-hour shifts, Monday through Thursday, from 4:00 PM to 2:30 AM.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and at least 1 year of experience in basic circuit analysis, troubleshooting, or electronics manufacturing and PCBA; or a high school diploma or GED and at least 3 years of such experience.
- Ability to multitask and support multiple projects, work well in groups, focus on results, remain open to new ideas, and communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
- Good listening skills and ability to work well under pressure.
- Teamwork, time management, attention to detail, follow-through with customers and coworkers, and problem analysis and resolution skills.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology.
- Experience in laboratory or manufacturing production-floor environments with test pods or stations.
- Basic knowledge of instrument control, data acquisition, and communication protocols including USB, UART, I2C, and SPI.
- PCBA buildout and testing experience, proficiency in handling test fixtures, and debugging skills.
- Ability to use electrical schematics to develop test plans and diagnose circuit faults.
- Experience using standard laboratory test equipment, including DMMs, oscilloscopes, and DC power supplies, to troubleshoot and diagnose electronic assemblies.
- Proficiency with standard computer applications and technical software, including Microsoft Office, CAD packages, and schematic-capture or circuit-diagram tools.
- Ability to use data to drive decision-making.
- Ability to research and specify vendors and engineering tools.
Responsibilities
- Analyze production test and assembly processes and implement improvements to increase efficiency and quality.
- Create standards for test sequences that can be leveraged across product lines.
- Identify and implement factory-wide process improvements, with particular focus on direct labor cost.
- Resolve operational issues in production test processes.
- Lead root cause analysis for test failures.
- Review design documents for Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) compliance.
- Develop product test strategies, including specifying test equipment, maintaining test fixtures, and enhancing existing test stations and pods.
- Improve product First Pass Yield (FPY), focusing on reducing false test failures and test equipment failures.
- Research and implement new technologies.
- Support production lines by maintaining continuous operations through preventative maintenance, equipment troubleshooting and repair, tool selection, and review of FPY and fallout trends to improve test fixtures.
- Create and maintain required documentation and train production employees.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Wellness incentives
- Retirement benefits
- Paid vacation, sick days, personal leave, and holidays
- Birth and adoption leave, parental leave, family and medical leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and military leave
- Purchased vacation
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance
- Health Savings Account, Health Care Spending Account, and Dependent Care Spending Account
- Tuition assistance
- May be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
