Electrical Test Engineer

Flex • TX

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About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a/an Electrical Test engineer located in Dallas, TX. Reporting to the Quality Director the Electrical Test engineer will be responsible for developing the 'test playbook' for the whole business, ensuring labs, processes, and results across sites are consistent, compliant, and scalable.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in related field
• 6 years of experience in testing (short-circuit withstand, dielectric, temperature rise, partial discharge, arc-flash containment)
• Hands-on experience with medium- and low-voltage electrical equipment (switchgear, circuit breakers, relays, busbars, drives)
• Deep knowledge of type testing (short-circuit withstand, dielectric, temperature rise, partial discharge, arc-flash containment)
• Familiarity with routine / production testing as well as design validation testing
• Strong foundation in electrical engineering principles (power systems, protection, insulation, fault currents, grounding)
• Working knowledge of UL, IEC, ANSI, IEEE, NEMA, CSA standards for electrical distribution equipment
• Experience leading certification efforts with external agencies (UL, ASTA, CE, KEMA, etc.)
• Strong troubleshooting skills for failures during test (insulation breakdown, trip unit misbehavior, mechanical interlock failure)
• Availability to travel 50% of the time

Responsibilities

• Define test policies, standards, and procedures for electrical products
• Ensure compliance with global standards (UL, IEC, ANSI, IEEE, CSA, NEMA)
• Define type tests, routine tests, environmental tests for new products
• Manage certification testing with external agencies (UL, CE, CSA, ASTA, etc.)
• Oversee corporate or regional test labs: safety, calibration, upgrades
• Specify and approve new test equipment (high-voltage sources, partial discharge analyzers, thermal chambers, data acquisition systems)
• Drive automation & digitalization of testing and reporting
• Support site-level engineers with difficult failures or systemic issues
• Lead root cause analysis for product failures in test or field return scenarios
• Provide technical expertise to plants during customer witness testing
• Collect and analyze test data across multiple sites
• Create dashboards & KPIs for product reliability and test lab performance

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees