Factory Applications Engineer, New College Graduate, (Teradyne, N Reading, MA)

Teradyne • North Reading, MA

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About The Position

Teradyne’s Defense and Aerospace Division leads in providing high-performance test solutions for defense and aerospace markets. Our products ensure the reliability of both military and commercial aerospace electronics. The growing demand for high-performance test systems is driven by new programs like tactical aircraft and missile systems, along with upgrade initiatives.

We attract, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce, comprised of people with diverse backgrounds and a shared drive for excellence. We strive to foster a positive and inclusive work environment that helps employees, and communities, thrive. 
Our Purpose TERADYNE, where experience meets innovation and driving excellence in every connection. We are fueled by creativity and diversity of thought and in our workforce. Our employees are supported to innovate and learn something new every day.  We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results. 

Opportunity Overview 
Do you enjoy solving challenging automation problems at the intersection of hardware and software engineering?  Is using your electrical engineering skills in combination with writing C/C++ or C# code to qualify and implement automated test solutions that drive product quality exciting to you?  If so, this opportunity is for you! 

Serve as a contributor in a software and product test group, developing applications and test cases targeting Teradyne test equipment to ensure our products meet our customers’ critical needs before they are released    

Play a key role in the product development process by providing customer perspective to the design process    

Assist cross-functional engineering teams in debugging product defects  

Provide technical support for product demonstrations    

Stay on top of rapid changes in technology, assess the ramifications of these changes, advocate solutions, and support new product development

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree (BSEE, ECE, CS) or equivalent work experience required.
• Experience with programming of instrumentation or hardware in C/C++ or C# using instrument drivers.
• Creating test program sets using C, C++, and/or C# required
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills across functional groups are needed to succeed in this position
• Excellent verbal, written, organizational, and analytical skills
• Process oriented and continuous improvement focused
• All candidates for this ITAR restricted position must be one of the following: US Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident, Asylee, Refugee or otherwise lawfully admitted under an amnesty program.

Nice To Haves

• Detailed knowledge of software test techniques, case modeling and automated test techniques preferred.
• Automatic Test Equipment knowledge preferred
• Hardware instrumentation experience with PXI, LXI, VXI controlled test instruments and automated test systems preferred
• Experience with software development environments in Microsoft .NET Framework, and Visual Studio preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as a contributor in a software and product test group, developing applications and test cases targeting Teradyne test equipment to ensure our products meet our customers’ critical needs before they are released
• Play a key role in the product development process by providing customer perspective to the design process
• Assist cross-functional engineering teams in debugging product defects
• Provide technical support for product demonstrations
• Stay on top of rapid changes in technology, assess the ramifications of these changes, advocate solutions, and support new product development

Benefits

• Teradyne offers a variety of robust health and well-being benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees