Lead Engineer, Test Development

Celestica International LP•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

The Lead Engineer in Test Development designs, develops, and implements automatic test equipment and test programs for product testing and design verification, ensuring robust, high-quality assembled products in manufacturing. Test Development Engineers may focus on structural testing, which verifies assembly processes and component interconnects, or functional testing, which verifies that a design performs its intended purpose. The role works independently on most aspects of assignments within established professional standards and practices. It involves moderately complex work requiring judgment, with general supervision; situations outside standard processes are referred to a manager or expert resource. The engineer may demonstrate methods to new employees and builds internal and external relationships that support job responsibilities, including relationships with suppliers, customers, and internal teams. The position leads technical work across the manufacturing test development process, from test strategy and architecture through equipment selection, code development, integration, validation, qualification, installation, and production stabilization. It collaborates with customers, design teams, suppliers, and internal teams to deliver production test solutions and improve test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, yield, cycle time, and false-failure rates. Some travel to overseas locations may be required. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and employment is conditional on successful security screening under the Controlled Goods Regulations and ITAR.

Requirements

At least 3 years of practical software development experience in a Linux environment using at least one programming language; Python is mandatory.
At least 3 years of practical experience using Git in a Linux environment; mandatory.
Strong operations background in electronics manufacturing; mandatory.
Ability to design, develop, debug, and release software.
Knowledge of the design process for systems and printed circuit boards.
Knowledge 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 systems, 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 causes of problems.
Knowledge of testing software, processes, methodologies, and failure analysis.
Knowledge of IT platforms, networking, database design, and programming languages appropriate to the work area.
Project leadership skills and ability to manage multiple projects with good organizational skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of internal and external customers.
Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent residency, and successful security screening under the Controlled Goods Regulations and ITAR.

Nice To Haves

3 to 5 years of related experience; experience in similar job roles is preferred.
Engineering development and manufacturing operations support experience.
Experience with JavaScript, HTML, XML, TCL, Bash scripting, MS Visual Studio .NET (C#, VB, ASP), or SQL.
Hardware development, integration, and qualification experience.
Instrumentation automation and driver development experience.
Board design and layout experience.
Development experience in the hyperscale, cloud connectivity, or data center industry.
Development experience in the aerospace and defense or healthcare industries.
National Instruments LabVIEW development experience.
National Instruments TestStand experience.
A Bachelor of Applied Science or Engineering in Computer, Electrical, Software, or Mechatronics engineering is most preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop technical solutions independently in a limited number of technical fields supporting common segments and technologies.
Review and interpret customer documentation and conduct research, analysis, and experiments with minimal direction from senior staff.
Attend and participate in technical discussions with customers.
Solve complex problems in cooperation with other engineers as needed.
Provide technical project leadership, including managing and communicating with internal and external team members, suppliers, and customers.
Create technical proposals, solutions, timelines, costed bills of materials, and hours estimates based on requirements.
Provide high-level test hardware and software solution architecture.
Review equipment data sheets and select suitable equipment based on requirements.
Create structural and functional test strategies and test plans based on product design requirements and project goals.
Research and understand relevant product technologies and associated skills.
Support all areas of manufacturing test development, including hardware and equipment selection, procurement, test code development, hardware and system integration, validation, qualification, and onsite manufacturing installation.
Collaborate with customer product design teams and provide feedback on testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware and diagnostics, and user experience.
Develop production-level manufacturing test strategies and requirements for new products based on hardware and software specifications.
Develop manufacturing test plan documentation.
Design and develop test solutions comprising hardware and software elements.
Develop test code and tools from scratch for manufacturing test automation.
Integrate tools and custom code developed by internal groups or external customer teams.
Perform system integration, qualification, and installation to meet product, quality, and test requirements documented in the test plan.
Debug tester issues using design of experiments, tools, and failure-analysis methodologies.
Execute validation and qualification requirements using statistical and common industry methods.
Stabilize and optimize manufacturing test solutions with process teams, focusing on failure analysis, cycle time, test yield, and reducing false failures.
Maintain test equipment, fixtures, and specialized tools for manufacturing test automation.
Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations.
Apply continuous improvement to all aspects of the development process.
Travel occasionally, including to Canada, Mexico, Asia, and the EU.