Lead Engineer, Test Development

Celestica•Fort Worth, TX

14h•Onsite

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 to ensure robust, high-quality assembled products in manufacturing. Test development work may focus on structural testing, which verifies an assembly process by testing its elements and interconnects, or functional testing, which verifies that a design performs its intended purpose. The role works independently on most aspects of moderately complex assignments under general supervision and within established professional standards. It develops technical solutions, interprets customer documentation, conducts research and experiments, contributes technical leadership to projects, and communicates with internal and external teams, suppliers, and customers. The engineer develops test strategies, plans, hardware and software solutions, and production test automation, then integrates, validates, qualifies, installs, debugs, and stabilizes those solutions for manufacturing. The position also supports continuous improvement in failure analysis, cycle time, test yield, and false-failure reduction. The position is based in Fort Worth, Texas, and involves lab work and exposure to manufacturing environments. Some travel may be required, including to Canada, Mexico, Asia, and the EU. The work concerns technologies regulated by the Canadian government's Controlled Goods Program; 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; Python is mandatory.
At least 3 years of practical experience using Git in a Linux environment; mandatory.
Strong background in electronics manufacturing operations; mandatory.
Knowledge and understanding of system and printed circuit board design and manufacturing processes and equipment.
Knowledge of industry and quality standards, including standards for incoming materials.
Ability to evaluate, diagnose, and troubleshoot problems; gather and analyze data; and determine root causes.
Knowledge of materials and components used in systems, printed circuit boards, and subassemblies.
Knowledge of testing software, processes, methodologies, and failure analysis.
Knowledge of relevant IT platforms, networking, database design, and programming languages.
Software design, development, debugging, and release experience.
Project leadership and the ability to manage multiple projects with strong 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; educational requirements may vary by geography. The preferred degree is a Bachelor of Applied Science or Engineering in Computer, Electrical, Software, or Mechatronics.
Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident and successfully complete the security screening required under the Controlled Goods Regulations and ITAR.
Ability to perform lab work assembling test equipment, instrument racks, cables, wiring, and PCB assemblies; work in a normal office environment with exposure to manufacturing; sustain prolonged sitting and visual concentration; and perform frequent repetitive manual movements.

Nice To Haves

Three to five years of related experience; experience in similar job roles is preferred.
At least 3 years of 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, and/or data center industry; most preferred.
Development experience in Aerospace & Defense and/or Healthcare industries.
Experience with National Instruments LabVIEW.
Experience with National Instruments TestStand.

Responsibilities

Independently develop technical solutions in assigned technical fields and support common segments and technologies.
Review and interpret customer documentation, conduct research, analysis, and experiments, and participate in technical discussions with customers.
Provide technical leadership for projects, including coordinating and communicating with team members, suppliers, and internal and external customers.
Develop technical proposals, solutions, timelines, costed bills of materials, and labor-hour estimates based on requirements.
Create high-level test hardware and software solution architectures; review equipment data sheets and select suitable equipment.
Develop structural and functional test strategies and plans based on product design requirements and project goals.
Research and understand relevant product technologies and associated skills.
Support all stages of manufacturing test development, including hardware and equipment selection, procurement, test-code development, hardware and system integration, validation, qualification, and installation support at manufacturing sites.
Collaborate with customer product design teams and provide feedback on testability, 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 and design test solutions comprising hardware and software.
Create new test code and tools for manufacturing test automation, and integrate tools or custom code developed by internal groups or customer teams.
Perform system integration, qualification, and installation to meet product, quality, and test requirements.
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 manufacturing test automation tools.
Keep current with relevant industry knowledge and regulations, and apply continuous improvement to the development process.
Travel occasionally, including internationally, as required.