Senior Global Manufacturing Test Engineer

Compal USA•Goleta, CA

3d•$140,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for developing, industrializing, validating, deploying, and sustaining software for optical testing, calibration, active alignment, functional testing, and environmental/burn-in testing of camera products in high-volume manufacturing. Acts as the technical bridge between R&D, Site Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, equipment suppliers, and global production sites. Translates R&D test methods, algorithms, and prototype tools into robust, maintainable, production-ready solutions that meet requirements for test coverage, reliability, cycle time, traceability, and global scalability. Provide global technical ownership of manufacturing test software & hardware architecture, standards, release practices, and lifecycle while partnering with R&D on product and test-method requirements. Own the manufacturing implementation, correlation, production robustness, controlled release, and sustaining support of these solutions.

Requirements

Strong C/C++ development experience on Microsoft Windows for test and equipment control applications, typically using Visual Studio.
Experience with relevant supporting technologies such as MFC, Git/TFS/Azure DevOps, sWiX or equivalent deployment tools, device/instrument SDKs, TCP/IP, and manufacturing database/data interfaces.
BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
5+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing test software, camera/optical test systems, or related test-system development preferred.
Experience with camera/optical manufacturing test systems, including image acquisition and processing, MTF/SFR, intrinsic calibration, distortion/geometric calibration, FOV and alignment measurements, functional testing, environmental/burn-in monitoring, and image-quality characterization.
Hands-on experience developing, integrating, or industrializing optical active-alignment systems for high-volume camera manufacturing.
Demonstrated experience improving manufacturing test yield, cycle time, uptime, and process capability.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a structured approach to problem solving.
Ability to work effectively across R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Operations, IT/OT teams, equipment suppliers, and global production sites.
An initial on-site training assignment at the California R&D location of up to six months will be required.

Nice To Haves

Python and/or C# experience is beneficial.
Automotive electronics / ADAS camera experience strongly preferred.
Infrared/thermal camera experience is a plus.
Experience working with equipment suppliers through system integration, FAT/SAT, and production launch is preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with R&D to develop and mature test methods and translate prototype algorithms/tools into HVM-ready test solutions.
Architect, develop, validate, deploy, and sustain standardized manufacturing test, calibration, and active-alignment software platforms globally.
Define production test requirements including test sequence, coverage, pass/fail logic, test limits, configuration control, data collection, diagnostics, error handling, cycle time, and traceability.
Integrate software with cameras, imaging hardware, optical and active-alignment equipment, instrumentation, motion systems, environmental equipment, PLCs, automation systems, and manufacturing data interfaces.
Design software for HVM robustness, including initialization/self-test, timeout handling, fault detection, controlled retries/recovery, health monitoring, service modes, and actionable logging.
Establish R&D-to-manufacturing and station-to-station correlation; support reference-unit strategies, repeatability and measurement system analysis (MSA), as applicable, and false-pass/false-fail analysis.
Ensure test results are traceable to the applicable software version, test configuration and limits, calibration data, and equipment configuration; support MES and manufacturing data interfaces as applicable.
Optimize test processes to improve cycle time, equipment utilization, uptime, manufacturing test yield, and process capability.
Define software and interface requirements for RFQs, perform supplier technical evaluations, and support design reviews, system integration, FAT/SAT, production launch, and software acceptance and ongoing test software lifecycle support and maintenance.
Analyze production test data and system logs, troubleshoot systemic test issues, and drive corrective actions while providing global sustaining support.
Maintain software architecture and interface specifications, release documentation, troubleshooting guides, and training and support materials.
Apply structured software-development practices, including source control, code review, unit and integration testing, controlled builds and releases, and defect and change tracking.