Senior Lead Engineer, Test Manufacturing 1

Celestica•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

The Senior Lead Engineer, Test Manufacturing accepts, transfers, installs, improves, and maintains automatic test equipment and test programs used for product testing and design verification. The role may also support test-equipment and process development to ensure robust, high-quality test solutions and final products. It provides technical and project leadership for manufacturing test deployments, test-process optimization, and complex product-yield or test-performance problems. The position works with customers, suppliers, manufacturing teams, and Design, and supports the sales quoting process.

Requirements

At least 6 years of industry experience.
Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to manage or lead complex, multiple-line engineering projects that may involve other functions, with a solid understanding of their technical, financial, and people aspects.
Ability to create and execute project or change-management plans within assigned time and budget, recognize project barriers, and develop mitigation plans.
Ability to create project financial plans, profitability calculations, risk and sensitivity analyses, align plans with management and other functions, and mitigate profitability risks.
Knowledge of internal and external financial reporting, accounting, and tax requirements relevant to the area of expertise.
Relevant leadership behaviors as described by Celestica’s Leadership Imperatives.
Relevant technical expertise may include test operations, equipment, test strategy and plans, software and firmware development, test-fixture development, manufacturing systems, quality data, supplier quality, and electrical, mechanical, RF, or automation technologies.

Nice To Haves

Coaching and mentoring.
Communication, negotiation, and presentation.
Creative problem solving.
Customer interaction and stakeholder management.
Quality and Lean.
Working effectively with others.
D/PFMEA.
8D and corrective action.
Equipment safety.
Design of Experiments (DOE).
Experience with functional, system, stress, RF, or structural test operations and related equipment and technologies, as listed in the Technical Competencies section.

Responsibilities

Support development of production test strategies based on product design specifications.
Develop test plans and requirements for customer products, including hardware and software elements.
Lead procurement, qualification, and installation support for manufacturing for a large customer.
Optimize test processes, focusing on productivity improvements to cycle time and yield within a CFT or across a large equipment set serving multiple customers.
Provide project leadership, including managing and communicating with team members and suppliers, for comprehensive test deployments covering structural, functional, system, stress, and final test applications.
Support the sales process by contributing to quoting.
Work with Design to improve solutions using feedback on product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware and diagnostics, and user experience.
Keep current with relevant industry knowledge and regulations.
Lead and drive complex problems related to product yield or test performance.
Accept, transfer, install, improve, and maintain automatic test equipment and test programs used for product testing and design verification.
Support development of test equipment and processes to achieve robust, high-quality test solutions and final products.