Test Engineer

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics•Wichita, KS

17h•$70,000 - $95,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Test Engineer, you will provide engineering expertise toward manufacturing test solutions that verify our products. You will design manufacturing tests for new products and maintain manufacturing testing for existing products, including avionics, power electronics, and battery systems. To be successful in this role, you’ll have the ability to design the test fixtures, test stations, and circuit hardware—along with the PC-based application software that drives them—to prove every unit meets its performance, quality, and regulatory requirements. You can expect a variety of opportunities ranging from products for cockpit displays, instruments and navigational references based on local and remote sensor inputs. Additional products include data conversion and storage, lithium battery management, AC and DC power conversion, and in-seat power solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
Minimum of 3 years of professional experience designing test solutions for electronic products.
Experience creating schematics and PCBs containing mixed-signal (analog and digital) circuits.
Experience designing in-circuit test (ICT) and functional circuit test (FCT) fixtures and stations.
Proficiency writing C#/.NET software for PC-based test applications.
Working knowledge of Design for Test and Design for Manufacture (DFT & DFM) principles.
Skilled at developing automated test sequences with data logging and at performing root cause and failure analysis to drive corrective action.
Proficient with electronic test instrumentation, including oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, source measure units (SMUs), and data acquisition (DAQ) hardware.
Proficient with Microsoft Office.
Strong attention to detail.
Organized, focused, and results oriented.
Problem-solver with critical thinking and prioritizing skills.
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing pogo-pin (bed-of-nails) test fixtures.
Experience with boundary scan (JTAG), automated optical inspection (AOI), or other structural test methods.
Working knowledge of embedded C for interfacing with microcontroller-based products under test.

Responsibilities

Design manufacturing tests for new products, including test fixtures, test stations, and the schematic and PCB design of fixture circuit hardware, driven primarily by C#/.NET application software (with embedded C where required)
Maintain and improve manufacturing testing for existing products, troubleshooting test failures, performing root cause analysis, and driving corrective actions to sustain quality, yield, and throughput
Participate in design-for-manufacture and design-for-test (DFM/DFT) reviews, performing test coverage and fault-coverage analysis to influence testability early in the design cycle
Build and troubleshoot hardware, including basic soldering, operation of test equipment, and daily work in both office and test lab environments
Create and document designs in required formats, including BOMs, ECOs, and work instructions