Test Engineering Manager / Senior

Job Scope Description:

• Define and deploy full-lifecycle test methodologies—including In-Circuit Testing (ICT), Manufacturing Defect Analysis (MDA), Board Functional Testing (FCT), Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), and system/rack-level validation.
• Partner with customer engineering teams during New Product Introduction (NPI) to drive DFT and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) requirements before mass production.
• Oversee the development and integration of automated test equipment (ATE), custom test fixtures, test scripts (Python, LabVIEW, C/C++), and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) data logging.
• Monitor line performance, investigate test escapes or retest spikes, and lead root-cause analysis (8D, CAPA) alongside Quality and Manufacturing teams.
• Optimize test station takt times and cycle times to meet factory throughput needs while maintaining 100% fault coverage.
• Oversee preventive maintenance, calibration schedules, and downtime tracking (MTBF/MTTR) for all test fixtures and ATE platforms.
• As the primary escalation point for customer engineering teams regarding test coverage, yield reports, and platform transfers.
• Evaluate customer test specifications against manufacturing constraints; manage scope creep and negotiate practical test coverage trade-offs.
• Hire, train, and manage a team of test engineers and floor technicians across production shifts.
• Manage department budgets, forecast test fixture expenses, and handle asset utilization for test hardware and software licensing.
• Prepare and support the ISO, AS9100 and Nadcap annual audit.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing test engineering, with at least 2–3 years in a technical leadership or management role (EMS/Contract Manufacturing environment strongly preferred).