Manager, Test Manufacturing Engineering

General Overview

The Manager, Test Manufacturing Engineering is responsible for effectively managing the resources who accept, transfer, install, improve and maintain automatic test equipment and test programs that are used for product testing and design verification. They also may support the test development of the test equipment and processes to ensure robust and high quality test solutions and final products are realized.

Detailed Description

• Support development of production test strategies based on product design specification
• Develop test plans and requirements for customer products including both hardware and software elements
• Lead the procurement, qualification, and installation support for manufacturing for a large customer
• Be accountable for the test process optimization with a focus on productivity improvements to cycle time and yield within a CFT or across a large equipment set serving multiple customers
• Provide project leadership, including management of (and communication with) team members, suppliers for comprehensive test deployments including structural, functional, system, stress and final test applications for a large customer
• Support sales process by providing support to the quoting process.
• Work with Design to enhance solutions with feedback from product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience.
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
• Lead and drive complex problems related to product yield or test performance
• Support sales process by providing support to the quoting process.
• Set yearly plans and goals for the department, give direction on expected performance, provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback. Accountable for all department objectives and achieving agreed targets for key performance indicators.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Functional / Systems / Stress Test Operations
• Test Strategy & Development: Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, FT Software Development, FT Diagnostic & Firmware Development, FT Debug/Integration (SW/HW)
• Hardware & Fixtures: Test Fixture, FT Fixture Development, FT Fixture Mechanical Design, ESS Hardware, ESS Profile
• RF & High Frequency: RF Test Operations, RF Test Development (<5GHz), RF Test Development (>20GHz)
• Electronics & Software: EE - Digital, EE - Analog, FW - Firmware, OS, Application Software, System Architecture, Boundary Scan
• Automation & Controls: Electrical - Automation, PLC Programming, Sensors / Moving Parts, Fluidics, Fiber Optics, Tolerance Analysis, High Energy Experience
• Operations & Quality: ESD Controls, IPC-10, Engineering Control & System Tools, Quality Data (KPI), Supplier Quality & Component Engineering, Manufacturing Operational Management
• Structural Test Operations
• PCBA & Board Testing: AOI (PCBA), AXI (PCBA), Flying Probe, Backplane Test, Component Module Programming, Auto Wire Prep
• ICT Systems & Support: ICT Equipment Maintenance, ICT Engineering Technical Support, 3070 and Teradyne ICT Test Development (Applications & Models)
• Design for Excellence (DFX): DFT - Physical Test, DFT - Electrical Test, DFM - Manufacturing, DFA - Assembly
• Analytics & Data: SMT Data Analytics, API, FT Software Development
• General Operations & Standards: ESD Controls, Test Fixture, Boundary Scan, Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, IPC-610, Quality Data (KPI), Engineering Controls & System Tools, Manufacturing Operational Management

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 4 to 6 years.

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.