Production Test Engineer

About the role

This position requires onsite work at Tucson, AZ and an active Secret security Clearance. Candidates who do not hold this clearance are not eligible for hire.

Responsibilities

• Supports the test process through one or more phases of the product lifecycle, including product development, transition to production, sustained production, and depot activities
• Validates and ensures compliance of the prime hardware to technical data package requirements and supporting test equipment
• Performs troubleshooting and problem solving of test failures
• Identifies opportunities in test processes to improve efficiency, yields and capacity
• Supports creating Basis of Estimates (BOE) to estimate costs to add additional capacity, new capabilities and equipment obsolescence
• Assures compliance of the prime hardware to technical data package requirements and supporting test equipment
• Leads projects to reduce testing, improve efficiency, yields, and capacity
• Drives manufacturing changes through process change board and supports engineering configuration changes at configuration change board
• Responsible to validate all changes by conducting the prove in validation process after the change is completed
• May be assigned projects to lead where they will track progress and execution either as the (CAM) cost account manager or a member of the project team
• Troubleshoots and provides accurate rework instructions for the product hardware
• Creation and maintenance of spares and the test equipment obsolescence plan
• Creation of Basis of Estimates (BOE) to estimate costs to add additional capacity, new capabilities and equipment obsolescence
• Leads projects to reduce test time, improve the test process through analysis of predictive metrics of trends, failure modes, and test yields
• Create test flows and contribute to test capacity analysis
• Maintain changes to the test equipment technical data package which includes drawings, test instructions, test position manuals, and system software
• Aid in non-routine fault isolation, diagnosis, and repair of the product or test equipment
• Lead root cause and corrective action investigations and present findings, utilizing fault trees and knowledge point plans
• Perform risk assessments and support the programs risk register reviews
• Lead projects and are responsible for execution
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Strong ability to diagnose, isolate, and troubleshoot complex electrical or mechanical hardware and test equipment failures
• Experience utilizing predictive metrics, trends, and failure modes to improve test yields and process efficiency
• Proficiency in reading and maintaining technical data packages, including schematic drawings, test instructions, and system software manuals
• Proven experience leading root-cause and corrective action (RCCA) investigations using tools like fault trees
• Cultural fit amongst a collaborative team environment

Benefits

Benefit selection, customer contractual specifications, relevant work experience, skills, competencies, certifications, and clearance status will influence the final salary.

What we will bring

Solidus offers you an exciting opportunity to tackle the nation's greatest challenges applying innovation and expertise to produce cutting-edge results that have a long-lasting impact. We offer outstanding benefits, generous PTO and much more! Apply today to learn why Solidus has a 4.9/5 Star rating on Glassdoor!