RF Test Development Engineer

About the role

The RF Test Development Engineer designs, develops and implements test solutions for product manufacturing and design verification, to ensure robust and high quality production of RF electronic assemblies. This role will focus on Celestica’s RF testing infrastructure, including advancing test platforms to support products up to 50GHz and primarily serving our Aerospace and Defense customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of production test solutions, including strategic planning, design and implementation
• Create test development proposals based on production test requirements, considering resource needs (people and equipment) and estimating execution scope (cost and schedule)
• Provides technical leadership and direction to a team of support engineers, both local and remote
• Provides input to non-technical elements of an engineering project, including project resourcing, financial estimates and scheduling
• Review and interpret product design requirements/specifications and develop production test strategies
• Act as primary customer technical contact
• Analyze tradeoffs in complex test systems and recommend solutions
• Coordinate site and network-wide deployment efforts
• Manage relationships with certain key vendors/partners
• Contribute to short term and long term investment and skill development strategies and business cases with global impact to organization
• Complete test development solution support including hardware & software elements, system integration, qualification, and installation to meet product, quality and test requirements outlined in the test plan
• Debug of tester issues using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies

Requirements

Experience with the relevant product technologies and development processes in the Aerospace and Defense segment are an important asset. Knowledge of RF test operations, functional test development, structural test operations, and ability to analyze tradeoffs in complex test systems are essential.

Skills

• Project Management
• Leadership
• Financial Acumen / Business Planning
• Communication/Negotiation/Presentation
• Creative Problem Solving
• Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management
• Quality & Lean
• Working Effectively with Others
• D/PFMEA
• 8D/Corrective Action
• Equipment Safety
• Design of Experiments (DOE)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 7 to 10 years of related experience

Benefits

Includes comprehensive benefits package, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth and development.