Sr. Manufacturing Test Engineer – (Electro-Mechanical Systems)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing test strategy development during NPI to ensure seamless transition into high-volume production environments.
• Partner with NPI Test Design Engineering to drive Design for Test (DFT) improvements that enhance coverage, reduce cycle time, and improve yield.
• Define and implement test coverage strategy across ICT, BFT, and SFT platforms to ensure robust product validation.
• Collaborate with Test Design team and tester suppliers during tester development, qualification, FAT, and SOP phases.
• Develop scalable test architectures capable of supporting high-volume manufacturing ramps and long-term production growth.
• Analyze installed tester capacity and forecast future capacity needs to support demand allocation plans.
• Optimize test cycle time, throughput, and station balancing to meet takt time and production targets with our CM partners.
• Evaluate impact of product updates on test coverage, cycle time, yield, and capacity, ensuring controlled global rollouts.
• Drive continuous test program optimization to reduce cycle time, eliminate non-value-added steps, and improve yield while maintaining full coverage.
• Maintain strict version control, validation, and regression testing processes for all test program changes prior to production release.
• Deploy and qualify standardized test systems across multiple CMs to ensure global consistency.
• Establish preventive maintenance, calibration, and long-term support strategies to ensure sustained tester performance and uptime.
• Monitor and improve First Pass Yield (FPY) and Final Yield (FY) across global manufacturing sites.
• Analyze test data to identify trends, systemic failures, and yield detractors, lead root cause and corrective action initiatives.
• Manage tester inventory, spare parts strategy, and documentation including BOMs, schematics, block diagrams, and electrical drawings.
• Maintain governance of test sequences and ensure compliance with quality management systems and regulatory standards.
• Develop dashboards and executive-level reporting to provide real-time production and yield visibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing test engineering within power electronics or related high-volume industries with minimum 2 years of experience leading lab operations and/or managing technical team members.
• Experience transitioning NPI programs into high-volume mass production.
• Strong expertise in ICT, BFT, and SFT test methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience scaling test operations across multiple global manufacturing sites.
• Proficiency in at least one mainstream programming language: C#, Python, or C#.
• Proficiency with test automation platforms such as Python, LabVIEW, and TestStand.
• Ability to read schematics, identify test point requirements, and perform Design for Test (DFT) analysis.
• Experience with Quality Management tools and methodologies: PFMEA, PPAP, APQP, QRQC.
• Experience working with global contract manufacturers.
• Excellent problem-solving, leadership, and cross-functional communication skills.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $170,000.00-$190,000.00. (Applicable to California)