Req ID: 142375
Remote Position: No
Region: Americas
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Newmarket
SummaryThe Lead Engineer in Test Development designs, develops and implements automatic test equipment and test programs for product testing and design verification which ensure robust and high quality assembled products in manufacturing.
A Test Development Engineer may specialize in many areas but are generally categorized into Structural (verification of an assembly process by testing each of its smaller elements and their interconnects) and Functional (verification that a design will perform its main purpose).
Incumbents are fully qualified to execute job/role accountabilities working independently on most aspects of the job. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Tasks are moderately complex in nature where judgment is required to complete recurring assignments independently and to determine the best methods to follow to complete assignments. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the division's/department's operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Works under general Supervision. Situations not covered by standard processes, procedures and methods are referred to manager or expert resource. May demonstrate work methods to new employees. Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service and teams.
Detailed DescriptionPerforms tasks such as, but are not limited to the following:
Work independently to develop technical solutions without assistance in a limited number of technical fields supporting common segments/technologie
Reviews and interprets customer documentation, conducts research, analysis & experiments wit minimal direction from senior staff
Attend and interact in technical discussions with customers
May also solving complex problems in cooperation with a team of other engineers
Project technical leadership, including management of (and communication with) team members, suppliers and customers both internal & external
Create technical proposals (solutions and timelines) based on requirements
Provide high level test hardware and software solution architecture
Review equipment data sheets and select appropriate equipment based on requirements
Create technical proposals with costed BOM and hours estimates
Create structural and functional test strategy and test plan to meet project goals based on product design requirements
Ability to research and comprehend relevant product technologies and skills associated with product technologies
Involvement in all areas of the manufacturing test development process, including hardware/equipment selection, procurement, test code development, hardware integration, system integration, validation, qualification and installation support for manufacturing onsite
Collaborate with customer product design teams, providing feedback from product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience standpoint
Develop production level (low to high volume) manufacturing test strategies and test requirements based on product design hardware and software specifications for new products
Develop manufacturing test Testplan documentation
Design and develop test solutions including hardware & software elements
Develop new test code and tools for manufacturing test automation from scratch
Integrate new tools and other custom code developed by other internal groups or external customer teams
System integration, qualification, and installation to meet product, quality and test requirements outlined in the "Testplan" document
Debug of tester issues using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies
Execute all validation/qualification requirements by applying statistical and common industry methods
Stabilization of Test Solutions for manufacturing to optimize with process teams focusing on failure analysis, cycle time & test yield optimizations, as well as false failure reductions
Maintaining test equipment, test fixtures and specialized tools for manufacturing test automation
Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
Apply a continuous improvement mindset to all aspects of the development process
Some Travelling requirements to overseas (US, Mexico, Asia, EU)
Knowledge/Skills/CompetenciesRefer to technical skills below:
Engineering Foundation Competencies
Knowledge and understanding of the design process for systems and printed circuit boards
Knowledge and understanding of systems and printed circuit board manufacturing processes and equipment
Knowledge of industry and quality standards
Ability to evaluate, diagnose and troubleshoot problems
Knowledge of materials and components used in the construction of systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies
Knowledge of industry and quality standards for incoming materials
Ability to evaluate materials, gather and analyze data and determine root cause of problems
Knowledge of testing software, processes and methodologies and failure analysis
Knowledge of IT platforms, networking, database design and programming languages appropriate to area
Minimum 3 years of practical software development experience in Linux environment with minimum one language (Python mandatory)
Minimum 3 years of practical experience using GIT in Linux environment (mandatory)
Minimum 3 years of engineering development and manufacturing operations support (preferred)
Javascript, HTML, XML, TCL, Bash Scripting, MS Visual Studio .NET (C#, VB, ASP), SQL (preferred)
Strong operations background in electronics manufacturing experience (mandatory)
Software design, development, debug and release
Hardware development, integration and qualification (preferred)
Project leadership and managing multiple projects with good organization skills
Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of internal and external customers
Instrumentation automation, driver development (preferred)
Board design and layout experience would be an asset (preferred, not mandatory)
Development in Hyperscale, Cloud Connectivity and/or DataCenter industry would be an asset (most preferred)
Development in Aerospace & Defense and/or Healthcare industry would be an asset (not mandatory)
Development experience with National Instruments LabView would be an asset (not mandatory)
National Instruments TestStand experience would be an asset (not mandatory)
Physical Demands- Lab work including assembling test equipment, racks of instruments, running cables, wiring and test interface PCBAs assembly
- Normal office environment with exposure to manufacturing environments
- May require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data
- Repetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc)
- Occasional travel may be required within US, Mexico, and Asia, EU
Typical Experience- 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in similar roles preferred
Typical Education- Bachelor of Applied Science or Engineering in Computer, Electrical, Software, Mechatronics (Most Preferred)
NotesThis job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time
