The Senior Test Engineer leads and supports the development of a cost-effective product test strategy in the effort to achieve a high-quality product that also facilitates the manufacturing process. The Senior Test Engineer also explores emerging technologies and test practices ensuring the Test Organization maintains a level of acceptable technical debt. Responsibilities: • Coordinates cross-functional teams in the creation, implementation & validation of complete test systems. • Explores new test technologies where appropriate • Ensures test assets are being leveraged in a manner conducive to achieving desired testing outcomes. • Mentors Test Engineers as well as Test Technicians with a focus on creating a set of standard practices among personnel • Prepares test equipment quotations based on agreed test strategies and specifications where available. Recommends method of sourcing of equipment - in-house or contracted out. • Produces test equipment specifications ensuring optimum test performance, minimum test times, and commonality of design while satisfying accuracy, reliability, maintainability, usability, and flexibility requirements. • Collaborates with Design Engineering to develop efficient and effective test specifications with due regard to failure, OE, Warranty data and 'lessons learned' on other products. • Designs, builds and commissions equipment to the highest possible standard, with support from other engineers and/or outside contract resources as applicable to a project. • Prepares technical equipment design file to include equipment drawings, specifications, records of all major design decisions, test results and change requests/authority etc. • Writes test software (Visual BASIC, LabView, C, C++) to the standard of employing best practice principles ensuring integrity of the test system and of the product. • Produces and maintains test equipment project timing plans, cost tracking etc. ensuring adherence to agreed cost and timing objectives. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Electrical. • 8 or more years of work experience; transitioning products and processes from prototype to production desired. • Design and programming experience. • Solid computer skills include MS Office, Visual BASIC, LabView, C, or C++ software programming. Experience with CAD system usage for project documentation.