Staff Engineer, Test Development

Staff Engineer, Test Development
Req ID: 114412
Hiring Manager: Shannon David Nelson
Band: 10 
Region: Americas 
Country: USA 
State/Province: Minnesota
City:  Maple Grove

Job Summary:

The Staff Engineer, 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).

 

Detailed Description:

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Lead the development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains and participate in project planning and scheduling.

• Provides technical leadership and direction to a sizeable team of engineers. May be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas

• Take responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.)

• Review and interpret customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contract.

• Analyze tradeoffs in complex systems and recommend solutions. Develop deployment strategies and plans.

• Lead the deployment of strategic programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.

• May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.

• Establish best known methods and processes for test development execution for local, regional or global teams

• Expert at analyzing industry trends and establishing strategies with local or regional impact

• Establish short term and long term investment and skill development strategies and business cases with global impact to organization

• Develop production test strategies based on product design specification

• Design and develop test solutions including hardware & software elements and then 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

• Execute all validation/qualification requirements by applying statistical and common industry methods

• Stabilization of Test Solutions for manufacturing working to optimize with process teams focussing on cycle time and yield.

• Test developers may also work with product design teams with feedback from product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience.

• Keeping up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations

 

Enabling Competencies:

• Project Management - Ability to manage/lead complex, multiple line engineering projects that may also involve other functions. Demonstrate solid understanding of the technical, financial and people aspects of the project. Able to create a project/change management plan and ensure that the project is delivered within the assigned time and budget. Ability to recognize project barriers and develop mitigation plans

• Leadership - Demonstrate "People & Team Leadership Behaviors" as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.

• Financial Acumen / Business Planning - Ability to create financial plans for your projects, align them internally with your line of management and other functions and externally if needed. Create project plans, profitability calculations, risk and sensitivity analysis, able to recognize barriers and mitigate profitability risks. Fully knowledgeable about internal and external financial reporting, accounting and tax requirements relevant to your area of expertise.

• The following competencies may also be required: Coaching/Mentoring; 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 Experiment