Test Development Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Req ID: 135858
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Texas
City: Richardson
General Overview
Functional Area: Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream: Test Engineering Development (TED)
Role: Engineer (ENG)
Job Title: Engineer, Test Development
Job Code: ENG-ENG-TED
Job Level: Level 07
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect
Summary
The 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.
The Engineer, Test Development 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 Description
Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Work independently to develop technical solutions without assistance in a limited number of technical fields supporting common segments/technologies
• May also solving complex problems in cooperation with a team of other engineers
• Project leadership, including management of (and communication with) team members, suppliers and customers both internal & external
• Attend and interact in technical discussions with customers
• Provide high level test hardware and software solution architecture
• Review equipment data sheets and select appropriate equipment based on requirements
• Support creation of structural or functional test strategy and test plan to meet project goals and requirements
• Support creation of technical proposals with costed BOM and hours estimates
• 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 (Mexico, Asia, EU)

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
Refer 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 1-2 years of practical software development experience in Linux environment with minimum one language (Python mandatory)
• Minimum 1-2 years of practical experience using GIT in Linux environment (mandatory)
• Minimum 1-2 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 (electronics manufacturing experience preferred, not mandatory)
• Software design, development, debug and release
• Some 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 (not mandatory)
• Development in Hyperscale, Cloud Connectivity and/or DataCenter industry would be an asset (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

• Duties of this position are varied and will include:
  
  • Lab work including assembling test equipment, racks of instruments, running cables, wiring and pcb 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, Canada, Mexico, and Asia, EU

Typical Experience

• 1 to 3 years of related experienc;Experience in similar job roles

Typical Education

• Education: Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Bachelor of Applied Science or Engineering in Computer, Electrical, Software, Mechatronics (Most Preferred) or Computer Science
Notes
Note1: This 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.
Note2: This position involves technologies regulated by the Canadian government's "Controlled Goods Program". Candidates must be US citizens or permanent residents of US. Your offer of employment is conditional upon your undergoing a successful security screening per the Controlled Goods Regulations and ITAR.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Celestica's policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.
Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.
This location is a US ITAR facility and these positions will involve the release of export controlled goods either directly to employees or through the employee's movement within the facility. As such, Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicant's acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.