General Overview

Functional Area: Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream: Test Engineering Development (TED)
Role: Lead Engineer (LEN)
Job Title: Lead Engineer, Test Development
Job Code: LEN-ENG-TED
Job Level: Level 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

The Lead 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:

Develop and implement technical solutions in two or more technical areas. Lead smaller projects and may coordinate other engineers including reviews of their work.
Reviews and interprets customer documentation, conducts appropriate research, analysis and experiments with minimal direction from senior staff.
Creates technical proposals (solution and timelines) based on requirements
Provide high level test hardware and software solution architecture
Create structural or functional test strategy and test plan to meet project goals and requirements
Create technical proposals with costed BOM and hours estimates
Create product test requirements with guidance from senior staff and collaboration with customer designers
Provides Technical program management for small projects
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 focusing 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

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Refer to technical skills below

Physical Demands

Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

1 to 3 years of related experiencExperience in similar job roles

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

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.