General Overview

Functional Area: Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream: Test Engineering Development (TED)
Role: Manager 1 (MG1)
Job Title: Manager, Test Development Engineering 1
Job Code: MG1-ENG-TED
Job Level: Level 09
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

The Manager, Test Development Engineering 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 in multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling.
Review, interpret and may negotiate customer requirements/specifications and provides customer feedback
Lead the deployment of strategic programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.
Proactively promote industry best practices
May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
Create structural or functional test strategy and test plan to meet project goals and requirements
Create technical proposals with costed BOM, hours, and schedule estimates
Lead requirements generation with minimal to no guidance, leveraging design specifications and technical product design data
Provide technical program management for mid to large projects
Establish best known methods and processes for test development execution (Structural or Functional) for local and regional teams
Analyze industry trends and setting short term investment and skill development strategies and business cases with local or regional impact
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
Set yearly plans and goals for the department, give direction on expected performance, provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback. Accountable for all department objectives and achieving agreed targets for key performance indicators.

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

4 to 6 years in a similar role or industry.

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.