Head of Production Test Engineering

FOSS; Hillerød; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

FOSS seeks a visionary Head of Production Test Engineering to architect the next generation of production test systems. You will lead ~13 engineers and partner with NPD and test project managers to plan deliveries and create scalable, automated test architectures.

You will drive strategic shifts in testing, expand module-level tests, and ensure testability is embedded from the start of product design, while mentoring the team to sustain a culture of excellence.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical, Mechatronic, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Strong technical and strategic leadership experience.
• Proven track record in hardware test design and manufacturing environments.
• Experience with LabVIEW and TestStand; programming knowledge in Python, C#, or C++.
• Fluent in English; Danish skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic roadmap for Production Test Engineering and future testing platforms.
• Lead a ~13-strong team of test engineers and mentor them to high performance.
• Pioneer module-level testing and instrument self-tests to optimize production.
• Collaborate with R&D and Manufacturing to ensure testability is built in from day one.
• Manage external technology partners and ensure seamless integration of test equipment.
• Participate in design reviews and influence hardware testability and production value chain.

Skills

Leadership

Hardware test design

LabVIEW

TestStand

Python

C#

C++

English proficiency

Danish language (nice to have)

Education

Master's degree in Electrical, Mechatronic, Computer Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

Job description

Pioneer the next generation of production testing at FOSS

Are you a visionary engineering leader ready to redefine how complex hardware is tested? Join us as our new Head of Production Test Engineering and play a pivotal role in ensuring the exceptional quality of our analytical solutions for the global food and agriculture industries. At FOSS, we are committed to developing the world's leading analytical solutions, and rigorous testing is key to our mission. In this leadership position, your work will directly ensure the integrity and performance of every product we develop.

Your mission: architecting smart production systems

You will provide technical and strategic leadership to a dedicated, specialized group of approximately 13 engineers focused exclusively on production test development and production test systems. Working in dynamic, cross-functional development teams, you will deliver new analytical solutions to the global market. You will work in close partnership with the New Product Development project teams and the Test Project Managers to plan project deliveries and ensure we create meaningful production test solutions that add real value to the production line. You will be responsible for looking beyond today's tools to set vision, define and implement our next-generation test architecture.

How you will make an impact

Your role bridges daily operational excellence with long-term strategic innovation.

In this collaborative leadership role, you will:

• Define the strategic roadmap: Architect the future of Production Test Engineering at FOSS by identifying and evaluating new testing platforms, software frameworks, and scalable hardware architectures.
• Pioneer smart testing: Drive a strategic shift in how we test by implementing advanced module-level testing and maximizing the use of instrument self-tests to streamline the production line.
• Optimize production metrics: Design test strategies that not only guarantee quality but also optimize production cycle times, maximize yield, and ensure cost-effective CAPEX investments.
• Integrate early testability: Act as the crucial bridge between R&D and Manufacturing, ensuring new products are designed from day one to be easily, automatically, and reliably tested.
• Empower the team: Guide, mentor, and inspire a team of skilled test engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, curiosity, and continuous innovation.
• Influence early design: Participate actively in design reviews to provide critical input on hardware testability, influencing the product design from an early stage.
• Manage external technology partners: Collaborate with vendors to ensure the seamless integration of production test equipment.

The leadership we need in engineering

To succeed in this role, you are a strategic thinker with a talent for change management and stakeholder alignment. You know how to guide a team through technological shifts, fostering an environment of curiosity and high performance.

We envision that you have:

• A Master's degree in Electrical, Mechatronic, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Technical and strategic leadership experience and a proven track record in creating efficient and motivated teams
• Solid experience in hardware test design and manufacturing environments, preferably from the low-volume electronics or technology industry.
• A solid understanding of LabVIEW and TestStand, as well as experience with other programming languages (such as Python, C#, or C++), to effectively guide the team's technical direction and evaluate future platforms.
• A strong track record of innovating production test setups, including experience exploring new software platforms and implementing modern test philosophies (such as module tests and instrument self-tests).
• A great understanding of how effective production and supply chains work, and how tests contribute to a robust value chain.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required. It is a strong plus if you can communicate with our Danish production colleagues in Danish.

Engineering with purpose –

FOSS contributes to the sustainable use of our planet’s agricultural resources and, in turn, to the nutrition and health of people worldwide. We make it our business to build analytical solutions that add value by improving food quality and optimizing production. We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.

For further information about the position, please contact Jakob Bønnelykke Kristensen, Director of Engineering, at [e-mail].

FOSS is committed to maintaining an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. You can help us sustain an unbiased recruitment process by not including photo or age in your application.

FOSS

Today, more than 8 billion people around the world are dependent on nutritional food. Tons of food being produced in a million different ways and under varying conditions, creating challenges all the way from field to fork. One of them, obviously, being the effects it has on climate change.

FOSS helps the world’s 100 biggest food companies and more than 40,000 others around the world navigate exactly that with intelligent, data-driven and innovative analytical solutions. We are making sustainability a better business and we’re doing so as global market leader in our field – improving food quality, minimizing food waste, ensuring food safety, and securing fair payment.

Join a pioneering and innovative company in the food and agriculture industry. A company on a mission, with offices all around the world and 1,750 talented colleagues across 34 different countries.