Senior Lead Engineer, Test Development (Advanced Technology Solutions)

Celestica; Penang; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is looking for a Senior Lead Engineer, Test Development in Penang, Malaysia. This position involves designing and implementing automatic test equipment for product testing and ensuring high-quality products. The ideal candidate will have 4-6 years of experience with a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, developing test strategies, and managing key vendor relationships. The role offers opportunities to innovate and stabilize test solutions in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of experience in a similar role or industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to a team of engineers.
• Create structural or functional test strategy and test plan.
• Lead requirements generation with minimal guidance.
• Develop production test strategies based on design specifications.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project planning

Test strategy development

Industry best practices

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent experience

Job description

General Overview

Req ID: 135749

Remote Position: Hybrid

Region: Asia, Country: Malaysia, State/Province: Bayan Lepas, City: Penang

Role Overview

The Senior Lead Engineer, Test Development designs, develops and implements automatic test equipment and test programs for product testing and design verification, ensuring robust and high‑quality assembled products in manufacturing. This role may specialize in Structural (verifying an assembly process by testing each of its smaller elements and their interconnects) or Functional (verifying that a design will perform its main purpose) areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of technical solutions in multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling.
• Provides technical leadership and direction to a team of engineers. May be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas.
• 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 set 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 then system integration, qualification, and installation to meet product, quality and test requirements outlined in the test plan.
• Debug tester issues using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies.
• Execute all validation/qualification requirements by applying statistical and common industry methods.
• Stabilize Test Solutions for manufacturing, working to optimize with process teams focusing on cycle time and yield.
• Work with product design teams on feedback from product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience.
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations.

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.

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.

Legal and EEO Statement

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law). At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.