Senior Mechanical Engineer — Production Fixtures & Field

Teradyne; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradyne PENANG, MY is seeking a senior mechanical engineer to provide hands-on support for production test fixtures across LitePoint, MultiLane Test Products, and Quantifi lines. You will troubleshoot, modify, and improve fixtures during NPI, ramp, and mass production, collaborating with R&D, Manufacturing, and external vendors.

The role requires a strong background in fixture design, GD&T, and production readiness, plus extensive experience with inspection tools and manufacturing processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 10–15+ years in mechanical/manufacturing engineering in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience with fixtures, tooling, and test systems through NPI and volume manufacturing.
• Strong fundamentals in tolerance analysis, fits, fasteners, materials, finishes, machining, and wear.
• Proficiency with a mainstream 3D CAD platform and production-ready fixture design.
• Experience using inspection tools like calipers, micrometers, height and pin gauges, torque tools, dial indicators, and optical measurement systems.
• Experience with GD&T and engineering change processes.
• Ability to work with vendors, machine shops, and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on mechanical engineering support for assembly, alignment, calibration, handling, and production test fixtures.
• Support field installation activities, system integration, commissioning, acceptance, and service at customer locations.
• Own localization of mechanicals and packaging material in collaboration with team members in Supply Chain.
• Interpret mechanical and assembly drawings, process issues, bills of material, and fixture design intent to diagnose fit, alignment, repeatability, wear, and usability problems.
• Evaluate fixtures and production setups and implement practical improvements to safety, quality, repeatability, throughput, and serviceability.
• Troubleshoot mechanical design and integration issues during prototype builds, NPI, pilot production, ramp, and mass production.
• Provide Design for Manufacturability, Assembly, Test, and Service feedback while owning production implementation and sustaining support.
• Develop technical requirements, sketches, redlines, and change recommendations for fixture modifications, replacement parts, mechanical interfaces, and tooling.
• Coordinate fabrication, installation, qualification, release, and sustaining support of fixtures and tooling at internal and Contract Manufacturer sites.
• Work with machine shops, fabricators, and suppliers to review designs, clarify requirements, assess build quality, resolve defects, and improve processes.
• Inspect vendor-supplied fixtures and components against drawings, specifications, tolerances, materials, finishes, and functional requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for fixture defects, damage, dimensional variation, alignment problems, premature wear, and production escapes.
• Define and execute fixture validation plans covering repeatability, reproducibility, capability, correlation, cycle testing, and preventive maintenance.
• Support Engineering Change Orders, deviations, rework instructions, and controlled changes affecting fixtures, tooling, assemblies, and processes.
• Maintain drawings, specifications, work instructions, inspection criteria, maintenance procedures, spare‑part lists, and revision controls.
• Monitor fixture performance and production feedback and drive improvements that reduce downtime, rework, scrap, and manufacturing cost.
• Communicate issue status, risk, containment, root cause, corrective action, verification results, and closure criteria to internal teams, customers, and vendors.

Skills

Tolerance analysis

GD&T

CNC machining

FMEA

DOE

Design review

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

3D CAD software

Job description

Teradyne PENANG, MY is seeking a senior mechanical engineer to provide hands-on support for production test fixtures across LitePoint, MultiLane Test Products, and Quantifi lines. You will troubleshoot, modify, and improve fixtures during NPI, ramp, and mass production, collaborating with R&D, Manufacturing, and external vendors.

The role requires a strong background in fixture design, GD&T, and production readiness, plus extensive experience with inspection tools and manufacturing processes.