Electrical Test Engineer

Amphenol Communications Solutions; Yocumtown (PA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions is seeking an Electrical Test Engineer to undertake high-speed test processes, ensuring product quality for cutting-edge cable technologies. This role involves working with global teams to provide collaborative testing solutions while mentoring junior staff. The position offers career growth in a leading firm within the electrical components industry.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required; BS in Electrical Engineering preferred.
• 3 years of experience working in Electrical Engineering or RF/Antenna testing.
• Experience with high-speed testing equipment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Global ownership of high-speed testing, including bit error rate tests.
• Develop next-generation testing solutions supporting product roadmaps.
• Provide mentorship to test technician(s) and peers.

Skills

Strong customer-facing skills

Hands-on testing skills

Signal integrity knowledge

Collaboration skills

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

TDR

VNA/ENA

Job description

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Location: Yocumtown, Pennsylvania Department: Engineering Posted: 6/2/2025 Location Name: Valley Green

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Position Summary: Test Engineer

Location: Valley Green, PA

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. Our global headquarters are located in Nashua, NH and we have design, sales and manufacturing locations globally. We are currently seeking a Test Engineer to join our Cable Backplane Systems business. Cable Backplane Systems (CBS) develops and manufactures passive copper cable solutions using our twin-ax cable and backplane interconnect technologies. The cable assemblies replace traditional printed circuit boards and are used in AI compute servers racks, director switches and other datacenter applications. CBS is our fastest growing High Speed business.

The Test Engineer will have a hands-on approach to designing and developing test processes, plans, and methodologies. This is an opportunity to join a rapidly expanding and highly talented technical team working for an industry-leading interconnect company. This team of product and process development engineers is working on leading edge custom high-speed cable systems and assemblies. This development team has a key responsibility for helping to drive the growth of the business through the development of innovative products and efficient processes which effectively address the needs of information technology, communications, and commercial products markets.

Responsibilities

• Global ownership of high-speed test, including, bit error rate test (BERT), optical test, electrical and optical eye diagram, jitter characterization, TDR, VNA, etc.
• Work closely with Amphenol development engineering, worldwide factories, and customers to develop, deploy, and control cable assembly high speed testing
• Responsible for engineering verification test (EVT) and design verification test (DVT) planning; generate and execute EVT and DVT plans; generate and publish EVT and DVT reports
• Work closely with hardware engineer and firmware engineer on product performance and firmware validation
• High Speed test system development – develop next generation testing solutions that support our product roadmap requirements
• Requires ‘voice of the customer’ work to understand the test requirements from a product design and customer application point of view
• The scope of work would include test equipment selection, close involvement with software development, system integration and documentation; software and GUI may or may not be developed in house
• Provide mentorship and guidance to test technician(s) and peers
• Site support – Amphenol has factories in North America and Asia that require support; travel to these factories to support installation, training, and troubleshooting is a job requirement
• Support customer reporting requirements: develop standard reports and meet to review the information with customers
• Work closely with internal product design/development and process/manufacturing engineering teams to convey customer’s requirements and to insure DFT and DFMA during design/development process
• Lead process, design, and supplier improvement efforts to optimize SI performance for cable assemblies
• Diagnose failures; perform failure analysis and corrective actions of internal and customer test failures - including correlation analysis of customer findings to internal test data, it also includes working with mechanical and signal integrity test labs to facilitate failure analysis
  
  

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required; BS in Electrical Engineering preferred
• 3 years of experience working in Electrical Engineering or related field (e.g. RF / Antenna test)
• Experience with various high speed testing equipment (e.g. TDR, VNA/ENA)
• In-depth understanding of signal integrity a plus
• Experience working closely with product design and process development teams in a collaborative effort to design and deploy test programs a plus
• Strong customer–facing and relationship building skills; track record of successfully collaborating with customers and suppliers
• Working knowledge of various test software platforms a plus
  
  

Additional

• Effective communication skills across geographically dispersed and culturally diverse groups, both internal and external: USA, Canada, Mexico, China
• Self-initiated test engineer with an entrepreneurial attitude
• Hands-on, “roll up your shirt sleeves” approach to test engineering
• Comfortable working in an environment that fosters accountability and flexibility
• Ability to prioritize projects and workflow
• Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy, under pressure and with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities
• Strong customer-facing and relationship-building skills; patience and flexibility in interacting with cultural diversity
• Ability and willingness to travel to manufacturing locations and customer sites in the US, Mexico, and China
  
  

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our main focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin

For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.amphenol-cs.com/

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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