Hybrid Manufacturing & Test Engineer - Production & Coding

Advantest America; Lake Forest (CA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantest America is seeking a Manufacturing & Production Test Engineer for the Lake Forest, CA location. This entry-level hybrid role combines manufacturing engineering responsibilities with production test-program coding support within the Production/Test and Manufacturing Engineering team.

The engineer develops, updates, debugs, validates, and maintains production test programs while supporting manufacturing processes, equipment, automation, fixtures, tooling, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Provide day-to-day engineering support for assigned manufacturing processes and production test programs.
• Develop, code, debug, update, and maintain production test programs as hardware, firmware, test limits, and production requirements change.
• Own validation and release readiness for assigned test program updates, including version control and documentation.
• Assist during setup of new test stations and peripheral configuration.
• Create work instructions and training materials for production personnel.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day engineering support for assigned manufacturing processes and production test programs.
• Develop, code, debug, update, and maintain production test programs as hardware, firmware, test limits, and production requirements change.
• Own validation and release readiness for assigned test program updates, including version control and documentation.
• Handle routine test program coding and maintenance locally to reduce handoffs.
• Assist during first article testing and when validating new test program versions.
• Set up and support new test stations and required software.

Skills

Test programming

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Version control

Manufacturing support

Mentorship

Tools

Vivado

Atmel Studio

Uniflash

Job description

Advantest America is seeking a Manufacturing & Production Test Engineer for the Lake Forest, CA location. This entry-level hybrid role combines manufacturing engineering responsibilities with production test-program coding support within the Production/Test and Manufacturing Engineering team.

The engineer develops, updates, debugs, validates, and maintains production test programs while supporting manufacturing processes, equipment, automation, fixtures, tooling, and documentation.