Intermediate Test Technician

Manpower San Diego; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Manpower San Diego is seeking a test technician to execute and enhance test plans for complex equipment. You will load and run programs, calibrate tools, and perform maintenance to ensure reliability.

The role requires identifying issues, debugging, and providing feedback to the team while coordinating with multiple groups to align changes across components. Monday–Friday shift expectations apply.

Qualifications

• Experience executing test methodologies for diverse technology.
• Ability to follow and adapt established procedures as needed.
• Proven debugging and troubleshooting capabilities with documentation.
• Hands-on setup, maintenance, or repairs of specialized test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Execute and help implement improvements to test plans and provide feedback to customer.
• Load and run complex programs or builds, select and set up equipment.
• Calibrate, maintain, and upgrade test equipment per standards.
• Identify issues with test equipment and perform complex repairs.
• Document results and manage execution of test methodologies for projects.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure changes work with other components and communicate status.

Skills

Test methodologies

Procedure adaptation

Debugging & troubleshooting

Test equipment setup/maintenance

Tools

Specialized test equipment

Job description

• Executes and helps implement improvements to test plans. Provides feedback to customer on modifications, outcomes, or issues.
• Helps select specialized test equipment and performs set-up, as well as loading and running complex programs or builds.
• Performs complex calibration, maintenance, and upgrades of test equipment and tools according to standards and procedures.
• Identifies issues with test equipment and performs complex repairs.
• Manages execution of test methodologies for various technology, adapting established procedures based on unique testing needs, and documents results.
• Identifies, debugs and troubleshoots complex testing issues or failures, and recommends root causes and implements solutions.
• Conducts and manages analyses and gathers information to identify where an issue has occurred and makes recommendations for how to address the issue.
• Collaborates with individuals inside and outside of own function to integrate projects and/or ensure changes work with other components of a specific project.
• Communicates across teams to provide status and information about impending obstacles and suggests remediation.
• Manages team project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables for small to mid-sized projects with minimal guidance.
• Re-scopes projects, identifies resources, delegates work, and reviews the work of team members in order to address changing timelines or priorities.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works under some supervision.
• Provides some supervision/guidance to other members; does not have direct reports.
• Decisions are moderate in nature. Errors are detected and corrected with relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships. May require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question. Role may require basic negotiation and influence, cooperation, tact, and diplomacy, etc.
• Most tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework.
• Creativity is needed to draft original documents, imagery, or work products within established guidelines.
• Deductive and inductive problem solving is required; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or incomplete; intermediate data analysis/interpretation skills may be required.
• Incumbent's input may be solicited during strategic planning period.

Top 4 Required Skills

1. 1. Experience in execution of test methodologies for various technology
2. 2. Experience following and adapting established procedures, or helping to define procedures as needed.
3. 3. Experience in Debugs and troubleshoots issues or failures, reports results, and may recommend root causes and solutions.
4. 4. Experience in performing set-up, maintenance, and/or repairs of specialized test equipment, and may provide input on equipment selection.

Physical Requirements

Schedules:

Monday – Friday, 2nd shift: 3 pm – 11:30 pm