Manager Manufacturing Test Engineering

F5; Spokane Valley (WA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 is seeking a Manager Manufacturing Test Engineering to lead a team of engineers supporting outsourced manufacturing and test deployment. You will oversee test plan development for CM sites, train technicians, and collaborate with NPI, product design, and supplier quality teams to ensure smooth product launches and robust test processes.

You will monitor test yield, drive improvements with manufacturing partners, and guide adoption of AI-based diagnostics to reduce costs and boost quality.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of automated hardware test technologies.
• Leadership of complex product test initiatives from concept through release.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineers supporting outsourced manufacturing and test deployment.
• Oversee development and transfer of test plans to CM sites with training for technicians.
• Collaborate with NPI, product design, and supplier quality teams for launches and issue resolution.
• Monitor test yield performance and drive improvements with manufacturing partners.

Skills

Automated HW testing

Test leadership

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree + experience

Job description

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Position Summary

The Manager Manufacturing Test Engineering is responsible: 1) Manage a team of engineers responsible for supporting outsourced manufacturing and test deployment. 2) Oversee development and transfer of test plans to CM sites, ensuring consistent implementation and technician training. 3) Collaborate with NPI, product design, and supplier quality teams to support product launches and resolve manufacturing test issues. 4) Monitor test yield performance and drive improvements in collaboration with manufacturing partners.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

• Advanced understanding of business lines and a growing understanding of the company overall and the competitive environment.
• Awareness that erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results will add to costs and may have short-term impact.
• Ability to explain Manufacturing Test Engineering concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Plan and schedule the work of engineers that report to you.
• Works with principal engineers to guide development of test plans that will enhance quality assurance, reduce test costs, and optimize test infrastructure.
• Drive improvement of internally developed and utilized software tools that monitor factory test operations.
• Drive adoption of AI into factory trouble shooting tools and predictive anomaly detectors.
• Maintain a partnership with the Technical Services team to maintain and repair test networking infrastructure. Coordinate with TS on scheduled maintenance and unscheduled escalations and support new features.
• Create goals for team members to support F5’s business objectives and broaden your team member’s experience.
• Schedule the group and coordinate with the larger team and our Contract Manufacturers.
• Participate in hiring, mentoring, and onboarding process.
• Conduct presentations internally and externally.
• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Expert Knowledge and experience with automated HW test technologies.
• Experience leading complex product test initiatives from concept through release.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications.
• Able to collaborate and thrive in a fast-paced high-performance environment.
• Duties performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.
• Able to travel to contract manufacturing facilities.
• Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material.

Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 2 years’ experience; or equivalent experience.

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $122,400.00 - $183,600.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [e-mail].