Manufacturing Test Engineer

ManpowerGroup; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plan

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short/Long-Term Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

401(k) Plus Match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup client in North Reading, MA seeks a Manufacturing Test Engineer to own end-to-end test strategy from prototype to high-volume production.

Lead test architecture, influence product design for testability, and deploy scalable test systems with cross-functional teams to deliver real‑time analytics and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of manufacturing test engineering experience for electromechanical or robotic products.
• Hands-on with inline and end-of-line test systems and data collection.
• Proficiency in LabVIEW, NI TestStand, or Python-based automation with DAQ.
• Experience architecting test data pipelines for dashboards and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end manufacturing test strategy from prototype to production.
• Influence product architecture, interfaces, and tolerance strategies to improve testability.
• Establish test frameworks, standards, and decision criteria for cross-functional teams.
• Align verification/validation with production test capabilities with other teams.
• Architect and deploy scalable test systems and stations optimized for throughput.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Test architecture

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronics/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

NI TestStand

Python automation

DAQ hardware

Job description

Our client, a leading organization in manufacturing and technology for robotics, is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to join their team. As a Manufacturing Test Engineer, you will be part of the Engineering Department supporting product development and production teams. The ideal candidate will have strategic thinking, technical credibility, and excellent cross‑functional collaboration skills, which will align successfully in the organization.

Job Title:

Manufacturing Test Engineer

Location:

North Reading, MA

Pay Range:

$88.00 / HR

Contract :

6-24 months

What's the Job?

• Define and own the end-to-end manufacturing test strategy across product build iterations from prototype to high-volume production.

• Influence product architecture, interface design, and tolerance strategies to enhance testability and streamline manufacturing processes.

• Create clarity from ambiguity by establishing test frameworks, standards, and decision criteria for cross‑functional teams.

• Partner with engineering, validation, and quality teams to align verification and validation requirements with production test capabilities.

• Architect and deploy scalable manufacturing test systems, including test stations, HIL rigs, and inline functional/parametric tests, optimized for throughput and operator efficiency.

What's Needed?

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• 10+ years of manufacturing test engineering experience for electromechanical or robotic products, including both NPI/prototype and high-volume production environments.

• Hands-on experience developing and deploying inline and end-of-line functional test systems, including test sequence creation and parametric data collection.

• Proficiency in test software/frameworks such as LabVIEW, NI TestStand, or Python-based automation, along with DAQ hardware and instrumentation specification.

• Demonstrated ability to architect test data pipelines for dashboarding and analytics, ensuring real-time visibility and actionable insights.

What's in it for me?

• Opportunity to lead strategic test initiatives in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to influence product design and improve manufacturing efficiency.

• Work on innovative projects that impact high-volume production of complex electromechanical products.

• Develop and mentor a talented team of test engineers, shaping the culture of operational excellence.

• Be part of a forward‑thinking organization committed to technological advancement and quality.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

• Dental Plan

• Vision Plan

• Health Savings Account

• Health Flexible Spending Account

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

• Supplemental Life Insurance

• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance

• Business Travel Insurance

• 401(k), Plus Match

• Weekly Pay

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.