Manufacturing Test Engineer

Teledyne FLIR; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne FLIR is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to drive the design, deployment, and sustainment of production test systems at our Oak Ridge facility. You will lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to improve quality, throughput, and cost.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8+ years in manufacturing or production engineering, with strong experience in test equipment and debugging at multiple levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• 8+ years of manufacturing, test engineering, or production engineering experience.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capability.
• Experience reading schematics, drawings, and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and sustain manufacturing test systems, fixtures, and diagnostic tools.
• Provide technical leadership and engineering support to manufacturing operations.
• Debug and resolve failures at system, subsystem, PCB, and component levels.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Support new product introduction and manufacturing readiness activities.
• Develop test procedures, work instructions, and technical documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, throughput, and cost.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations teams.
• Mentor technicians and manufacturing personnel.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Mentoring

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Microscopes

Power supplies

Environmental test equipment

Job description

As a member of the Manufacturing Engineering team, the Manufacturing Test Engineer is responsible for development, deployment, sustainment, and continuous improvement of production test systems and processes. The role provides technical leadership to manufacturing, supports new product introduction, and serves as a key interface between Engineering and Operations.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and sustain manufacturing test systems, fixtures, and diagnostic tools.
• Provide technical leadership and engineering support to manufacturing operations
• Debug and resolve failures at system, subsystem, PCB, and component levels.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Support new product introduction and manufacturing readiness activities.
• Develop test procedures, work instructions, and technical documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, throughput, and cost.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations teams.
• Mentor technicians and manufacturing personnel.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• 8+ years of manufacturing, test engineering, or production engineering experience.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capability.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, multimeters, microscopes, power supplies, and environmental test equipment.
• Ability to read schematics, drawings, and technical documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting aerospace, defense, robotics, or unmanned systems.
• NPI and manufacturing transfer experience.
• Python, C, C++, or C# knowledge.
• Mechatronics background is an asset
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience.

Technical Leadership, New Product Introduction, Root Cause Analysis, Manufacturing Support, Continuous Improvement, and Cross-Functional Collaboration.

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.