Manufacturing Test Engineer

ACTalent; Town of Caledonia (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Company Benefits- Health, Dental,

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Manufacturing Test Engineer to own testing and production readiness for our products. You will design and build production test systems, set up production lines, and align test requirements with manufacturing flow.

This floor-focused role emphasizes hands-on execution on real systems. Requirements include 5+ years in test engineering, experience with automated test platforms (SPEA/LabVIEW/PLCs), and a background in power electronics or controls.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in test engineering, controls, or electronics manufacturing.
• Experience designing and building test systems or fixtures.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with automated test systems (SPEA, LabVIEW, PLCs).
• Experience in power electronics or control systems.

Responsibilities

• Define test requirements based on product design and risk.
• Develop test strategies across module, drive, and system levels.
• Ensure complete and efficient test coverage.
• Prepare new products for test readiness prior to production launch.
• Design and build test systems, fixtures, and interfaces.
• Develop reliable test methods for production use.
• Improve systems for stability, repeatability, and throughput.
• Support automated test platforms.
• Support design and build of production lines for new products.
• Define build sequence, station layout, and test integration points.
• Ensure alignment between test systems and manufacturing flow.
• Help establish repeatable, efficient production processes.
• Drive First Pass Yield (FPY) to 97%.
• Lead root cause analysis and reduce repeat failures.
• Ensure test methods validate true product performance.
• Ensure test does not constrain production.
• Improve cycle time without sacrificing coverage.
• Support consistent execution across shifts.

Skills

Production test systems design

Electrical troubleshooting

NPI readiness / product launch support

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

SPEA

LabVIEW

PLCs

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a hands-on engineer to take ownership of testing and production readiness of our products. This role involves developing test strategies, building test systems, and ensuring new products are ready for a stable production launch. You will play a key role in designing and setting up production lines, ensuring alignment between product design, test requirements, and manufacturing flow. This is a floor-oriented role that requires moving from concept to execution building, troubleshooting, and improving real systems in a production environment.

Job Title: Manufacturing Test Engineer

We are seeking a hands-on engineer to take ownership of testing and production readiness of our products. This role involves developing test strategies, building test systems, and ensuring new products are ready for a stable production launch. You will play a key role in designing and setting up production lines, ensuring alignment between product design, test requirements, and manufacturing flow. This is a floor-oriented role that requires moving from concept to execution building, troubleshooting, and improving real systems in a production environment.

Responsibilities

• Define test requirements based on product design and risk.
• Develop test strategies across module, drive, and system levels.
• Ensure complete and efficient test coverage.
• Prepare new products for test readiness prior to production launch.
• Design and build test systems, fixtures, and interfaces.
• Develop reliable test methods for production use.
• Improve systems for stability, repeatability, and throughput.
• Support automated test platforms.
• Support design and build of production lines for new products.
• Define build sequence, station layout, and test integration points.
• Ensure alignment between test systems and manufacturing flow.
• Help establish repeatable, efficient production processes.
• Drive First Pass Yield (FPY) to 97%.
• Lead root cause analysis and reduce repeat failures.
• Ensure test methods validate true product performance.
• Ensure test does not constrain production.
• Improve cycle time without sacrificing coverage.
• Support consistent execution across shifts.

Essential Skills

• Experience designing and building production test systems.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting capability.
• Experience supporting or leading new product introduction (NPI) or product launch.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Controls, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years in test engineering, controls, or electronics manufacturing.
• Experience designing and building test systems or fixtures.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with automated test systems (SPEA, LabVIEW, PLCs).
• Experience in power electronics or control systems.

Work Environment

The work environment involves spending more than 60% of the time on the production floor with heavy hands-on work building and operating test stands. This is not a desk-focused design role. You will work closely with engineering and project teams.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Caledonia, WI.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $90000.00 - $120000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Full Company Benefits- Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, Etc.

Full Company Benefits- Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, Etc.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Caledonia, WI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 24, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Caledonia,WI.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

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