Principal Manufacturing Test Engineer — LabVIEW & TestStand

Grove Technical Resources, Inc.; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking an experienced Principal Test Engineer to design and validate manufacturing test methods and systems for INVOS 4WL Neo/Ped sensors. You will translate R&D measurement concepts into production-ready solutions, developing test applications with LabVIEW and TestStand, and performing robust data analysis.

The role requires 7+ years in manufacturing test, strong LabVIEW/TestStand/MATLAB experience, and expertise in MSA, Gauge R&R, and uncertainty analysis.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience in manufacturing test engineering, test development, test application development, or a closely related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain manufacturing test methods, test systems, and test equipment.
• Develop manufacturing test applications using LabVIEW and TestStand.
• Perform test instrument integration and develop automated test solutions for manufacturing environments.
• Support verification and validation (V&V) of test methods, applications, equipment, and manufacturing processes.
• Define manufacturing test requirements, methodologies, specifications, test limits, and validation strategies.
• Develop and document URS/SRS requirements for manufacturing test systems.
• Establish appropriate manufacturing test limits and guard bands based on product requirements and measurement capability.
• Perform Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Gauge R&R, repeatability, reproducibility, and uncertainty analysis.
• Analyze measurement variation, statistical performance, and manufacturing yield.
• Evaluate factors affecting optical measurement performance, including temperature, drive current, fixturing, alignment, and environmental conditions.
• Support LED emitter characterization and optical measurement system development.
• Work with optical sensors, spectroscopy, spectrometers, and photonics-based measurement systems.
• Develop and integrate spectroscopy and spectrometer-based test solutions where applicable.
• Translate laboratory measurement methods developed by R&D into robust, repeatable, production-ready manufacturing test systems.
• Compile and analyze test data and identify required changes to test equipment, test procedures, manufacturing processes, and test requirements.
• Plan and coordinate the labor, schedules, equipment, and resources required for testing and evaluating standard and special devices.

Skills

Manufacturing Test Engineering

Test Application Development

LabVIEW

TestStand

Test instrument integration

Verification and Validation

MSA

Gauge R&R

Measurement uncertainty

Statistical analysis

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology

Tools

MATLAB

LabVIEW

TestStand

Instrumentation

Job description

Medtronic is seeking an experienced Principal Test Engineer to design and validate manufacturing test methods and systems for INVOS 4WL Neo/Ped sensors. You will translate R&D measurement concepts into production-ready solutions, developing test applications with LabVIEW and TestStand, and performing robust data analysis.

The role requires 7+ years in manufacturing test, strong LabVIEW/TestStand/MATLAB experience, and expertise in MSA, Gauge R&R, and uncertainty analysis.