Principal Test Engineer

SRC; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 134,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Market-competitive compensation

Job summary

SRCTec, LLC is seeking a highly seasoned principal test engineer to join the Advanced Manufacturing team. The role focuses on ensuring products are developed with high producibility and transitioned to manufacturing.

The candidate will lead test capability development, collaborate with product and R&D teams, and drive rigorous manufacturing and test requirements while supporting transitions to volume manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of related experience or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of related experience.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative, professional demeanor while interfacing with all levels of the enterprise.
• Flexibility and stability in a constantly changing technical environment.
• Methodical and analytical problem-solving skills to challenging manufacturing and manufacturing test issues.
• Skills in project management to ensure timely and complete execution of production development efforts.
• A data-driven, decision-making mindset.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced knowledge of engineering principles to product design, manufacturing & test development, and validation/qualification.
• Collaborate with product teams early to understand design intent and ensure high levels of DFX and DFT.
• Partner with R&D engineers to derive manufacturing and test requirements and align production systems with product capability.
• Direct the development of test capabilities and systems based on the SRCTec platform and customize features.
• Provide direct support to factory during new product transitions to volume manufacturing.
• Participate in multiple product manufacturing development efforts and coordinate with functional resources.
• Identify opportunities to optimize the test environment through continuous improvement and new technologies.
• Support and/or lead test-related Advanced Manufacturing initiatives with wide business impact.
• Coach and mentor junior test engineers in manufacturing and test design practices.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

DFX/DFT

Test Engineering

Project Management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

Python

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

SRCTec, LLC is currently seeking a highly seasoned and product development-oriented principal test engineer to join the Advanced Manufacturing team. Individuals who are passionate about ensuring products are developed and transitioned to manufacturing with a high degree of producibility are best suited for this role.

What You\'ll Do

• Apply advanced knowledge of engineering principles and concepts to the broad categories of product design, manufacturing & manufacturing test development, and validation/qualification


• Collaborate with product teams early in the development cycle to understand design intent and direction, and to ensure high levels of DFX are achieved, with an emphasis on DFT


• Partner with R&D engineers to drive rigor in deriving appropriate and thorough manufacturing & manufacturing test requirements, and to ensure that production systems are aligned with the capability of the product


• Direct the development of test capabilities and systems based on an existing, common SRCTec platform while developing customized features and interfaces


• Provide direct support to factory and sustaining personnel during new product transitions to volume manufacturing


• Participate in multiple product manufacturing development efforts simultaneously and partner with various functional resources as required


• Identify and enable optimization of the established test environment through continuous improvement initiatives and adoption of new technologies


• Support and/or lead test-related, Advanced Manufacturing initiatives with a wide business impact


• Coach and mentor junior test engineers and less experienced staff in effective manufacturing and manufacturing test design practices and concepts

What You\'ll Bring

• A Bachelor\'s degree with 12+ years of related experience or Master\'s degree in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of related experience


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative, professional demeanor while interfacing with all levels of the enterprise


• Flexibility and stability in a constantly changing technical environment


• Methodical and analytical problem‑solving skills to challenging manufacturing and manufacturing test issues


• Skills in project management to ensure timely and complete execution of production development efforts


• A data‑driven, decision‑making mindset

Ways To Stand Out - Preferred Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to translate fully or partially defined system requirements into robust manufacturing and manufacturing test solutions, in some cases where no precedent exists


• Adept at collaborating with product development teams and promoting DFX principles to new product design efforts


• Experience with printed circuit card assembly (PCA) thru system level functional test development (and everything in between)


• Hands‑on experience working with sensitive RF measurements and high‑speed digital systems


• Competency in LabView / TestStand and Python development environments


• Conversant in several collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, SharePoint, etc.


• Exposure to Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches to product development

Total compensation for this role is market competitive. The anticipated salary range for this position based out of Syracuse, NY is estimated at $134,000 to $158,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant\'s experience, skills, and abilities, geographic location as well as other business and organizational needs. SRC offers competitive benefit options, for more details please visit our website.

• Location Syracuse, New York


• Employment Type Full-Time Salaried


• Experience Required 12+ Years


• Education Required Bachelors Degree


• Security Clearance Requirement Must meet eligibility requirements


• Travel % 10

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