Production Test Engineer II (DOD cleared)

Associates Systems LLC; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

Holiday pay

Job summary

Associates Systems LLC is seeking a full-time Production Test Engineer in Tucson, AZ. This on-site role supports manufacturing test operations, ensuring product hardware meets requirements and resolving test failures.

The ideal candidate will have production test experience, strong communication skills, and a problem-solving mindset. Responsibilities include validating test equipment, troubleshooting, and improving processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in production test, manufacturing test, test engineering, or product qualification.
• Experience with fault isolation and root cause analysis.
• Strong problem-solving skills and technical communication.

Responsibilities

• Support test activities across various production environments.
• Troubleshoot test failures and provide technical direction.
• Lead root cause investigations and improve test processes.

Skills

Production test experience

Troubleshooting hardware

Technical communication

Problem-solving skills

Job description

Tucson, AZ

All Qualified candidates will be responded to in 24 hours or less
Clearance: Active Secret clearance or higher
This effort is on-Site
Employment type: Full Time - Direct
Benefits: including Health, Dental Vision, PTO, Holiday etc...

Position Summary

The Production Test Engineer supports manufacturing test operations across product development, transition to production, sustained production, and depot activities. This role ensures product hardware and test equipment meet technical data package requirements, resolves test failures, and drives improvements to yield, capacity, and test efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Support test activities across development, production transition, sustained production, and depot environments
• Validate product hardware and test equipment against technical data package requirements
• Troubleshoot test failures and provide clear rework, repair, and fault-isolation direction
• Develop and maintain test flows, capacity analysis, test instructions, drawings, manuals, and supporting system software
• Lead efforts to reduce test time and improve yield, throughput, and production capacity
• Maintain test equipment spares, obsolescence plans, and related documentation
• Create Basis of Estimates for added capacity, new test capability, and equipment obsolescence needs
• Support manufacturing changes through Process Change Boards and engineering changes through Configuration Change Boards
• Perform prove-in validation following approved process or configuration changes
• Lead root cause and corrective action investigations using fault trees, failure trends, and structured problem‑solving methods
• Support risk assessments, risk register reviews, and assigned project execution activities

Required Qualifications

• Experience in production test, manufacturing test, test engineering, or product qualification
• Experience troubleshooting hardware, test equipment, or system-level test failures
• Experience working with technical data packages, engineering drawings, test procedures, and manufacturing instructions
• Experience with fault isolation, root cause analysis, corrective action, or failure investigations
• Ability to improve test processes related to yield, cycle time, capacity, or efficiency
• Strong technical communication, organization, and problem‑solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Process Change Boards, Configuration Change Boards, or prove-in validation
• Experience maintaining test equipment documentation, spares, upgrades, or obsolescence plans
• Experience developing test flows, production metrics, capacity models, or test instructions
• Experience creating Basis of Estimates or supporting cost and capacity planning
• Experience leading technical projects or supporting Cost Account Management activities
• Aerospace, defense, depot, or complex electronics manufacturing experience

What Success Looks Like

• Resolves production test failures with accurate, actionable technical direction
• Improves test yield, capacity, and cycle time through data‑driven process improvements
• Maintains compliant test documentation and validates changes before releaseDrives assigned projects, corrective actions, and production improvements through completion