Senior High-Speed Test Engineer (Backplane & Cable)

Energy Jobline ZR; Valley Green (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, seeks a Senior Electrical Test Engineer in Valley Green, PA to lead high‑speed test and verification for Cable Backplane Systems. You will own EVT and DVT planning, develop test processes, collaborate with development engineering, factories, and customers, and mentor test technicians.

Travel to North America and Asia for installation, training, and troubleshooting is required.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required; BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience in Electrical Engineering or related field (e.g. RF / Antenna test).
• Experience with various high speed testing equipment (e.g. TDR, VNA/ENA).
• In-depth understanding of signal integrity a plus.
• Experience working closely with product design and process development teams in a collaborative effort to design and deploy test programs.
• Strong customerfacing and relationship building skills; track record of successfully collaborating with customers and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Global ownership of high-speed test, including, bit error rate test (BERT), optical test, electrical and optical eye diagram, jitter characterization, TDR, VNA, etc.
• Work closely with Amphenol development engineering, worldwide factories, and customers to develop, deploy, and control cable assembly high speed testing
• Responsible for EVT and DVT planning; generate and execute EVT and DVT plans; generate and publish EVT and DVT reports
• Work closely with hardware and firmware engineers on product performance and firmware validation
• High Speed test system development develop next testing solutions that support our product roadmap requirements
• Requires 'voice of the customer' work to understand the test requirements from a product design and customer application point of view
• The scope of work would include test equipment selection, close involvement with software development, system integration and documentation; software and GUI may or may not be developed in house
• Provide mentorship and guidance to test technician(s) and peers
• Site support Amphenol has factories in North America and Asia that require support; travel to these factories to support installation, training, and troubleshooting is a job requirement
• Support customer reporting requirements: develop standard reports and meet to review the information with customers
• Work closely with internal product design/development and process/manufacturing engineering teams to convey customer's requirements and to insure DFT and DFMA during design/development process
• Lead process, design, and supplier improvement efforts to optimize SI performance for cable assemblies
• Diagnose failures; perform failure analysis and corrective actions of internal and customer test failures - including correlation analysis of customer findings to internal test data, it also includes working with mechanical and signal integrity test labs to facilitate failure analysis

Skills

Electrical Engineering

High-speed testing

Signal integrity

Test equipment

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

TDR

VNA/ENA

DVT/EVT planning

Job description

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, seeks a Senior Electrical Test Engineer in Valley Green, PA to lead high‑speed test and verification for Cable Backplane Systems. You will own EVT and DVT planning, develop test processes, collaborate with development engineering, factories, and customers, and mentor test technicians.

Travel to North America and Asia for installation, training, and troubleshooting is required.