Senior Manufacturing Test Architect & Strategy Lead

Echodyne; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) match

Mental health benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Echodyne seeks a Principal Architect, Manufacturing Test Engineering to define the vision, architecture, and direction of the manufacturing test infrastructure for multiple radar products through their lifecycle. Lead test strategies from NPI to mass production with cross-functional collaboration across R&D, manufacturing, quality, software, and supply chain.

Role emphasizes data-driven, scalable, and maintainable test systems.

Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.S., B.S, C.S, or equivalent Engineering degree in a technical field.
• 15+ years of experience in electronics manufacturing and test.
• Proven technical leadership driving manufacturing test projects from design to deployment.
• Proven experience designing and developing manufacturing test HW and SW solutions for different product integration levels.
• Experience designing manufacturing test strategies end to end from component and board level tests to full system level testing.
• Strong experience with test instrumentation, data acquisition, measurement systems, and production test equipment.
• Strong technical knowledge of test techniques and methods.
• Previous experience defining testability and manufacturability requirements of electronic products.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define the architecture and technical roadmap for manufacturing test systems.
• Develop scalable test strategies to support a product from the NPI build to full mass production and sustaining phases.
• Define the appropriate balance of structural, functional, performance, reliability, environmental, calibration, and inspection test strategies.
• Establish common and scalable test frameworks, interfaces, standards, and design patterns for manufacturing tests.
• Drive design-for-testability (DFT) and design-for-manufacturability (DFM) requirements into new product development.
• Ensure test architectures support global manufacturing scalability and product variants.
• Define manufacturing test processes and methods for new radar technologies.
• Serve as the technical authority for complex manufacturing test architecture and system-level decisions.
• Lead resolution of difficult technical problems involving hardware, software, instrumentation, fixtures, automation, and manufacturing systems.
• Evaluate emerging test technologies and determine their applicability to manufacturing test processes.
• Drive integration between test systems and manufacturing execution systems (MES), product lifecycle systems, quality systems, and data platforms.
• Define manufacturing test data architectures that enable traceability, analytics, and continuous improvement.
• Enable data-driven analysis of first-pass yield, test escapes, false failures, cycle time, downtime, and process capability to drive continuous improvement projects.
• Partner with Product Engineering and NPI teams from early product development through production release.
• Identify testability risks early and develop mitigation strategies.
• Provide technical direction during prototype, EVT/DVT/PVT, pilot, and production ramp phases.
• Drive standardization while allowing appropriate flexibility for site-specific manufacturing requirements.
• Establish appropriate controls for test equipment calibration, measurement integrity, software configuration, and data traceability.
• Support root-cause analysis of manufacturing defects and customer escapes.
• Ensure test systems are designed for maintainability, repeatability, and long-term production support.
• Influence engineering and business leaders without direct organizational authority.
• Facilitate test architecture reviews and drive alignment across Hardware, Software, Firmware, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Operations, and NPI.
• Write technical documentation to meet the Quality requirements and create a solid knowledge base.
• Mentor senior and principal-level engineers and develop technical talent across the organization.

Skills

Technical leadership

Manufacturing test

Test architecture

Data systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Engineering degree (Ph.D./M.S./B.S.)

Job description

Echodyne seeks a Principal Architect, Manufacturing Test Engineering to define the vision, architecture, and direction of the manufacturing test infrastructure for multiple radar products through their lifecycle. Lead test strategies from NPI to mass production with cross-functional collaboration across R&D, manufacturing, quality, software, and supply chain.

Role emphasizes data-driven, scalable, and maintainable test systems.