System Application Engineering Manager

Advantest America; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantest America seeks an experienced Application Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing V93000 support strategies for a key high-performance computing customer.

The role oversees application engineering execution, customer engagement, test development, and production readiness to achieve test coverage, quality, and time-to-market goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of application engineers in developing and deploying test programs for high-volume production with our customers.
• Develop detailed project plans, establish milestones and ownership, manage risks, and ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Communicate clearly, listen actively, build trusted customer relationships, and influence technical and business decisions.
• Define and execute test strategies and roadmaps aligned with product and business goals.
• Oversee test hardware (load boards, probe cards, interface hardware) and software development for 93k.
• Collaborate with customer, sales, BD/MKT, COE and R&D teams to define product strategies and ensure testability.
• Own and monitor KPIs related to test development and production quality.
• Ensure timely support for NPIs and transitions to high-volume manufacturing.
• Manage ATE infrastructure, tools, and vendor relationships.
• Support root cause analysis of test escapes, false failures, and yield issues.
• Lead hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development for the test engineering team.

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Application Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing V93000 support strategies for a key high-performance computing customer. This role will oversee application engineering execution, customer engagement, test development, and production readiness to achieve test coverage, quality, and time-to-market goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage a team of application engineers in developing and deploying test programs for high-volume production with our customers.
• Develop detailed project plans, establish milestones and ownership, manage risks, and ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Communicate clearly, listen actively, build trusted customer relationships, and influence technical and business decisions.
• Define and execute test strategies and roadmaps aligned with product and business goals.
• Oversee test hardware (load boards, probe cards, interface hardware) and software development for 93k.
• Collaborate closely with customer, sales, BD/MKT, COE and R&D teams to define product strategies and ensure testability.
• Own and monitor KPIs related to test development and production quality.
• Ensure timely support for new product introductions (NPIs) and transitions to high-volume manufacturing.
• Manage ATE infrastructure, tools, and vendor relationships.
• Support root cause analysis of test escapes, false failures, and yield issues.
• Lead hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development for the test engineering team.