Test Infrastructure Engineer

Flex; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex in Salt Lake City, Utah seeks a Test Infrastructure Engineer to lead readiness, deployment, maintenance, and capacity planning for test infrastructure supporting manufacturing and NPI. You will coordinate Engineering, IT, Operations, and PM activities and supervise the team responsible for assembly, installation, and maintenance of site test infrastructure.

The role emphasizes collaboration, reliability improvements, and close alignment with production schedules and customer commitments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing test infrastructure, NPI, test engineering, or related operations.
• Knowledge of server/rack test environments, network connectivity, test equipment, and infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Experience coordinating projects with Engineering, Operations, IT, Materials, and Program Management.
• Ability to analyze production and infrastructure requirements, identify risks, and develop execution and recovery plans.
• Experience leading or coordinating technical teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong project planning, problem‑solving, data analysis, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to translate product or capacity requirements into infrastructure needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead test infrastructure planning and readiness for production, capacity expansion, and NPI programs.
• Supervise technicians and specialists responsible for assembly, installation, maintenance, and support of test infrastructure.
• Coordinate infrastructure changes with Engineering, Operations, IT, PM, Materials, and cross‑functional teams.
• Review test forecasts and develop infrastructure plans, including material requirements, quotations, timelines, and modifications.
• Support build, modification, installation, validation, and release of System Under Test racks to production.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance to improve reliability and uptime.
• Monitor infrastructure condition, equipment performance, and test‑slot yield; address issues and document actions.
• Coordinate material requirements and sourcing for test infra and NPI projects.
• Manage schedules, plans, risks, and stakeholder communication to minimize production impact.

Skills

Test infrastructure

NPI experience

Project coordination

Manufacturing environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

TRIRIGA

CloudVision

Elastic

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market‑leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, Axiom, with the spin planned for Q1 2027. If the intended spin occurs, this role will support Axiom, a company focused on critical digital infrastructure and delivering end‑to‑end power and thermal management solutions for AI data centers and other mission‑critical applications.

Summary

The Test Infrastructure Engineer will be based in Salt Lake City Utah reporting to Test Engineer Manager.

Job Description

The Test Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for leading test infrastructure readiness, deployment, maintenance, and capacity activities supporting manufacturing and New Product Introduction (NPI). The role coordinates cross‑functional execution, ensures test equipment is available and reliable, and supports infrastructure changes required to meet production schedules and customer commitments. This role responsibilities includes leading infrastructure and NPI readiness, coordinating Engineering, IT, Operations, and Program Management activities, and managing the technical team responsible for assembly, installation, and maintenance of site test infrastructure.

What a typical day looks like:

• Lead test infrastructure planning and readiness activities for production, capacity expansion, and NPI programs.
• Supervise technicians and specialists responsible for the assembly, installation, maintenance, and support of test infrastructure.
• Coordinate infrastructure changes with Engineering, Operations, IT, Program Management, Materials, and other cross‑functional teams.
• Review test forecasts and develop infrastructure plans, including material requirements, quotations, timelines, and required modifications.
• Support the build, modification, installation, validation, and release of System Under Test (SUT) racks to production.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance activities to improve test infrastructure reliability, maintainability, and uptime.
• Monitor infrastructure condition, equipment performance, and test‑slot yield, ensuring identified issues are addressed and documented.
• Coordinate material requirements and sourcing activities for test infrastructure and NPI projects.
• Manage schedules, execution plans, stakeholder alignment, and risks associated with infrastructure deployment while minimizing impact to production.
• Communicate infrastructure readiness, project status, risks, and recovery plans to leadership, customers, and cross‑functional stakeholders.

The experience week re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing test infrastructure, NPI, test engineering, or related engineering operations.
• Knowledge of server/rack test environments, network connectivity, test equipment, and infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Experience coordinating technical projects involving Engineering, Operations, IT, Materials, and Program Management.
• Ability to analyze production and infrastructure requirements, identify risks, and develop execution and recovery plans.
• Experience leading or coordinating technical teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong project planning, problem‑solving, data analysis, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation and translate product or capacity requirements into infrastructure needs.
• Working knowledge of continuous improvement, preventive maintenance, and manufacturing quality practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information to leadership and customers.
• Experience using infrastructure management and monitoring tools, including asset management systems (e.g., TRIRIGA), switch management platforms (e.g., CloudVision), and data analytics and monitoring platforms (e.g., Elastic), is a plus.

Education / Experience

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience and training. Typically requires 4 years of experience in test engineering in the high technology electronics industry or related area.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Demonstrates operations and technical skills and understanding of Flex’s functional standards. Demonstrates working knowledge of functional concepts and a solid understanding of Flex policies and procedures. Typically requires some knowledge of computerized electronic test equipment and programming.

Demonstrates advanced functional and technical skills and basic process skills. Demonstrates advanced/thorough knowledge of the function and Flex business. Typically requires skill and troubleshooting, and diagnostics, and overview of the entire test process and the ability to train others.

Supervision / Leadership

Normally receives no instruction. Identifies skills needed within team and works with team to achieve them.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, handle small components and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and depth perception.

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