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Job Description

SUMMARY
Lead and direct all work cell test engineering staff in operating within area of assigned responsibilities with a high level of efficiency, integrity and enthusiasm, striving to achieve excellence in all endeavors. Design, develop and maintain test procedures, tester hardware and software for electronic circuit board production.

• Recruit and interview Test Engineers and technicians.
• Communicate criteria to recruiters for Test Engineer III position candidates.
• Coach Test Engineers in the interviewing/hiring process.
• Monitor team member turnover; identify key factors that can be improved; make improvements.

• Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on an ongoing basis.
• Create and/or validate training curriculum in area of responsibility.
• Coach and mentor Test Engineering staff to deliver excellence to every internal and external customer.

• Establish clear measurable goals and objectives by which to determine individual and team results (i.e. operational metrics, results against project timelines, training documentation, attendance records, knowledge of operational roles and responsibilities, personal development goals).
• Solicit ongoing feedback from Test Engineering Manager, Work Cell Manager (WCM), Business Unit Director (BUD), peers and team member on team member's contribution to the Work Cell team. Provide ongoing coaching and counseling to team member based on feedback.
• Express pride in staff and encourage them to feel good about their accomplishments.
• Perform team member evaluations professionally and on time.
• Drive individuals and the team to continuously improve in key operational metrics and the achievement of the organizational goals.
• Coordinate activities of large teams and keep them focused during times of crises.
• Ensure recognition and rewards are managed fairly and consistently in area of responsibility.

• Provide communication forum for the exchange of ideas and information with the department.
• Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate business style.
• Ask questions; encourage input from team members.
• Assess communication style of individual team members and adapt own communication style accordingly.

• Know and understand the campus strategic directions.
• Define, develop and implement test engineering strategies, which contribute to the campus strategic directions.
• Provide regular updates to Test Engineering Manager on the execution of the strategy.

• Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value-added processes, or complete re-engineering of processes and systems).
• Utilize tools to monitor departmental cost and cost trends, striving continuously to improve value.
• Provide feedback to Test Engineering Manager on cost and cost trends.

• Lead the work cell team (assigned to customer) as a Lead Project Engineer.
• Communicate all aspects of design and development to customer's engineering staff.
• Perform duties, which involve conventional engineering practices that may include a variety of complex duties from ICT, FVT, ESS to System level test.
• Assign Test Engineers to customer work cells.
• Monitor the performance of each work cell, with regards to test, giving guidance as needed.
• Manage the engineering test function for standard and/or custom devices.
• Identify and evaluate test procedures and test equipment required to perform quality checks.
• Manager equipment and product test performance and make recommendations for changes in the testing process.
• Develop special test equipment and software text programs as required for the successful completion of project.
• Develop customer setup training program for new product testing procedures.
• Lead and implement training and assist test engineers.
• Explore new avenues and test technologies for quality improvements on product assigned.
• Perform detailed analysis on test quality of product assigned, identify trends and spearhead corrective actions.
• Monitor, through assigned test engineer, all NPI activities.
• Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
• Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.

• Bachelor's of Science in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited university.
• Ten years of industry-specific experience, ideally in a server manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience managing NPI projects under time constraints, while meeting short due dates.
• Project management, Gantt charts.
• Expertise in Linux.
• Strong knowledge in networking fundamentals: network switches, fibers, transceivers, firewalls, VLANs.
• Experience tracking test inventory.
• Proven experience with managing test equipment and performing preventive maintenance.
• Proven experience managing calibrations.