Test Development Engineer

Work with Prime Engineering, Production, and Operations teams early in development cycle to identify capability and capacity needs for manufacturing tests and ensure smooth deployment to manufacturing facilities. Qualifications You Must Have Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related STEM degree and a minimum of 8 years’ prior relevant experience.

Title: Test Development Engineer
Location: Tewksbury, MA
Type: Contract
Duration: Long Term (12+ months)

Summary:
We are looking for Test Equipment Design Engineer to be responsible for development of test solutions and architectures for various programs.

What You Will Do

• Work with internal and external partners on the design and deployment of complex factory test systems
• Lead development of test hardware, software, and/or firmware through its development cycle, from requirements definition through deployment at manufacturing or customer facilities. These test capabilities may span disciplines (Power, Rf, Analog, Digital) and domains (hardware, software, firmware)
• Work with Prime Engineering, Production, and Operations teams early in development cycle to identify capability and capacity needs for manufacturing tests and ensure smooth deployment to manufacturing facilities.
• Actively identify test readiness issues and optimizations through the development lifecycle
• Lead medium-to-large sized teams to meet project budget, schedule, and performance commitments
• Provide technical leadership to employees in support of their specific work assignments
• Engage in personal technical growth and encourage technical growth in peers and junior engineers through mentoring activities
• Prepare and clearly present project status to functional and program leadership
• Understand and report financial & earned value status for monthly reporting cycle
• Proactively manage and mitigate Risks and Opportunities
• Support Manufacturing operations, including on-site troubleshooting and debugging, both independently and in collaboration with design engineering teams.
• Contribute to cost, schedule, and technical solutions for bid and proposal development

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related STEM degree and a minimum of 8 years’ prior relevant experience
• Experience in an engineering design and development with at least four (4) years of direct experience with Test Equipment design and development tasks.
• Experience leading technical teams and projects.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Interim Secret Security Clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain a full Secret Clearance after start. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira/Confluence, and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) tracking software
• Experience with decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Experience with National Instruments’ Test Stand, Lab Windows/CVI, and/or LabView
• Digital, and/or Analog, and/or RF, and/or power supply test hardware design experience
• Experience with routine use and/or automation of commercial test and measurement equipment, i.e. Oscilloscopes, DMMs, network analyzers power supplier, etc.

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Security Clearance Type:
• DoD Clearance: Secret
• Security Clearance Status:
• Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date