Manufacturing Test Engineer

Overview As a global leader in IP-based satellite communications, we are the change agent, shaping the future of how the world connects. Our team is helping the world's leading satellite operators and service providers capture the future through significant innovation. The most fulfilling work of your career is waiting for you at ST Engineering iDirect imagine your talent and energy paired with our vision and technical leadership: the sky is the limit. We are looking for a highly motivated manufacturing test engineering professional, who can work alongside our Design, Quality and Manufacturing teams to create infrastructure needed to ensure that products shipped to customers are defect free. This position will require you to leverage your knowledge of Manufacturing, Manufacturing Test, Hardware design and Software development to create innovative, and groundbreaking solutions that are required to test today's complex hardware. Responsibilities New Product Introduction (NPI) Responsibilities Working with the hardware design engineering teams, define an efficient test strategy for boards, modules, and systems. This encompasses the definition of test hardware, test fixtures, and embedded test resources within the product to improve testability Provide level of effort estimates to the NPI product manager to support scheduling of development and factory introduction activity Develop manufacturing test software within a LabVIEW/Teststand/Python environment Actively participate in the definition and evolution of the manufacturing test software environment Factory Sustaining Responsibilities Support production activity within ST Engineering iDirect by helping to resolve production issues as they occur, with emphasis on understanding and resolving the root cause of the problem identify opportunities for manufacturing test cost reduction, such as test yield improvements, and test time reductions, without impacting outgoing product quality Work with our IT team to evaluate and improve our data collection, and test metric reporting capabilities Represent Manufacturing test at Business Review meetings with teams at our manufacturing sites Qualifications BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent >5 years experience in the test engineering profession > 5 years experience developing manufacturing test software using Labview/Teststand Python Programming experience including instrument control, interfacing with SQL databases, and source management best practices Experience in hardware design an asset Demonstrated ability to work independently to achieve desired results from general objectives Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills Ability to work with contractors, and engineering teams worldwide Excellent communication skills: listening, speaking, and in writing; able to express thoughts and concepts to a variety of people with different skill levels Experience with communication systems, radio/microwave frequency, and/or vsat systems is a plus