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Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer- Test

Salt Lake City, UTOnsiteFull TimeSeniorPosted 5 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • 6 years prior experience
  • 4 years prior experience

Nice to have

  • SOW
  • customer specifications
  • electrical engineering
  • RF engineering
  • software engineering
  • hardware engineering

Role summary

The Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer - Test is responsible for owning the entire test process, from concept and design through root cause analysis and corrective action. This role involves becoming a subject matter expert by collaborating with Design and Systems Engineering teams to create and refine test processes for Testers and Technicians. The engineer will investigate failures, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Key responsibilities include defining test requirements, maintaining test procedures, improving test yield, creating technical documentation, and facilitating product transitions from design to production. The role also involves project management for test engineering developments, mentoring junior engineers, and providing technical consultation internally and externally. A Bachelor's degree with 6 years of experience, or equivalent, is required, along with the ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer - Test

Job Code: 47165

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Systems Engineer – Test position owns the test process, including concept, design, root cause analysis, and corrective action. The Test Systems Engineer will become a subject matter expert via collaboration with Design and Systems Engineering. The Test Systems Engineer will then apply their knowledge to create and refine test processes implemented by Testers and Technicians in Operations. Whenever issues arise, the Test Systems Engineer determines why the issue occurred as well as the corrective action to be implemented to prevent future, similar failures. 

Essential Functions:

  • Define, trace and maintain test process requirements
  • Test procedure creation and maintenance
  • Improve test yield through root cause and corrective action
  • Create product related technical information in support of Operations 
  • Ensures overall technical performance for Test Engineering developments 
  • Work with Engineering to facilitate the transition of products from design to production 
  • Provide input to Engineering to support product life cycle management
  • Project management for Test Engineering development
  • Mentor Engineers with less experience 
  • Provide input to organizational vision 
  • Provide technical test consultation to internal organizations, contract manufacturers or customers 
  • Represent Test Engineering in technical discussions to outside organizations 
  • Evaluate contract manufacturers’ capabilities to provide required products or services
  • Participate in product design review
  • Support manufacturing floor to help overcome production issues 
  • Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree with 6 years prior experience, Graduate Degree with 4 years prior experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills: 

  • Experience interpreting SOW and customer specifications.
  • Broad knowledge of engineering domains such as electrical, RF, software, or hardware.
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