Test Engineer
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Job details
- Experience
- Typically requires a minimum of 2 years related experience
- Posting language
- English
Original job description
Job#84473
Requirement
Designs, develops, and implements cost-effective methods of testing and troubleshooting systems and equipment. Prepares test and diagnostic programs, designs test fixtures and equipment, and completes specifications and procedures for new products. Plans the labour, schedules, and equipment required for testing and evaluating standard and special devices. May be responsible for setting the parameters and testing customer samples.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Supports day-to-day operational aspects of product functional and system test support.
- Works on issues of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.
- Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
- Normally receives general instructions on routine work, and detailed instructions on new projects or assignments.
- Has the authority to make responsible decisions comparable to scope of position.
- Gains expertise on product functional/system test (test stations and test procedures) and uses the expertise to help Production with test station troubleshooting and support, test operator training and addressing test station capacity and test station yield issues.
- Provides Design groups (internal and external) with feedback on product related issues observed at functional/system test; provides Design with suggestions for product design improvements.
- Provides Test Development groups (internal and external) with feedback on test related issues observed at functional/system test; provides Test Development with suggestions for test hardware and test software improvements.
- Supplies test-related information (test/debug times, yields) to Manufacturing Engineering group for product routing creation and update.
- Develops good knowledge of product design and uses the knowledge to help Production with product debug and troubleshooting.
- Works with Repair and Quality departments on analysis of field returns (RMAs).
Education and Experience
- University Degree in Engineering
- Typically requires a minimum of 2 years related experience
- Post-graduate coursework is considered an asset.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Test Engineer at Global Talent Alliance, Canada will support day-to-day product testing, troubleshoot test stations, and train test operators. The role also gives feedback to design and test development teams and works with repair and quality teams on returned products.
Requirements
Candidates need an engineering university degree and typically at least 2 years of related experience. Post-graduate coursework is an asset. They should be able to use judgment within set procedures and understand product design.
Skills
- Test program development
- Diagnostic program development
- Test fixture design
- Test station troubleshooting
- Functional testing
- System testing
- Test procedure development
- Yield analysis
- Test capacity planning
- Root cause analysis
- Product debugging
- Operator training
- Field return analysis
- Technical feedback to design
- Test software improvement
- Test hardware improvement
- Manufacturing routing support
- Equipment specification writing
- Test scheduling
- Problem solving
Categories
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Technology
Keywords
- test engineer
- test engineering
- functional test
- system test
- test fixtures
- test stations
- test procedures
- test software
- test hardware
- troubleshooting
- diagnostic programs
- yield analysis
- test development
- manufacturing engineering
- RMA analysis
- field returns
- product design
- quality assurance
- engineering degree
Seniority
Entry level
Tools
- test stations
- test fixtures
- diagnostic programs
Fields of study
- Engineering