Test Development Engineer
Posted 13 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Engineer, Test Development”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 1–3 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
No salary listed for this role.
Study levelBachelor's
Req ID: 140759
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Alburtis
Summary
The Engineer, Test Development designs, develops and implements automatic test equipment and test programs for product testing.
The Engineer, Test Development may specialize in many areas but are generally categorized as and Functional (verification that a customer's product will perform its main purpose).
Detailed Description
Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Work independently to develop technical solutions without assistance in a limited number of technical fields supporting common segments/technologies. May also solve complex problems in cooperation with a team of other engineers.
- Attend and interact in technical customer meetings.
- Provide high level test hardware and software solution architecture
- Review customer's product documentation and select appropriate equipment based on requirements
- Support creation of a functional test strategy and test plan to meet project goals and requirements
- Support creation of technical proposals with costed BOM and hours estimates
- Ability to research and comprehend relevant product technologies and skills associated with product technologies
- Develop production test strategies based on customer supplied specifications/Statement of work
- Design and develop test solutions including hardware & software elements including initial builds, qualification, and installation to meet product, quality and test requirements outlined in the test plan.
- Debug of tester issues using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies
- Execute all validation/qualification requirements by applying statistical and common industry methods
- Stabilization of Test Solutions for manufacturing working to optimize with operation's process teams focussing on cycle time and yield.
- Test developers may also work with the customer including product testability, test coverage, diagnosability, reparability, firmware/diagnostics and user experience.
- Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
Practical Experience with test equipment including, but not limited to:
- Digital Volt Meters
- RF Power Meters
- Optical Power Meters
- Oscilloscopes
- Spectrum Analyzers
Practical Software Experience :