Electrical Test Engineer

Vanguard EMS, Inc. is in the service business. We build electronics assemblies for some of the most critical systems on Earth and beyond. Even with Vanguard’s advanced technology, vast manufacturing capability, and leading-edge information tools, we wake up every day thinking about how best to serve our customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we live.

The Electrical Test Engineer is the technical owner of production test equipment, tools and fixtures. This role is a hands-on, versatile engineer that will be responsible for our electrical test equipment, test development, debugging and troubleshooting. The role works closely with our Production Operators and Technicians, Product teams, as well as Suppliers and Customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex root cause investigations, corrective actions and disposition of nonconforming products.
• Identify and drive corrective actions for manufacturing, test design and product design issues.
• Perform circuit and system level electrical debug and troubleshooting.
• Document, analyze and present findings to internal teams and customers.
• Collect, analyze and drive action from qualification and production test data.
• Evaluate, select and qualify electrical test equipment that meets customers’ requirements.
• Design test fixtures, harnessing and integrate systems for electrical and performance test applications.
• Lead the validation and verification of new test equipment and tooling.
• Ensure all equipment has the optimal preventative maintenance defined and establish new procedures.
• Troubleshoot equipment issues, working with both internal and external support to resolve issues in a timely manner to minimize production downtime.
• Automate processes and data collection for efficiency, process monitoring and analysis.
• Collect, analyze and drive action from qualification and production test data.
• Engage with customers on a variety of technical discussions and support technical inquiries/requests.
• Drive DFT with data captured from process development, NPI builds and our internal knowledge base so that customers receive feedback in a timely manner and information is communicated effectively in a way that provides them with the highest value.
• Establish safety equipment, processes and controls for test area that meet and exceed all regulations.
• Support quoting efforts with test development, estimation and planning to meet customer requirements.
• Create, coordinate, review and approve internal product documentation.
• Support production technicians and operators on issues that arise.

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