RF Test Development Engineer

RF Test Development Engineer

The RF Test Development Engineer designs, develops, and implements test solutions for product manufacturing and design verification, ensuring robust and high-quality production of RF electronic assemblies. This role focuses on Celestica's RF testing infrastructure, including advancing test platforms to support products up to 50GHz and primarily serving our Aerospace and Defense customers. The role requires establishing test strategies and architecting test solutions based on product design specifications and production test requirements. This position is part of a global engineering services organization, with local leadership and integration with an expansive network of test development engineers. Activity will include direct onsite development and delivery, and support of project opportunities connected to the extended network of global sites. Experience with the relevant product technologies and development processes in the Aerospace and Defense segment is an important asset. Celestica's broad customer base will also provide opportunities to lead or support test development projects for customers in other end markets such as Industrial, Smart Energy, and Healthtech.

The person in this role will be viewed as an RF test expert (go to person) helping set and deploy technical standards related to RF test development processes, tools, and skills. They will be focused on establishing more advanced high-frequency RF testing capability. They will own the hardware and software architecture for an RF testing platform capable of supporting products up to 50GHz. This role will provide technical leadership (partnered with a project management office) to develop production test solutions supporting Celestica design and manufacturing customers. This team member is part of a global design and development engineering organization, and they will interface regularly with other local and regional teams to deliver best-in-class engineering solutions.

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Lead the development of production test solutions, including strategic planning, design, and implementation
• Create test development proposals based on production test requirements, considering resource needs (people and equipment) and estimating execution scope (cost and schedule)
• Provides technical leadership and direction to a team of support engineers, both local and remote
• Provides input to non-technical elements of an engineering project, including project resourcing, financial estimates, and scheduling
• Review and interpret product design requirements/specifications and develop production test strategies
• Act as primary customer technical contact
• Analyze tradeoffs in complex test systems and recommend solutions
• Coordinate site and network-wide deployment efforts
• Manage relationships with certain key vendors/partners
• Contribute to short term and long term investment and skill development strategies and business cases with global impact to organization
• Complete test development solution support including hardware & software elements, system integration, 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
• Stabilize test solutions for manufacturing with a focus on optimizing cycle time and yield
• Interface with product design teams (both internal and external) and provide feedback for product testability, test coverage, diagnosis, repair, firmware/diagnostics, and user experience

The following are the associated Technical Competencies that are required for the various Standard Jobs within the Test Engineering Manufacturing career stream. This list is for illustrative purposes and may not be inclusive of all skills:

• FUNCTIONAL /SYSTEMS /STRESS TEST OPERATIONS: ESD Controls, ESS Hardware, ESS Profile, Functional / System Test Solution Support, RF Test Operations, Test Fixture, Boundary Scan, Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, FT Software Development, FT Diagnostic and Firmware Development, FT Fixture Development, FT Fixture Mechanical Design, FT Equipment Skills, FT Debug/integration of SW/HW, RF Test Development (<5Ghz to 50Ghz), High Energy Experience, Electrical - Automation, IPC 10, Engineering Control & System Tools, Quality Data (KPI), Supplier Quality & Component Engineering, Manufacturing Operational Management, System Architecture, EE - Digital, EE - Analog, FW - Firmware, OS, Application Software
• STRUCTURAL TEST OPERATIONS: ESD Controls, Functional / System Test Solution Support, RF Test Operations, Test Fixture, Boundary Scan, Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, FT Software Development, IPC-610, Engineering Controls & System Tools, Quality Data (KPI), Supplier Quality and Component Engineering, Manufacturing Operational Management, DFM - Manufacturing, DFA - Assembly, DFT - Physical Test, DFT - Electrical Test

Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment. Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required. Occasional travel may be required.

The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience, or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate. Salary Range: $102k-150k Annually Celestica provides eligible employees with a range of benefits including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short and long term disability, life insurance, voluntary benefits, and a 401k plan with company match.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Celstica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment, and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform, and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, we imagine, develop, and deliver a better future with our customers.