Production Test Center of Excellence Lead SME
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Quest DefenseAerospace and defense
Remote within the U.S.Part-TimeLead
Salary100 - 200 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- 20+ years of experience in Production Test Engineering, Manufacturing Test Engineering, Automated Test Equipment (ATE), Test Systems Engineering, or related engineering disciplines.
Requirements
- Bring 20+ years of experience in Production Test Engineering, Manufacturing Test Engineering, Automated Test Equipment (ATE), Test Systems Engineering, or related engineering disciplines.
- Demonstrate experience designing, implementing, and supporting production test environments for complex electronic, electromechanical, or mission-critical systems.
- Understand the complete production test lifecycle, including requirements, specifications, test strategy, architecture, instrumentation, integration, automation, validation, deployment, and sustainment.
- Have hands-on experience developing production test hardware and infrastructure, including fixtures, instrumentation, switching systems, sensors, power systems, and data acquisition platforms.
- Have experience with automated test software, test executive platforms, automation frameworks, and production data collection and reporting systems.
- Understand manufacturing operations, quality systems, statistical process control, Six Sigma methodologies, and continuous improvement practices.
- Have experience supporting products through transition from development and integration into full-rate production environments.
- Have experience developing solution architectures and execution strategies for production test systems and manufacturing test cells.
- Have experience developing business cases, basis-of-estimate packages, capital equipment assessments, material and labor estimates, integration plans, or turnkey solution pricing models.
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Be willing and able to travel frequently based on customer and program needs.
- Preferred: experience in aerospace, defense, space, advanced electronics, or high-reliability manufacturing, and establishing or leading production test organizations or Centers of Excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and maturation of a Production Test Center of Excellence focused on end-to-end production test solutions.
- Advise customers on production test strategies, methodologies, operating models, and industry best practices.
- Partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and program teams to define production test requirements, specifications, and success criteria.
- Develop production test roadmaps spanning requirements definition, implementation, validation, deployment, and sustainment.
- Define test methodologies, acceptance criteria, and strategies for electrical, functional, environmental, and system-level testing.
- Architect production test cells, including instrumentation, fixturing, sensors, switching systems, power systems, automation platforms, and data acquisition solutions.
- Guide development of automated test software, test executive applications, automation frameworks, and production data management solutions.
- Establish validation processes, quality standards, compliance requirements, maintenance strategies, and operational performance metrics.
- Support troubleshooting, root cause corrective action, yield improvement, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Develop turnkey solution proposals, estimates, pricing strategies, and delivery plans with engineering, operations, procurement, suppliers, and business leadership.
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