• Supervise staff, respond to subordinate requests, manage timecards, and resolve personnel issues through coaching, counseling, and initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Recruit, select, onboard, train, develop, and mentor employees for, including, but not limited to, technical skill.
• Oversee the development of new test and burn-in capabilities and procedures by leading a team of Test and Product Engineers.
• Plan new semiconductor component test development projects, to include data analysis test plan/flow, test procedure, test methodology, project management, test report preparation and failure investigation.
• Develop and implement test hardware documentation, operating processes, and specifications.
• Coordinate, review, and implement product characterization and bench analysis.
• Document test requirements per product, ensure conformation to standards; verify technical accuracy of work.
• Monitor and communicates project status, business issues and significant developments as appropriate.
• Define roadmap for electronic test capabilities, specifications & standards, personnel, and equipment to support company objectives.
• Draft and present proposals, reports, and findings to clients and communicates technical issues with clients and customers as required.
• Consult and negotiates with clients to prepare project specifications.
• Develop Test Engineering Teams through hiring, mentoring, and professional development of personnel to accomplish company objectives.
• Develop and implements policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed in the department.
• Work cross functionally with other Rochester departments to support sales opportunities and after sales support of Rochester goods and services, including understanding of customer test requirements.
• Work with supplier and vendor teams to ensure robust Test knowledge, stays in touch with worldwide Test technology evolution as well as equipment / process technologies available.
• Provide intra-departmental training on testing tools, capabilities, and techniques.
• Work with stakeholders worldwide on manufacturing, sales, and customer support.
• Performs administrative functions such as approving expenditures, develop cost estimates, develop rules and policies.
• Represent, support and encourage the Rochester culture of collaboration and customer-focus, as well as ensuring the team follows work practices, specs and policies set forth by the company.

Qualifications

• Bachelors of Electrical, Mechanical, or related engineering discipline, or other equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of 12 years electrical test engineering experience required including experience with analog/digital/memory/mixed signal test methodologies, and general quality and reliability engineering principles and knowledge.
• A minimum of 8 years of team and project leadership requiring advanced planning, project management, and building a strong engineering team.
• Effective analytical and problem solving skills, and ability to guide and mentor engineers in this are.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of trends in the market pertaining to automated test equipment (ATE) and methodologies and ability to advise senior management.
• Must be very organized and detail oriented.
• Requires effective computer skills, familiarity with MS office products (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint), and ability to learn custom software.
• Must also have initiative and able to handle many active projects.
• Detailed understanding of electronic components, component test methodology, diagnostic and debug techniques.
• Outstanding work ethic with a passion to meet commitments and schedules.