Automated Test Engineer

The Automated Test Engineer will develop testing strategies for electrically testing active high speed data cables. The test strategies will support manufacturing of High-Speed cable assemblies in a mass production manufacturing environment.

The Automated Test Engineer will integrate custom designed circuit boards and mechanical fixtures with off-the-shelf test equipment such as digital sampling oscilloscopes, TDR modules, network analyzers and BERT and analyze test data using statistical modeling tools and perform root cause analysis of rejected parts. Work with multifunctional team members to deploy such testing strategies and equipment. Support development of software to provide integration of custom test requirements and customer furnished equipment including network switches and server emulation hardware.

The Automated Test Engineering team is a global team that is responsible for designing and implementing production test strategies. This team of engineers is empowered to lead and drive teams through failure investigations and overcoming manufacturing barriers to ensure quality products are delivered while exceeding customer satisfaction.

• Develop production test strategies to support global manufacturing of active high-speed data cables and ensure the projects are executed and deployed according to the project schedule.
• Manage product testing strategy deployment with multifunctional team members like manufacturing, quality, project management, etc. Direct production test resources to ensure compliant use of deployed test systems.
• Develop, integrate, and make software upgrades to test systems used across multiple manufacturing regions including China, Mexico, India and Vietnam.
• Coordinate software development activities with design centers, including product development, manufacturing, signal integrity and quality.
• Create and deploy software following CICD pipelines and best practices, conduct software reviews, perform system verification and validation, analyze and resolve failure modes and document results.
• Create and maintain product and test system documentation, specifications and work instructions
• Understand, support, and contribute to Molex TQM and Quality / Environmental Management Systems by following approved policies and procedures.

• B.S. Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems) or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in test and measurement of High-Speed products.
• Working knowledge with scripted programming languages such as Python.
• Experience with microcontrollers.
• Experience using test equipment such as oscilloscopes, TDR modules and/or Vector Network Analyzer (VNA).
• Software and hardware debugging experience.
• Potential domestic/international travel requirements as needed (20%) and availability for occasional weekday evening calls.

• Experience with RF/microwave test and measurement equipment such as digital sampling oscilloscopes, TDR modules, 4-port network analyzers, and bit error rate testers.
• Working knowledge of RF/microwave transmission line theory including s-parameters, Fourier transformers, characteristic impedance, eye diagrams, time-domain analysis, cross talk, bit error rate testing, jitter analysis, etc.
• Experience in software development process and test system development
• Knowledge of control charts, process capability, gage R&R, and other lean/six sigma tools.