Sr/Staff PCBA Test Development Engineer
California 
Benefits - Full

Relocation Assistance Available - Yes

Bonus Eligible - Yes
Brief Description - responsible for the development, installation, documentation and support of the manufacturing test for the optical networking products. Specific focus is on PCBA/Functional Test. 

Description

You will be working with leading edge products that are enabled by: world class Photonic Integrated Circuit technology, sophisticated optics, custom ASICs, coherent DSP, advanced firmware and control algorithms.

If this is something that interests you, that excites you, come take a look at a team not bound by large company obstacles and bureaucracy, where an idea today can be set in motion tomorrow.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities:

•  Responsible for the development, installation,   documentation and support of the PCBA/Functional testing of next generation Line Module.

•  In this role, you'll be part of a core team working on flagship products with cutting-edge technologies

•  Capabilities to develop required test plans/specifications

•  Development and support of automated manufacturing test infrastructure

•  Develop VB.NET Software to automate the test execution

•  Provide fault isolation and identification capability to manufacturing technical staff

•  Responsible for refining process and strategy to drive failures earlier and then out of the manufacturing process

•  Responsible for statistical analysis of product test parameters and equipment measurements

•  Partner with engineering staff to define and implement detailed testability requirements

•  Key member of cross functional NPI team

•  Key member of cross functional defect reduction team

•  Responsible for continual maturing of test infrastructure

•  Be able to work independently and prioritize tasks on a weekly/monthly level

Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

•  Working experience in products with hardware, firmware and software elements

•  Practical experience defining test criteria based on product specification, error of measurement

•  Proven ability to develop automated test solutions and deploy to remote manufacturing locations

•  Knowledge of databases like SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL

•  Proficient in VB.NET or C++ and Visual Studio 2008 or higher.

•  The ideal candidate is analytic, detail-oriented, with great quantitative analysis skills, is self-motivated, a great team leader, able to pro-actively communicate with all employees and work well in a fast paced environment.

•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.

•  This position requires a strong understanding of manufacturing controls and process flow

Education / Experience (required or desired)

•  BSEE/MSEE or related field required

•  5-8 year experience with networking industry related manufacturing test development

Visa Candidates Considered - Yes

5+ to 7 years of experience
Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree

Skills and Certifications  (required)
VB.NET
PCBA/Functional testing

The Ideal Candidate

Companies we'd like to see candidates out of continued:  Cisco – optical transport business unit (OTBU) or core routing business unit (CRBU) groups only, JDSU, Force10, Juniper, Brocade, Extreme

•Hands on experience with electrical and optical test and measurement equipment

•Knowledge of fiber optical components/modules/systems, preferably in the communications industry

•Proven ability to develop automated test solutions and deploy to remote manufacturing

•Knowledge of databases like SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL

•Proficient in VB.NET or C++ or Visual Studio

The ideal candidate has worked for these companies:

Adva, Fujitsu Network Communications (FNC) - optical networking group only, Ciena, Huawei, Nokia-Siemens Networks (NSN) – optical networking group only, Tellabs,