Senior Test Engineering Manager
Location Chon Buri, Thailand
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for a large-scale test engineering function, overseeing a team of test engineers and technicians in a high-volume electronics manufacturing environment.
- Manage and optimize test operations across 30+ SMT lines, ensuring seamless NPI (New Product Introduction) transitions into high-volume mass production.
- Oversee and maintain the performance of 1,000+ testers, ensuring maximum uptime, accuracy, and efficiency of test systems.
- Lead yield monitoring and improvement programs, driving corrective and preventive actions to continuously improve product quality and reliability.
- Conduct in-depth root cause and failure analysis, implementing long-term corrective actions to address recurring technical challenges.
- Establish and enforce test processes, methodologies, and standardization to ensure operational excellence across all production lines.
- Act as the primary technical interface for key global customers, managing expectations, supporting on-site visits, and providing real-time technical solutions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, process, and manufacturing engineering teams to ensure robust product launches and efficient scale-up.
- Drive the adoption and integration of optical and transceiver testing solutions, ensuring test methodologies meet stringent customer requirements.
- Lead budget planning and resource allocation for test engineering operations, ensuring cost efficiency while maintaining high technical standards.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging automation, data analytics, and advanced test methodologies to optimize throughput and reduce cost of test.
- Mentor and develop the test engineering leadership pipeline, building strong technical teams capable of supporting future growth.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical, Electronics, or related Engineering discipline.
- 10+ years experience in test engineering, with at least 5 years in a senior management role within an EMS or large-scale electronics manufacturing environment (1,000+ employees/testers).
- Proven experience managing large-scale customer accounts with complex testing requirements and direct customer engagement.
- Strong expertise in electronics testing principles, circuit design, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.
- Hands-on experience with optical device and transceiver product testing, including system integration and high-volume validation.
- Track record of leading NPI to mass production transitions in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- Demonstrated success in scaling and maintaining 1,000+ testers and managing test operations across multiple SMT lines.
- Strong customer-facing skills, with excellent technical communication in English (both written and spoken).
- Analytical mindset with proven problem-solving skills and the ability to drive data-driven engineering decisions.
- Strong leadership abilities, with experience building and motivating large technical teams.
