Director of Production Test

Skills at this level

Test line troubleshooting and fault isolation

— Assists and directs technicians in troubleshooting and repairing failed test equipment, fixtures, and electronic assemblies to keep production test flowing, using fault-isolation tools across board, module, server, rack, and cluster levels.

Manufacturing test process development

— Develops manufacturing test processes for new products from engineering specifications, including PFMEA, new test equipment development, and validation of automated test programs and fixtures.

Statistical Process Control (SPC) and risk control

— Applies advanced statistical and analytical methods, including SPC, to identify, quantify, and control variation and risk in high-volume, complex manufacturing test environments.

Failure review and test escape reduction

— Coordinates with the manufacturing floor and Failure Review Board to review test failure data and develop methods that continually reduce and eliminate test escapes.

Test equipment selection and capital planning

— Leads selection of suitable test equipment for the manufacturing test process and coordinates identification and procurement of capital test equipment with subsystem engineers and project managers.

Test automation tooling

— Develops and deploys automated test programs and fixtures using tools such as NI LabVIEW and NI TestStand to reduce manual intervention and human error on the production line.

Design-for-test influence

— Influences product design teams to incorporate design-for-test principles early in the development lifecycle, reducing downstream test complexity and cost.

Test strategy and roadmapping

— Defines and implements best-in-class manufacturing test practices and creates a clear roadmap to achieve them, spanning module, server, rack, and cluster assembly levels.

Root cause analysis of test anomalies

— Serves as senior technical authority for root cause analysis of test anomalies, driving systemic corrective actions across programs and product lines.

Customer test integration

— Leads the integration of customer test requirements, software, and infrastructure into factory test systems.

Technician training and technical guidance

— Provides training and guidance to the manufacturing test group on proper use of test equipment and fixtures, and technical direction to lower-level engineers.

Test documentation

— Writes detailed test procedures and reports needed for manufacturing test, explaining instructions to technicians and preparing documentation for other engineers and future reference.