Principal Test Engineer

Principal Test Engineer (12 month contract // Tempe, AZ):Top 3 Required Skills:Manufacturing Test Engineering and Test Application DevelopmentLabVIEW, TestStand, and test instrument integrationDevelopment of manufacturing test requirements and methodologiesEducation Required: Bachelor’s in Engineering or Engineering Technology (Electrical preferred, EE/ECE or EET degrees)Years’ Experience Required: 7+ years of experience developing and implementing manufacturing test systemsDuties:Designs, develops, and implements testing methods and equipment.Plans and arranges the labor, schedules, and equipment required for testing and evaluating standard and special devices. Provides test area with parameters for sample testing and specifies tests to be performed.Compiles data and defines changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements.Responsible for testing all customer samples and for special tests that cannot be performed in the test area.Required Skills:Manufacturing Test Engineering and Test Application DevelopmentLabVIEW, TestStand, MATLAB, and instrument integrationTest methodology development, measurement system analysis (MSA), Gauge R&R, and uncertainty analysisDevelopment of manufacturing test limits, guard bands, and validation strategiesRequirements definition, URS/SRS development, verification, and validationStatistical analysis of measurement variation, repeatability, reproducibility, and yield performanceExperience translating R&D laboratory measurement methods into robust high-volume manufacturing test solutionsPreferred Domain Expertise:LED emitter characterization and optical measurement systemsSpectroscopy and spectrometer integrationOptical sensor technologies and photonics-based measurement systemsUnderstanding of factors affecting optical measurements, including temperature, drive current, fixturing, alignment, and environmental conditions