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We are a fast-growing company listed on the London Stock Exchange. We are looking for self-motivated professionals who thrive in dynamic environments. We are proud of and committed to our culture that values Customer Focus, Flexibility, Knowledge, Speed, and Integrity. Joining our team means you will work in a high performing global company where employees collaborate and strive for excellence.\n Position Summary\nThe Manufacturing NPI Test Engineer is the bridge between Test Engineering and Production for the production testing of new power supplies and converters, from introduction at our US factory through transfer to volume production at our Vietnam factory. Working closely with Test Engineering on test development, tester updates, and troubleshooting, you will own the deployment of production test for new products - and of improvements to existing test - ensuring every unit is tested accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with quality requirements.\nIn this role you will support multiple concurrent NPI programs, own the transfer of production test to our Vietnam factory, and serve as the go-to production test resource for existing products, driving test yield, uptime, and test-time improvements. This is a hands-on, on-site role. You will spend significant time on the production floor and work closely with Test Engineering, Manufacturing NPI Engineering, Design Engineering, Quality, and Production.\nKey Responsibilities\nNew Product Introduction - Production Test\nRepresent production test on cross-functional NPI teams; provide design-for-test (DFT) input in design reviews, including test point access, fixturing, and test coverage.\nPartner with Test Engineering to define the production test strategy for each new product across ICT/flying probe, functional/ATE, hipot/safety, and burn-in/ESS.\nWork with Test Engineering on the development of new test stations, fixtures, and test software; review test specifications and procedures for production readiness, test time, and operator usability.\nOwn the deployment of production test for new products: installation, debug, and release of test stations, fixtures, test programs, and limits to the production floor.\nValidate production test through test method validation, repeatability and Gage R&R studies, golden-unit correlation, and correlation to design verification data.\nSupport EVT/DVT/PVT, pilot, and first production builds with test resources; analyze test data, identify failure trends, and drive root cause with Design and Test Engineering.\nDefine test readiness criteria and sign off on release of test to production, including first-pass yield, test time, documentation, and operator training.\nDevelop and maintain test work instructions, test procedures, and operator troubleshooting guides.\nProduction Test Transfer to Vietnam\nOwn the transfer of production test for released products from the US site to the Vietnam factory, working with the Manufacturing NPI Engineer and the Vietnam receiving team to develop and execute the test transfer plan, schedule, risk mitigation, and readiness milestones.\nPrepare and hand over a complete test transfer package: test specifications and procedures, revision-controlled test software and limits, station configurations, fixture drawings and BOMs, calibration and maintenance requirements, and known failure modes and troubleshooting guides.\nCoordinate replication or shipment of test stations, fixtures, and burn-in equipment, and verify equivalent setup, configuration, and calibration at the receiving site.\nLead US-to-Vietnam test correlation (golden units, cross-site correlation studies) and confirm the receiving site meets test yield, test time, and quality targets.\nTrain the Vietnam test engineers and technicians on test operation, debug, maintenance, and failure analysis, both on-site in Vietnam and remotely; confirm competency through training records and supervised builds.\nFormally hand over test ownership to the receiving team once capability is demonstrated, and provide follow-up support to resolve post-transfer test issues.\nSustaining Production Test\nServe as the primary production-floor test resource for existing products; troubleshoot tester, fixture, and test software issues to minimize line downtime.\nMonitor test yield, false failures, retest rates, and test time; work with Test Engineering to improve testing through limit optimization, fixture improvements, software updates, and test-time reduction.\nOwn the deployment of tester updates and improvements to production under change control, including verification, release, and documentation of software and limit revisions.\nMaintain test equipment and fixtures, including preventive maintenance, fixture wear and pogo pin replacement, spares, and calibration scheduling and records.\nSupport failure analysis of test failures, early-life failures, and customer returns; feed results back to Design, Test Engineering, and Manufacturing.\nIdentify, justify (business case/ROI), specify, procure, and qualify test equipment and automation improvements.\nTest Equipment & Methods\n Functional / ATE - Deploy and support functional test using programmable AC/DC sources, electronic loads, power analyzers, oscilloscopes, and DMMs, covering efficiency, regulation, ripple and noise, transient response, start-up timing, and protection features (OVP/OCP/OTP).\nSafety Test - Deploy and maintain hipot, insulation resistance, ground bond, and leakage current testing per IEC 60601-1 and IEC 62368-1, including daily safety tester verification.\nBurn-In / ESS - Support burn-in racks, load banks, and thermal cycling; work with Quality to define and optimize burn-in and ESS profiles.\n ICT / Flying Probe - Support PCBA-level test program and fixture deployment, coverage review, debug, and false-call reduction.\nQuality & Compliance\nProvide test inputs to PFMEAs and control plans, and maintain test method validation documentation in line with ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 requirements; support IQ/OQ/PQ where required.\nEnsure test equipment calibration, test software version control, and serial-level traceability of test records meet medical quality requirements.\nLead root cause analysis (8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa) for test escapes and test-related nonconformances; implement and verify corrective actions.\nRepresent production test in internal, customer, and notified-body/regulatory audits.\nDocumentation & Systems\nManage test software, limits, and procedures under revision control; process test-related ECOs/ECNs through PLM and manage product revision cut-ins at test.\nUse test data and SPC to monitor test performance; maintain yield, failure Pareto, and test-time reporting for production and engineering.\nMentoring, Training & Communication\nMentor test technicians and junior engineers, and serve as the go-to production test resource for production and engineering teams.\nTrain production operators and test technicians on new test stations and procedures, including safe operation of high-voltage test equipment.\nCommunicate test status, risks, and mitigation plans clearly to cross-functional teams, management, and customers when required.\n Required Qualifications\n6-8 years of test, production test, or test engineering experience in electronics manufacturing, ideally power electronics.\nProven experience deploying and sustaining production test for new products from pilot through volume production, across multiple concurrent programs.\nHands-on production experience with functional/ATE, hipot/safety, burn-in/ESS, and ICT or flying probe test.\nProficiency in at least one test development platform - NI LabVIEW, NI TestStand, or Python - with the ability to read, debug, and modify test software.\nStrong bench instrument skills (programmable sources, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, power analyzers, DMMs) and instrument control (GPIB, USB, LAN, SCPI).\nExperience transferring test between manufacturing sites, preferably to an overseas factory, including correlation and training receiving teams.\nAbility to read schematics, PCB layouts, assembly drawings, and test specifications; strong electronic troubleshooting skills to component level.\nWorking knowledge of ISO 9001; experience in an ISO 13485 or other regulated (medical) environment, including test method validation and test software change control.\nStrong command of structured problem solving (8D, 5-Why), SPC, and MSA/Gage R&R.\nComfortable working safely around high-voltage test equipment and on an active production floor.\nStrong communication skills and the ability to influence and coordinate cross-functional teams.\nPreferred Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering (or Computer Engineering) - or equivalent hands-on experience (e.g., progression from senior test technician with demonstrated engineering-level responsibility).\nExperience testing AC-DC power supplies and/or DC-DC converters (e.g., switch-mode topologies, protection circuits, efficiency and thermal performance).\nFamiliarity with IEC 60601-1 and IEC 62368-1 production safety tests (hipot, leakage current, ground bond).\nProficiency in more than one of LabVIEW, TestStand, and Python; NI certification (e.g., CLD, CTD) a plus.\nWorking experience with SolidWorks for test fixture design and reviewing 3D models and drawings.\nExperience with ICT/flying probe platforms (e.g., Keysight, Teradyne, Takaya, SPEA).\nHands-on IQ/OQ/PQ and test method validation experience in a regulated (medical) environment.\nLean Six Sigma Green Belt (or higher); proficiency with Minitab.\nExperience with test data management, MES, or databases (e.g., SQL) for test traceability and reporting.\nExperience working with manufacturing teams in Southeast Asia; Vietnamese language skills a plus.\nBackground & Knowledge Areas\nIdeal candidates will bring practical understanding in the following areas:\nPower electronics fundamentals - switch-mode power conversion, isolation, protection circuits, efficiency and thermal behavior, and how these show up as test parameters and failure modes.\nTest strategy & coverage - balancing ICT, functional, safety, and burn-in for coverage, cost, and test time; design-for-test principles.\nMeasurement science - instrument accuracy and uncertainty, grounding and Kelvin connections, ripple and noise measurement techniques, MSA, and guard-banding of test limits.\nTest fixture design - bed-of-nails and pogo pin fixtures, high-current and high-voltage interconnects, and safety interlocks.\nRegulated quality systems - test method and software validation, change control, traceability, and documentation practices under ISO 13485.\nProduction test operations - throughput, station utilization, and calibration and maintenance programs for low-to-medium volume, high-mix production.\nTools & Systems\n Test software - NI LabVIEW, NI TestStand, Python (proficiency in at least one)\nTest equipment - programmable AC/DC sources, electronic loads, power analyzers, oscilloscopes, hipot/safety testers, burn-in systems, ICT/flying probe\nERP/MRP and PLM - [e.g., Oracle / SAP; 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