Electronics Test Engineering Manager

Electronics Engineering Test Manager

Required Skilles, Training, or Experience:
-5 years experience in Test Engineering and 2 years in management
-Knowledge of Electronics Hardware (RF, Networking, Optical
Networking, Servers, Desktops, Notebooks, Power Supplies, DSP)
-Knowledge of Computer Software (Assembly, C, LabWindows, CVI,
LabView, Dtabase).
-Experience in the development of test solution proposals,
management of test development projects, test crisis support, and
continuous improvement of core competency.

Leadership and Management Responsibilities
Recruitment and Retention:
-Recruit, interview, and hire the engineering staff.
-Coach Project Engineers in the interviewing/hiring process.
-Monitor team member turnover; identify key factors that can be
improved; make improvements. Employee and Team Development:
-Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on an
ongoing basis.
-Create and/or validate training curriculum in area of
responsibility.
-Create and manage succession plans for Engineering and Management
functions.

Performance Management:
-Perform Engineer evaluations professionally and on time.
-Drive individuals and the team to continuously improve in key
operational metrics and the achievement of the organizational
goals.
-Ensure recognition and rewards are managed fairly and consistently
in area of responsibility. Communication:
-Provide communication forum for the exchange of ideas and
information with the department.
-Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate
business style.
-Ask questions; encourage input from team members. 'Assess
communication style of individual team members and adapt own
communication style accordingly.
Functional Management Responsibilities:
Business Strategy and Direction:
-Develop proposals for improvements to existing GTS strategies and
initiatives, as well as proposals for new ones.
-Provide feedback on success of existing initiatives.
-Ensure site participation in core competency improvement
initiatives.
-Ensure operational standardization through the use of standard GTS
tools and systems.
These include, but are not limited to:
-GTS quote management software and responsiveness requirements.
-Project tracking tools (action items, journals, time entry,
milestones, and deliverables checklists).
-Design reviews. - Documentation package templates (quotes, testplans, test specification, tester validation, etc.).
-Support GTS hotline.

Manufacturing plant project report Cost Management:
-Ensure break-even financial performance, on average, of assigned
GTS site.
-Preparation of financial forecasts and statements will be
required 'Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining
processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or
consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value-added processes,
or complete re-engineering of processes and systems).
-Utilize tools to monitor departmental cost and cost trends,
striving continuously to improve value.

Customer Relationship Management:
-Develop existing customer relationships so manufacturing business
and GTS both benefit
-Proactively seek new customer relationships. Sales presentations
will be required.
-Develops corrective actions for customer relationship issues not
resolved by engineers working directly on test developments. Customers may be internal or external.
-Domestic and international travel may be required.

Kelly Automotive Services Group specializes in the placement of automotive professionals on a contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire basis with the world's leading Automotive Manufacturers and Tier Suppliers. We specialize in a wide variety of positions including: automotive engineering, design, information technology, finance, accounting and other professional and technical positions.

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