Test Engineering Manager
| Company | Jabil |
|---|---|
| Location | Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Waukegan, IL, USA, Auburn Hills, MI, USA, Tampa, FL, USA, Albuquerque, NM, USA, Florence, KY, USA, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, Asheville, NC, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Advanced PC skills, including training and knowledge of Jabil’s software packages in an integrated system such as MES 4.0.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Proven track record of successful change management accomplishments, implementing and management continuous productivity and cost reduction programs.
- Bachelor’s degree Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 6 to 8 years’ experience in a relevant Jabil financial position.
- At least 5 years’ experience in a supervisory or management role within an accounting department.
Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of the regional Test Engineering strategies across the US and Canada sites.
- Establish and clearly communicate all global and regional Test Engineering strategies to the site engineers (including safety and ergonomics).
- Report and drive improvements across the sites through the monitoring of the key Test Engineering metrics.
- Ensure the standardization of Jabil processes across the sites in accordance with the global and regional direction.
- Recruit, interview and hire Test Engineering team members including providing support for positions within the manufacturing facilities.
- Communicate criteria to recruiters for position candidates.
- Monitor team member turnover; identify key factors that can be improved; make improvements.
- Develop and maintain all applicable job descriptions for the Regional Test Engineering.
- Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on a regular basis.
- Create and/or validate Test Engineering training curriculum.
- Coach and mentor Regional and Site Test Engineering staff to deliver excellence to every internal and external customer.
- Create and manage succession plans for key Test Engineering functions within the region.
- Provide communication forum for the exchange of ideas and information within the department.
- Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate business style.
- Ask questions; encourage input from team members.
- Communicate group goals and needs clearly, on a regular basis, to the team members. Make their roles and responsibilities clear.
- Assess communication style of individual team members and adapt own communication style accordingly.
- Communicate key information to the sites within the region, the Regional COE team, and the Global COE Team.
- Define, develop and implement a Test Engineering strategy, which contributes to the regional COE strategic directions.
- Develop an understanding of the workcell business strategy as it pertains to Test.
- Provide regular updates to Business Unit on the execution of the strategy.
- Know and understand the strategic directions of the Global Center of Excellence, Regional Center of Excellence, Jabil Design product development teams, business development groups, and Jabil’s customers.
- Provide regular updates to the Regional COE Director on Strategic projects.
- Establish collaboration on technology development with Jabil Business Units, Work cells, Regional members, Customers, and Suppliers.
- Identification of best practices within test engineering community and the propagation of those practices to all sites.
- Drive down overall cost of test and debug.
- Facilitate regional meetings with Plant Functional Managers while coordinating plant initiatives and facilitate the sharing of best practices.
- Analyze upward feedback/drive into Best Practice where appropriate.
- Develop and document cookbook and reference material.
- Provide education / coaching to Regional Operations and Plant Level Functional Management.
- Define the most efficient processes and tools which support Jabil’s business.
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.