Principal Architect, Manufacturing Test Engineering

Radar Reinvented.

Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points.

Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).Echodyne is seeking a Principal Architect, Manufacturing Test Engineering to join our fast-growing team. ROLE OVERVIEW As a Principal Architect of the Manufacturing Test processes, you will be responsible for defining the vision, architecture and strategic direction of the manufacturing test infrastructure to support multiple products across their lifecycle.  

You will establish scalable, robust, and data-driven test architectures that enable manufacturing operations to deliver high-quality products  a Principal Architect you will partner closely with R&D, NPI, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing Operations, Software, Systems, Hardware, and Supply Chain teams to ensure that test strategies are designed into products and manufacturing processes from early development through production.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in manufacturing test engineering, test architecture, automation, hardware/software integration, data systems, and high-volume manufacturing with the ability to influence technical decisions across multiple organizations.
RESPONSIBILITIESDefine the architecture and technical roadmap for manufacturing test systems

Develop scalable test strategies to support a product from the NPI build to full mass production and sustaining phases

Define the appropriate balance of structural, functional, performance, reliability, environmental, calibration, and inspection test strategies

Establish common and scalable test frameworks, interfaces, standards, and design patterns for manufacturing tests

Drive design-for-testability (DFT) and design-for-manufacturability (DFM) requirements into new product development.

Ensure test architectures support global manufacturing scalability and product variants

Define manufacturing test processes and methods for new radar technologies

Serve as the technical authority for complex manufacturing test architecture and system-level decisions

Lead resolution of difficult technical problems involving hardware, software, instrumentation, fixtures, automation, and manufacturing systems

Evaluate emerging test technologies and determine their applicability to manufacturing test processes

Drive integration between test systems and manufacturing execution systems (MES), product lifecycle systems, quality systems, and data platforms.

Define manufacturing test data architectures that enable traceability, analytics, and continuous improvement.

Enable data-driven analysis of first-pass yield, test escapes, false failures, cycle time, downtime, and process capability to drive continuous improvement projects

Partner with Product Engineering and NPI teams from early product development through production release

Identify testability risks early and develop mitigation strategies

Provide technical direction during prototype, EVT/DVT/PVT, pilot, and production ramp phases

Drive standardization while allowing appropriate flexibility for site-specific manufacturing requirements

Establish appropriate controls for test equipment calibration,…