Sr. Test Engineering Manager

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

The Sr. Test Engineering Manager provides strategic, technical, and people leadership for manufacturing test operations supporting large-form assemblies (LFA) and system-level products. This role leads the development, deployment, and sustainment of safe, robust, scalable, and cost-effective test strategies involving high-voltage electrical systems (480

VAC / 120

VAC), low-voltage controls (24

VDC), Hipot testing, pressure and leak testing, and automated test solutions. The Sr. Test Engineering Manager owns test engineering execution across assigned programs and workcells, advances design for testability (DFT), develops engineering talent, manages resources and priorities, and ensures test processes meet Jabil, regulatory, safety, and customer requirements.

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Recruitment and Retention:

• Lead workforce planning, recruiting, interviewing, selection, and onboarding for Test Engineers, Test Technicians, and manufacturing test operators supporting LFA programs.
• Define position requirements and communicate candidate criteria to recruiters and hiring teams.
• Coach engineering leaders and team members on effective interviewing, selection, and onboarding practices.
• Monitor retention and turnover trends; identify root causes and implement actions that improve engagement, capability, and organizational stability.

Employee and Team Development:

• Assess individual and team strengths, capability gaps, succession needs, and development priorities on an ongoing basis.
• Establish and maintain technical and leadership development plans for the test engineering organization.
• Develop, validate, and maintain test engineering training curricula aligned to site technologies (HV testing, LFA, pressure systems, automation).
• Mentor Test Engineers and senior technicians to deliver high-quality, safe, and repeatable test solutions.

Performance Management:

• Establish measurable individual and team objectives aligned with safety, quality, delivery, cost, test yield, uptime, cycle time, project execution, and NPI readiness.
• Conduct timely performance reviews, provide ongoing coaching and counseling, recognize accomplishments, and hold team members accountable for commitments and results.
• Solicit and act on feedback from senior leadership, Workcell Managers, Business Unit leaders, Quality, Operations, customers, peers, and team members.
• Build a high-performance culture that promotes collaboration, technical rigor, ownership, continuous learning, and safe execution.
• Establish measurable goals tied to safety, FPY, test yield, uptime, cycle time, and NPI readiness.
• Provide ongoing coaching based on feedback from Test Engineering Management, Workcell Managers, Quality, and Operations.
• Lead performance reviews professionally and on time.
• Drive continuous improvement in operational and engineering KPIs.
• Coordinate engineering activities during escalations, launches, or production crises.

Communication:

• Establish effective forums for sharing priorities, risks, decisions, lessons learned, and technical information across the department and supported workcells.
• Communicate complex…