RF Test Development Engineer-Remote Aerospace & Defense

RF Test Development Engineer-Remote Aerospace & Defense

Date: Aug 25, 2026

Location: Remote Employee US, MN, US

Req
Region:
Americas
Country: USA
State/Province:
New Hampshire
City:
Remote Employee US

We are looking for a remote candidate with Aerospace and Defense exprience. 25-50% travel to MN required.

The RF Test Development Engineer designs, develops and implements test solutions for product manufacturing and design verification, to ensure robust and high quality production of RF electronic assemblies.

This role will focus on Celestica’s RF testing infrastructure, including advancing test platforms to support products up to 50GHz and primarily serving our Aerospace and Defense customers.

The role requires establishing test strategies and architecting test solutions based on product design specifications and production test requirements.

The position is part of a global engineering services organization, with local leadership and integration with an expansive network of test development engineers.

Activity will include direct onsite development and delivery, and support of project opportunities connected to the extended network of global sites.

Experience with the relevant product technologies and development processes in the Aerospace and Defense segment are an important asset.

Celestica’s broad customer base will also provide opportunities to lead or support test development projects for customers in other end markets such as Industrial, Smart Energy, and Healthtech.

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

Lead the development of production test solutions, including strategic planning, design and implementation

Create test development proposals based on production test requirements, considering resource needs (people and equipment) and estimating execution scope (cost and schedule)

Provides technical leadership and direction to ateam of support engineers, both local and remote

Provides input to non-technical elements of an engineering project, including project resourcing, financial estimates and scheduling

Review and interpret product design requirements/specifications and develop production test strategies

Act as primary customer technical contact

Analyze tradeoffs in complex test systems and recommend solutions

Coordinate site and network-wide deployment efforts

Manage relationships with certain key vendors/partners.

Contribute to short term and long term investment and skill development strategies and business cases with global impact to organization

Complete test development solution support including hardware & software elements, system integration, qualification, and installation to meet product, quality and test requirements outlined in the test plan

Debug of tester issues using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies

Project Management - Ability to manage/lead complex, multiple line engineering projects that may also involve other functions. Demonstrate solid understanding of the technical, financial and people aspects of the project. Able to create a project/change management plan and ensure that the project is delivered within the assigned time and budget. Ability to recognize project barriers and develop mitigation plans

Financial Acumen / Business Planning - Ability to create financial plans for your projects, align them internally with your line of management and other functions and externally if needed. Create project plans, profitability calculations, risk and sensitivity analysis, able to recognize barriers and mitigate profitability risks. Fully knowledgeable about internal and external financial reporting, accounting and tax requirements relevant to your area of expertise.

Coaching/Mentoring; may also be required.

Communication/Negotiation/Presentation;
Creative Problem Solving;
Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management;
Quality & Lean;
Working Effectively with Others; D/PFMEA; 8D/Corrective Action;
Equipment Safety;
Design of Experiments (DOE)

The following are the associated Technical Competencies that are required for the various Standard Jobs within the Test Development Engineering career stream. This list is for illustrative purposes and may not be inclusive of all skills.

Standard Job :Technical Skills

FUNCTIONAL /SYSTEMS /STRESS TEST OPERATIONS
: ESD Controls, ESS Hardware, ESS Profile, Functional / System Test Solution Support, RF Test Operations

FUNCTIONAL TEST DEVELOPMENT
:
Test Strategy Creation, Test Plan Creation, FT Software Development (National Instruments Lab View, Test Stand, Python, Other), FT Diagnostic and Firmware Development, FT Fixture Development, FT Fixture Mechanical Concept Design, FT Equipment Skills, FT Debug/integration of SW/HW, RF Test Development (