Director, Test Development Engineering

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales.

We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world's largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales.

We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.

Position:
Director, Test Development Engineering

Location:
Etters, PA

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. We have design, sales, and manufacturing locations globally and are currently seeking a Director, Test Development Engineering to join our Cable Backplane Systems team located in Etters, PA.

The Director of Test Development Engineering is the global functional leader for test development within Cable Backplane Systems (CBS), accountable for defining and executing the strategy, organization, technology roadmap, and operating system required to deliver scalable, production-ready test solutions across new product introduction (NPI) and manufacturing.

The position partners closely with Product Development, Signal Integrity, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, site leadership, and strategic customers to ensure test capability enables product performance, accelerated launch, manufacturing readiness, and long-term business growth.

The successful candidate combines deep technical expertise in high-speed interconnect testing with enterprise leadership, organization development, investment prioritization, and executive communication. The role owns global governance for site-level NPI test teams and manufacturing test support, including architecture standards, readiness reviews, preventive maintenance, calibration, change and configuration control, and performance management.

• Define and execute the global Test Development Engineering strategy aligned with CBS product, customer, and technology roadmaps, including 448G and next-generation electrical and optical interconnects.
• Establish multi-year capability, organization, talent, and capital investment plans that support business growth and global manufacturing readiness.
• Translate business priorities into a governed global portfolio, resource allocation model, and measurable functional performance targets.
• Represent Test Development Engineering in executive reviews and with strategic customers, suppliers, and technology partners.

• Own end-to-end delivery of electrical, functional, and manufacturing test solutions from concept and architecture through qualification, production release, and sustaining support.
• Drive test readiness into NPI program gates with clear accountability for technical performance, schedule, risk retirement, and production launch.
• Establish standards for test coverage, correlation, repeatability, calibration, measurement-system capability, reliability, and data integrity.
• Ensure robust transfer to manufacturing through complete…