Mechanical Engineering Manager; IST, North Reading, MA

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Date: Feb 5, 2026

Location: North Reading, MA, US

We are the global test and automation specialists, powering next-generation technologies through sophisticated solutions. Behind every electronic device you use, Teradyne's test technology ensures your device works right the first time, every time! Our portfolio of automation solutions help manufacturers to develop and deliver products quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Together, Teradyne companies deliver manufacturing automation across industries and applications around the world!

We attract, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce, comprised of people with diverse backgrounds and a shared drive for excellence. We strive to foster a positive and inclusive work environment that helps employees, and communities, thrive.

We are seeking a Mechanical Engineering Manager to lead a team to innovate on a variety of machine design and product development initiatives for our next generation System Level Test platforms and enabling technologies. The ideal candidate will also work across functional boundaries to identify essential requirements, tradeoffs, and key technical risks. This person will work closely with external facing teams such as Product Marketing and Applications to understand customer needs.

In parallel, the ideal candidate will work with internal cross-functional product development teams to implement design solutions for risk mitigation, concept selection and high-volume manufacturing.

• Lead a team of mechanical engineers supporting the Continuous Improvement of the Saturn, Titan, Mercury and Aries Systems.
• Coach, evaluate and give feedback to the team members throughout the year and through annual Performance Review.
• Work with team members to create long-term development plans.
• Manage the team’s assignments, priorities and budget annually.
• Balance contract and permanent headcount to meet project needs
• Experience managing outsourced engineering team.
• Provide guidance through complex situations or conflicting goals.
• Project management
• Support continued commercialization of the existing product by ensuring the product meets the highest level of quality through helping cross functional teams with issues emerging from the field, the contract manufacturer or the supply chain.
• Drive continuous improvement of the existing product by gathering and synthesizing information, formulating and prioritizing long-term projects through planning with leadership from New Product Development, Supplier, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Quality, Production, Service Operations, and other groups. Align with cross functional teams to ensure designs provide value to our customers and meet tight project timelines.

• Excellent judgment in the presence of competing priorities and incomplete data; proven ability to make difficult trade-offs.
• Ability to lead, collaborate, and motivate across functional boundaries with multi-disciplinary teams like hardware, software, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, etc.
• Good understanding of automation/or robot design.
• Training or commensurate experience in Root Cause Analysis.
• Strong analytical skills as proven by a track record for analyzing and fixing complex problems in products and processes.
• Understand concepts of design controls - FMEAs, design input/output, and requirement traceability.
• Technical proficiency in electro-mechanical products and mechanism design.
• Demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of manufacturing processes.
• Passion for solving tough technical problems and creating elegant and reliable products.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity on short development timelines
• Self-driven desire to excel in a fast paced, small, focused team environment, to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward, making work interesting, meaningful, and enjoyable.
• Expertise in communicating effectively and accurately (written and oral) across all levels and functions, including interacting with suppliers, and presenting to a technical audience.
• Coach, develop, and manage the engineering team…