Head of Production Test Engineering

The role

The Head of Production Test Engineering will lead the team responsible for production testing of physical devices. This role ensures tests, equipment, software, and instructions are ready for new product launches and mass production.

What you will do

• Build and maintain a unified production testing roadmap
• Lead the engineering team, allocate resources, and develop team capabilities
• Coordinate dependencies across hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and other teams
• Define production testing strategies and acceptance criteria
• Oversee the development and maintenance of test fixtures, equipment, software, and infrastructure
• Coordinate test deployment at factories
• Maintain up-to-date instructions and test result monitoring
• Work with engineering and manufacturing teams to identify root causes of defects and validate fixes
• Analyze production test data, returns, and support cases to identify systemic issues

Required qualifications

• Hands-on experience with electronics production testing
• Strong understanding of the full product lifecycle from prototype to mass production
• Ability to read and develop schematic
• Use measurement equipment
• Solder
• Troubleshoot interactions between electronics, firmware, and test software
• Hands-on experience developing or implementing automated tests and production test fixtures
• Strong Linux and Python skills, including pytest
• Experience leading an engineering team, including planning, prioritization, resource allocation, and people development
• Experience managing cross-team dependencies and working directly with factories on technical requirements, production changes, and issue resolution
• English proficiency sufficient for working calls, written communication, and technical documentation with factories

Nice to have

• Experience launching production on-site in China and working directly with Chinese factories
• Confident use of AI tools for rapid prototyping

Benefits

• Choose your work format: office, hybrid, or fully remote from anywhere in the world
• Provided with all the necessary equipment for a comfortable working environment
• VHI
• corporate sports
• foreign language courses
• therapy sessions

About the company

Flipper is the creator of Flipper Zero, a portable device for tech enthusiasts and engineers. They are building new products including Flipper One and BUSY Bar.