Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager (Memory Test, San Jose, CA)

Our Purpose
The Memory Test Division is seeking an accomplished Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering to lead the organization responsible for the architecture, development, integration, and lifecycle support of advanced memory test platforms. This leader will provide strategic and technical direction across platform mechanical engineering, instrument mechanical and thermal design, final test interfaces, power and systems engineering, common specifications, and interface development and signal delivery.

The role leads engineering managers and multidisciplinary teams, establishes technical vision and operating priorities, and partners with Electrical, Software, Systems, Signal Integrity, NPI, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Field Engineering to deliver scalable, reliable, manufacturable, and cost-effective products.

Organization and Talent Leadership

• Lead and develop engineering managers, technical leaders, and multidisciplinary teams; establish clear priorities, accountability, decision rights, and operating rhythms.
• Own workforce and succession planning, recruiting, performance management, career development, retention, departmental budgets, and strategic use of external engineering resources.
• Build a culture of technical excellence, inclusion, collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Mechanical and System Strategy

• Define and execute the long-range mechanical engineering and technology roadmap aligned with product strategy, business priorities, technical risk, and program commitments.
• Provide technical leadership for platform mechanical systems, thermal design, final test interfaces, power and systems integration, interface hardware, and common specifications.
• Drive architecture reuse, modularity, standardization, and adoption of emerging materials, manufacturing technologies, thermal solutions, interconnect approaches, and development tools.
• Guide complex multidisciplinary tradeoffs involving mechanical, electrical, signal-delivery, thermal, power, facilities, reliability, serviceability, cost, and schedule requirements.

Product Development and Lifecycle Execution

• Lead execution from concept and architecture through detailed design, verification, qualification, production release, manufacturing ramp, and sustaining support.
• Establish efficient, quality-focused engineering processes, standards, technical reviews, modeling methods, risk assessments, verification strategies, and corrective-action practices.
• Ensure designs meet performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, and schedule objectives; drive timely resolution of complex development, factory, and installed-base issues.
• Establish meaningful KPIs for engineering execution, product performance, mechanical reliability, quality, cost, and organizational effectiveness.

Interface, Thermal, Power, and Reliability Leadership

• Oversee development and integration of load boards, probe interfaces, connectors, cabling, interconnect systems, and related signal-delivery hardware for next-generation memory devices.
• Promote close collaboration among mechanical, signal integrity, electrical, materials, validation, and system architecture teams.
• Establish technical direction for thermal management, power-system integration, and mechanical reliability; use modeling, experimentation, verification, manufacturing data, and field data to improve product robustness.
• Champion root-cause analysis, corrective action, lessons learned, and prevention of recurring issues.

All About You
You thrive in complex technical environments and are motivated by solving high‑speed signaling and interface‑architecture challenges. You enjoy leading teams, shaping technical direction, and building robust hardware that supports next‑generation memory devices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Typically 15 or more years of progressive experience developing complex mechanical or electromechanical products, preferably in semiconductor capital equipment, automated test , industrial automation, or a related hardware industry.
• Significant experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations, including managing engineering managers or multiple technical teams.
• Demonstrated success leading complex hardware products from architecture and concept development through production release and lifecycle support.
• Broad technical foundation across mechanical architecture, thermal management, materials and manufacturing processes, electromechanical integration, precision mechanisms, interface hardware, power integration, verification, and reliability.
• Experience establishing technical roadmaps, engineering standards, organizational priorities, budgets, staffing plans, and talent-development strategies.
• Proven ability to balance performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, risk, and schedule while working with suppliers and external engineering partners.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical matters to senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with semiconductor test equipment, memory-test platforms, high-speed electronic systems, wafer probe, final test, handlers, probers, or test-cell integration.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams, major platform developments, or architectural transitions.

We are only considering candidates local to position location and are unable to provide relocation for this position.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Compensation:
The base salary range for this role is $233,000 – 373,000. This range is a good faith estimate, and the amount of base salary will correspond with experience and skill set. This range can also fluctuate depending on demand and location.

Incentive Plan: This job is eligible for discretionary bonus(es) based on financial performance.

Benefits:

Teradyne offers a variety of robust health and well-being benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, and more. Please click here to see details.

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