Director, Test Development Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Global Function Strategy and Business Leadership

• 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.

Test Solution Development and NPI Readiness

• 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 documentation, training, spare-parts strategy, maintenance plans, and escalation support.

Technology and Architecture Leadership

• Own global architecture and platform standards for ATE, BERT, VNA, oscilloscopes, fixtures, interfaces, test software, automation, and test data systems.
• Lead the long-range roadmap for next-generation electrical and optical test methods, software modernization, automation, analytics, AI-enabled optimization, and digital manufacturing.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Signal Integrity Engineering to establish design-for-test, validation, and correlation methods for emerging products.
• Drive modularity, reuse, and common platforms to reduce development lead time, cost, complexity, and support burden across global sites.

Operational Governance and Manufacturing Performance

• Establish and enforce global governance for site NPI and manufacturing test teams, including preventive maintenance, calibration, change logs, configuration control, asset lifecycle management, and readiness reviews.
• Define and review global KPIs for on-time test readiness, first-pass yield, test escapes, measurement-system capability, station uptime, capacity, utilization, and cost of test.
• Drive closed-loop continuous improvement using test data, failure analysis, lessons learned, and standardized corrective-action processes.
• Ensure consistent global standards while maintaining clear site ownership for daily execution and manufacturing support.

Portfolio, Investment, and Program Management

• Direct the global portfolio of NPI, sustaining, and strategic test capability programs.
• Own portfolio prioritization, resource and capacity planning, budget and capital proposals, and external supplier or partner strategy.
• Manage milestones, dependencies, risks, and executive reporting; escalate decisions early and drive cross-functional closure.
• Ensure test investments deliver committed business outcomes, roadmap capability, and scalable global deployment.

Cross-Functional and Customer Leadership

• Partner with Product Engineering, Signal Integrity Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Global Quality, Supply Chain, Customer Engineering, and site leadership to integrate test requirements into product and industrialization plans.
• Engage strategic customers on test requirements, validation strategy, technical reviews, issue resolution, and readiness commitments.
• Influence product architecture and design-for-test decisions to improve testability, coverage, launch speed, and manufacturing performance.
• Develop strong equipment supplier and technology partner relationships to accelerate innovation and ensure lifecycle support.

Organizational Leadership and Talent Development

• Directly lead the Cable Backplane and Overpass, with accountability for alignment, execution, and organizational performance.
• Define the global organization design, role clarity, competency model, leadership pipeline, and succession plan for Test Development Engineering.
• Attract, develop, and retain strong technical and managerial talent while building next-level leadership capability.
• Create a culture of ownership for outcomes, technical rigor, disciplined execution, collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; M.S. or MBA preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in electronics, interconnect, test development, or related engineering fields.
• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, including responsibility for managers and global or multi-site organizations.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing global engineering strategy, organizational transformation, and large-scale capability roadmaps.
• Proven ownership of complex NPI and production test portfolios, resource plans, budgets, capital investments, and executive-level reporting.
• Experience supporting high-volume global manufacturing environments and customer-facing technical engagements.
• Strong executive communication, decision-making, change leadership, and cross-functional influence.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Preferred experience includes:

• High-speed interconnect systems, PAM4 technologies, 448G product requirements, and advanced electrical and functional test development.
• ATE, BERT, VNA, oscilloscopes, fixtures, automation platforms, and global test equipment deployment.
• Test software architecture, data systems, statistical analysis, reliability testing, calibration, correlation, and measurement-system analysis.
• Design-for-test, product validation, manufacturing readiness, failure analysis, and sustaining engineering.
• AI-enabled optimization, predictive analytics, statistical process control, and digital manufacturing methods.

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin. For additional company information please visit our website at -cs.com/