What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Test Engineer position at ZT Systems?
About The Role
The Production Test Engineer supports production tests, failure analysis, and repair activities to achieve quality targets and on-time delivery of systems according to the overall production schedule. They provide first-level support to the production team and act as liaisons with the Engineering and Mfg Test Development teams. They collect and analyze test data and provide solutions to increase test process yields and efficiency. They work closely with the cross-functional production and management teams to meet and exceed customer expectations.
What You’ll Do
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, you’ll get to do work you are proud of alongside smart, passionate people. Every day, there are opportunities to collaborate with the best in the industry to design, build, and deliver impactful solutions to world-class customers. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment that’s challenging, rewarding, and career-defining.
A culture built around our values we work hard and think fast. We view challenges as opportunities—to do better, push harder, and be faster than we were the day before. When we fail, we learn from it and move on together. And when we succeed, we use the momentum to go even further. We create value with everything we do, building the foundation of today—and transforming the future of tomorrow.
Join ZT Systems and help us build technology infrastructure that connects the world.
What We Offer
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, we believe that investing in our people is key to our continued growth and innovation. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to a comprehensive and inclusive benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and professional development—both now and in the future.
Compensation & Financial Security
ZT Group Int’l. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ZT Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Please be aware that certain positions may require the applicant to either 1) be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.
The Production Test Engineer supports production tests, failure analysis, and repair activities to achieve quality targets and on-time delivery of systems according to the overall production schedule. They provide first-level support to the production team and act as liaisons with the Engineering and Mfg Test Development teams. They collect and analyze test data and provide solutions to increase test process yields and efficiency. They work closely with the cross-functional production and management teams to meet and exceed customer expectations.
What You’ll Do
- Development Cycle Activities
- Work with System and Diagnostic engineers
- Understand Server HW Architecture and features
- Influence Mfg Test development
- Test Execution
- Test Flow
- Cycle time
- Test Reporting Requirements
- Mfg Test Validation
- Lead regression testing of all Mfg Test releases
- Provide timely feedback to Diagnostic team
- Report Test Bugs
- Identify Test Improvements
- NPI Products
- Owner of all Mfg Test processes before Mass Production
- Ensure on-time shipment of all NPI programs
- Track the progress of NPI HW through the Mfg Test process
- Create a failure summary report
- Identify HW failures vs Test Process-induced failures (false fails)
- Work with System Engineering and Diagnostic team to close all open test issues
- Test Process Oversight \ Improvement
- Provide daily Production Test status reports
- Yield %
- Summary of failures
- 1st level failure diagnosis
- Proposed process improvements status
- Analyze test process cycles times and touches; propose solutions; drive to closure
- Technical Support
- Review test logs to understand the root cause of failures
- Create experiments \ write scripts to isolate \ duplicate failures and understand reproducibility
- Train Production Test and Repair technicians
- Become SME for execution of all Mfg Tests
- Continuous Improvement / 5S Support
- Work with an extended team to identify and execute process improvement actions:
- Peer technicians/engineers
- Leads / Supervisors / Managers/ Engineering
- BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
- 8 years of related manufacturing test experience
- Previous Server Setup \ Debug \ Repair Experience
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, and Word)
- Programming experience in both Linux and Windows environments
- Experience with Networking and Intel Server Architecture. Data Center Experience is a plus
- Ability to summarize large amounts of test data to identify trends \ improvement opportunities
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, you’ll get to do work you are proud of alongside smart, passionate people. Every day, there are opportunities to collaborate with the best in the industry to design, build, and deliver impactful solutions to world-class customers. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment that’s challenging, rewarding, and career-defining.
A culture built around our values we work hard and think fast. We view challenges as opportunities—to do better, push harder, and be faster than we were the day before. When we fail, we learn from it and move on together. And when we succeed, we use the momentum to go even further. We create value with everything we do, building the foundation of today—and transforming the future of tomorrow.
Join ZT Systems and help us build technology infrastructure that connects the world.
What We Offer
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, we believe that investing in our people is key to our continued growth and innovation. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to a comprehensive and inclusive benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and professional development—both now and in the future.
Compensation & Financial Security
- Competitive base salary
- Performance-based annual bonus eligibility
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Tuition reimbursement for eligible education programs
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with access to leading providers
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Paid time off (PTO) and company-paid holidays
- Parental leave and family care support programs
- Structured training programs and on-the-job learning opportunities
- Matching gifts and volunteer programs to support causes you care about
ZT Group Int’l. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ZT Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Please be aware that certain positions may require the applicant to either 1) be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.
- 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.
- 1158, or 2) be eligible to obtain an export control license or license exception from the Bureau of Industry and Science & U.S. Department of Commerce. All offers of employment will be conditional subject to the foregoing.