Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE "HAYW") is the largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment in the world, with a significant presence in the commercial pool market that is continuously growing. Hayward designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment including pumps, filters, heating, cleaners, salt chlorinators, automation, lighting, safety, flow control and energy solutions at our company owned facilities. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward also has facilities in Tennessee, Arizona, and Rhode Island as well as Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China. This position is based in ­North Kingston, RI.
The Test Engineer will manage all aspects of production testing and test equipment. This includes the building, repair, and maintenance of all test hardware on the production floor as well as providing proper training to test operators and periodically inspect and provide refresher courses if necessary.
Responsibilities

• Analyze and develop a complete understanding of all circuits and functional blocks of a product
• Develop test specifications and requirements necessary to completely test the product, guaranteeing correct function of all circuits and functional blocks
• Design test hardware and test software which will perform tests as detailed in the test specification
• Work with Design Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to develop ergonomic, fault-tolerant test equipment
• Work with manufacturing personnel to develop test equipment that will be comfortable, safe to work with, repeatable and reliable
• Debug and repair existing test hardware and software as required
• Periodic Maintenance of test equipment as well as repair

Qualifications

• BS Computer Engineering or BS Electrical Engineering
• 2 - 5 years’ experience as a Test Engineer with responsibility for complete development of test platform from initial product specification to project completion.
• Strong knowledge in digital and analog electronics, circuit analysis, and computer programming required
• Must have assembly language programming skills and familiarity with Microchip PIC processors
• Must be able to demonstrate Windows programming ability using a common object orientated language such as Visual Basic, Java, C# or preferably Delphi/Pascal
• Knowledge of Borland (Embarcadero) IDE’s a plus
• Successful applicant should be able to develop test applications for circuit board manufacturing environment, utilizing custom designed ‘bed of nails’ test platforms as well as interfaces to off-the-shelf test equipment such as programmable power supplies, spectrum analyzers, DMM’s, and programmable loads
• Experience in printed circuit board design using a schematic/CAD package such as Eagle, PCB123, Pulsonix, Orcad, or similar product
• Strong mechanical aptitude and hands on experience is required with standard machine shop tools (Drills, band saws, soldering/de-soldering equipment)
• Understanding of common communications protocols such as RS232, RS485, I2C, and SPI required
• Familiarity with Automated Optical Inspection systems