Latest Jobs  
Advance your technical career… Find a tech school and start an IT career!
Start your career in the fast-growing technical field – Get more info here »
Advance your technology career with the latest technology skills - Get more info here »
 
 
Job Information
Job title

Sr Manufacturing Test Engineer - Vision Detection

Company John Deere
Wage Not specified
Location United States, North Dakota, Fargo
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel Not Specified
Published on 7/10/2008
Description
For additional Employment Opportunities at John Deere visit: www.JohnDeereCareers.com



John Deere Phoenix International is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer – Vision to design new and enhance existing manufacturing functional test systems for robust electronics intended for on/off road vehicles and harsh environments. Perform requirements capture, analysis, design, programming, debugging, hardware integration and verification. It requires innovative system architectural development, sophisticated HW/SW design and analysis, advanced coding, schematic development, and highly complex troubleshooting of functional test systems.



The specific purpose of this position is focused on vision testing in a manufacturing environment, with a majority of the products being LCD displays for harsh environments. In general, the systems will include analog / digital electronics, software operating systems, advanced control theory / methods, hydraulic control, electric motor control and displays / instrumentation.



This person will perform tasks with minimum efforts and the smallest amount of supervision to meet quality, delivery and cost goals. This position requires a high degree of technical judgment, independent thinking, experience and unique development approaches to solutions that will be implemented on a daily basis. This individual is required to operate in a team environment, providing guidance to design solutions and actively participating in design reviews.



In this position, you will:

Gather and format requirements directly from customers without assistance from others. Review and provide proper feedback about the requirements.
Create and review innovative HW/SW testing architectures and designs for challenging problems without need for peer guidance or supervision. This includes breaking the original requirements down into the proper high level and mid range architecture and then creating detailed design notes from the results.
Perform advanced analysis and make recommendations and design decisions based on results with minimal assistance from others. Review the design calculations of others to ensure proper application of design techniques.
Implement code using advanced usage of Labview development practices and tools. Solve most tool suite set up problems. Solve integration issues that involve multiple code modules, code bases, and/or multiple developers. Critically review others’ code.
Perform advanced unit, integration, and systems verification and validation testing using HW/SW tools. Review others testing and suggest additional test cases.
Employ advanced troubleshooting strategies; quickly determine root cause with limited support from others and provide support in troubleshooting.
Review documentation produced during the Product Development Lifecycle that is generated by other engineering groups and verifies this documentation is sufficient for product design. Generate support documents as needed.
Work closely with other project team members as needed to ensure the final combined product has compatible software, electronic hardware, and mechanical hardware which functions properly together and performs at levels specified in the product specifications.
Provide technical guidance to other test team members and lead large test projects requiring more than one engineer, with minimal support from a supervisor.
Travel as needed to accomplish the tasks required of this position, including meeting with customers to generate and/or revise concepts and product requirements, installing and testing prototypes, and troubleshooting and correcting improper operation of products designed.




Education

Minimum B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering from an accredited engineering program.
Required Skills and Experience

Experience with optic (focal length and depth and F-stop)
Manufacturing vision experience in edge detection, and lighting techniques.
Experience with industrial grade machine imaging cameras.
2 to 4 years of experience in SW development (C, C++, XML, etc.)
5 to 8 years of experience in Labview or other NI programming languages.
5 to 8 Experience with basic controls, and Data Acquisition systems (DAQ)
Technical expertise using and understanding schematics and HW analysis software (Pspice, MathCAD)
Experience in statistical analysis (SPC, GR&R, Monte Carlo, etc.)
Experience with development and debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multi-meters, etc.)
Experience with basic electronics HW and systems (i.e. Op Amp, FET’s, Transistors, A/D converters, serial and parallel interfaces, etc.)
Understanding of product development phases.
Good written and verbal communications skills (English)
Electronics manufacturing functional testing experience.
Desired Skills and Experience

Experience in IR and Ultraviolet imaging solutions.
Automation experience in motion control.
Experience with communication protocols (i.e. CAN, FlexRay, Ethernet, USB, etc.)
MathCAD, Orcad, Pspice experience.
J1939 / ISO11783
Experience with basic machine control.
Experience with CMMI, ISO or other mature development models.

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines. They may vary from position to position.





With a strong technological focus, over 300 engineers give Phoenix International imposing engineering design and manufacturing capabilities. We look for people who are smart, trained, and inventive. To us, today's technology is a springboard for tomorrow. View location information to learn more about the area.df-tc

Experience/Skills
See above

Other desired skills:
Sr Manufacturing Test Engineer - Vision Detection