Test Engineer

A Day in Your Life at MKS:
As a Test Engineer at MKS Instruments, you will partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Operations, and Product Development teams to design, develop, validate, and support automated test solutions that ensure product quality and manufacturing efficiency.

You Will Make an Impact By:
•Designing, developing, and implementing cost-effective test methods, diagnostic programs, and test equipment for new and existing products.
• Creating and maintaining test fixtures, specifications, procedures, and validation plans to support new product introduction (NPI) and manufacturing readiness.
• Planning and coordinating testing activities, including labor, equipment, schedules, and resources required to evaluate standard and specialized products.
• Sustaining manufacturing test systems by troubleshooting issues, implementing corrective actions, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to improve yield and uptime.
• Supporting Industry 4.0 and process automation initiatives through development of automated test solutions, data acquisition systems, and manufacturing process enhancements.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality, reliability, compliance, and adherence to safety standards.
• Travel Requirements: Up to 10% travel may be required.

Skills You Bring:
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree (Electronic or Mechatronic)
• 3+ years of related work experience
• Programming experience in LabVIEW for automated testing and data acquisition applications.
• Electronics background including troubleshooting, diagnostics, instrumentation, and test methodologies.

Preferred Skills:
• Experience with Industry 4.0 technologies, Industrial IoT, automation systems, and smart manufacturing initiatives.
• Experience with manufacturing data collection, analysis, and reporting tools.
• Knowledge of additional programming environments such as Python, TestStand, or SQL.
• Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI) activities in a manufacturing environment.

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations.  Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies.  MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: accommodationsatMKS@mksinst.com .

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