Lead Test Development Engineer

Your Role

Aptiv is seeking a Lead Test Development Engineer to develop and implement manufacturing test solutions that ensure product quality and production readiness throughout the product lifecycle. This is a unique opportunity to design, validate, and optimize test hardware, software, and processes supporting high-volume automotive manufacturing.

You will collaborate with global engineering, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and program teams to deliver robust production test solutions, troubleshoot complex manufacturing issues, and continuously improve test performance, reliability, and manufacturing efficiency.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain manufacturing test software using LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, TestStand, C++, and C.
• Design and implement application-specific test solutions and define test coverage requirements based on product and customer specifications.
• Support test equipment development, validation, supplier buy-offs, and production launches.
• Perform statistical analysis, capability studies, and CPK evaluations to drive process and test improvements.
• Develop and maintain memory programming and flashing solutions for automotive electronic products and controllers.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing test issues, implement corrective actions, and continuously improve test performance, reliability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Collaborate with Product Manufacturing Leads (PMLs), quality teams, suppliers, and global engineering teams to ensure production readiness.
• Train manufacturing personnel, support global production sites, and contribute to post-series production and ongoing test optimization activities.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing test development, test engineering, or related automotive engineering roles, with hands-on experience developing manufacturing test solutions.
• Experience with NI LabVIEW, NI LabWindows/CVI, NI TestStand, C++, or C, including electrical functional testing and production test systems.
• Knowledge of automotive communication protocols such as CAN, LIN, FlexRay, LVDS, or BroadR-Reach.
• Experience with statistical methods, capability analysis, process improvement techniques, and cross-functional global engineering teams.
• Advanced English proficiency, with strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills and a proactive continuous-improvement mindset.
• Experience with memory programming and flashing technologies, Six Sigma methodologies, supplier equipment buy-offs, manufacturing launches, process validation, quality systems, or high-volume automotive manufacturing is preferred.

Why join Aptiv?

• You grow at Aptiv. Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win.
• You make an impact at Aptiv. One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.
• You have support at Aptiv. We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package.

Your Benefits at Aptiv

• Major Medical Insurance with optional add-ons.
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance.
• Flexible Benefits Program.
• Savings Fund and Grocery Allowance.
• Paid Time Off, including Vacation, Vacation Premium, Holidays, and Christmas Bonus.
• Learning and Development Opportunities and Employee Assistance and Wellness Programs.
• Recognition for Innovation and Excellence and Opportunities to Give Back to the Community.

Meet the Next Generation Aptiv

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most.

Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on, advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.

Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust!

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