Junior Test Engineer

About the Role

Everett Operations is transforming engineering support for the factory, shifting from a reactive to a preventive, capability-driven model. This role offers a developing test engineer the opportunity to support an assigned product cell, providing crucial test-engineering coverage and building depth in test development under senior guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Support test development and fixture maintenance for assigned products.
• Execute yield-troubleshooting and data analysis under general supervision.
• Support, maintain, and improve test systems throughout the factory.
• Assist sustaining and NPI test activities for the product cell.
• Document test methods and contribute to CAPA investigations.
• Validate test stations per existing processes and document accordingly.
• Apply FBS Standard Work; participate in Kaizen.
• Ensure conformance to the ISO 13485 / FDA 21 CFR 820 quality system.

Fortive Business System Expectations

• Live the Fortive Business System: Kaizen, Standard Work, Problem Solving (root-cause to countermeasure), and Daily Management.
• Use visual management and data to drive decisions; sustain improvements.
• Contribute to the function's continuous-improvement cadence and transactional/process Kaizen.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology preferred).
• 0-3 years of engineering experience (internship/co-op counts).
• Foundational test, measurement, data-analysis, and metrology skills.
• Good understanding of analog and digital based circuitry.
• Ability to read schematics.
• Exposure to automated test or LabVIEW.
• Root cause analysis experience using various problem-solving methodologies.
• Interest in medical device manufacturing.
• Experience with Quality Management systems in a highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of ISO 13485 / FDA 21 CFR 820 requirements is a plus.

Work Environment, Travel & Regulatory

• Work environment: manufacturing, test/calibration lab, and office areas at FHS Everett.
• Physical: prolonged computer use; occasional lifting/handling of instruments and fixtures (typically up to ~25 lbs); lab bench work.
• Travel: Minimal.
• Regulatory & Quality: all activities conform to the FHS ISO 13485 / FDA 21 CFR 820 quality management system and applicable EHS requirements.