Mechanical - Supply Line Engineer (Teradyne, North Reading, MA)

TERADYNE, where experience meets innovation and driving excellence in every connection. We are fueled by creativity and diversity of thought in our workforce. Our employees are supported to innovate and learn something new every day. 

We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team, one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results. 

Opportunity Overview 

Teradyne’s Supply Base Management Engineering team is seeking a Supply Line Engineer to support complex mechanical parts for advanced test systems. You will help ensure precision machined components, plastic machined components, injection-molded parts, castings, and related assemblies meet performance, quality, cost, schedule, and manufacturability requirements from new product introduction through the full product lifecycle. 

• Partner early with design engineering to influence architecture, material selection, manufacturing methods, critical specifications, and supplier selection. 

• Develop clear, manufacturable technical requirements, including key characteristics, drawings, inspection methods, test expectations, and qualification criteria. 

• Assess and qualify suppliers through design-for-manufacturability reviews, supplier assessments, process capability studies, measurement system analysis, pilot builds, audits, and production-readiness reviews. 

• Develop suppliers for precision machining, plastics machining, injection molding, casting, finishing, and complex mechanical assemblies, with effective controls for tooling, inspection, measurement, PFMEA, control plans, and statistical process control. 

• Collaborate across design, operations, supplier quality, commodity management, and supplier teams to identify risk, resolve quality issues, implement corrective actions, and improve yield, reliability, and process maturity. 

• Support lifecycle readiness through approved vendor alignment, supplier change control, product change and end-of-life reviews, alternate sourcing, and continuity-of-supply planning.