Sr. Director, Validation Test Engineering
Flex · Texas
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 12+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level quality role at Flex (industrial) in Texas. Design, Process & Technology Engineering.
- They ask for
- 12+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $90k–$121k.
Median of the low and high ends of 20 live postings that list pay, out of 84 quality engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 83 other live quality postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (12+ vs 3+)
Typical $90k–$120k, from 19 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 69%
- New product launch 38%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 37%
- Lean 36%
- FMEA 33%
- Six Sigma 30%
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Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Sr. Director, Validation Test Engineering located in Austin, TX.
Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, the Sr. Director, Validation Test Engineering will establish and lead the OCTO validation, characterization, and qualification capability for SpinCo’s integrated data center platforms. This role will define validation strategies, test plans, acceptance criteria, lab capabilities, test data infrastructure, and development lifecycle gates for advanced power, advanced cooling, controls, and integrated platform products. The role ensures SpinCo ships integrated systems that work reliably at the rack, pod, and data-center levels.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will be active in your own deliverables, personally shaping test strategies, test plans, and acceptance criteria, digging into test data, and standing up lab and test capability rather than only directing others to do so. We are looking for a leader who sets the technical bar by engaging directly in validation and data, and who is measured by the reliability of what we ship.
requirements
for AI data center infrastructure.
The experience we’re looking to add to our team
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- ✓12+ years of validation, test engineering, systems engineering, product qualification, or reliability engineering experience.
- ✓Experience validating complex electromechanical systems, power systems, cooling systems, controls, data center infrastructure, or high-reliability hardware platforms.
- ✓Strong knowledge of DVT, reliability testing, test automation, instrumentation, data acquisition, certification testing, root-cause analysis, and development lifecycle gates.
- ✓Experience standing up lab capabilities, test infrastructure, or product development facilities.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to partner with manufacturing, quality, engineering, and customers to move products from prototype to production readiness.
- ✓Hands-on test design and execution background, having built test setups, instrumentation, and data pipelines yourself rather than only overseeing them.
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Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.
A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
What a typical day looks like
- •Define validation strategies, test plans, test standards, and acceptance criteria for advanced power, advanced cooling, control systems, and integrated platform offerings.
- •Stand up and operate test and characterization labs required to validate rack-level, pod-level, and platform-level performance and reliability.
- •Gate products through development lifecycle milestones from concept to design/development, validation, production introduction, and release.
- •Drive design verification testing, reliability testing, automated testing, regression testing, certification planning, and design-for-test requirements.
- •Partner with manufacturing, quality, and BUs on production-readiness reviews, first-article inspections, ramp readiness, and factory test alignment.
- •Build test data infrastructure that feeds back into design, predictive maintenance models, digital twins, qualification data, and complex controls systems.
- •Engage directly with customers and partners to understand performance, reliability, interoperability, and qualification
What you'll receive for the great work you provide
- •Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- •Life Insurance
- •Short-term and Long-term Disability
- •Matching 401(k) Contributions
- •Vacation and Paid Sick Time
- •Tuition Reimbursement