Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for a final testing engineer.

A Final Testing Engineer is responsible for ensuring the final product meets the quality standards and functions properly. This role works in a variety of industries ranging from IT to automobile carrying out different tests that vary depending on the product and industry that involve monitoring, assembling, manipulating and improving a product to ensure it is not defective in any way.

Primary responsibilities for this position include making sure products perform their proposed functions in a satisfactory manner, monitoring particular parts or set of components to ensure they work appropriately, monitoring and manipulating the instruments and methods being used to test the products, using statistical methods to identify recurring problems and give a detailed report on the defects, assembling, improving and performing maintenance tests on equipment.

Employee Performance Goals Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Setting Goals: List specific goals in the space provided below each competency under "Performance Goals". Assign an appropriate timeline for each goal as well as numeric or financial terms to measure the goal.
  2. Employee Comments: The employee must comment next to each goal under "Employee Comments" with "Okay" for goals which he/she feels comfortable working with, and "Needs Clarification" for goals which he/she believes need to be discussed further. An employee who is comfortable with all the goals can sign the goals at this stage.
  3. Summary: Give a summary of the total time estimated for the employee to have achieved the goals. State action plans and specific milestones to track the goals. Any additional comments agreed between the employee and the supervisor should be noted here.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources personnel must confirm that the goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. He/she must then sign the goals in the "Human Resource" section provided under "Signatures".
  5. Signatures: When discussion of the goals has been completed and consensus has been reached, sign the goals and let the employee sign too. Send the final copy to the human resources for inclusion in the employee's professional records.

Performance Goals for Next Period

Performance Goals

Employee Comments

ACCURACY:

Do proper research to get accurate facts and figures before undertaking any task.

Give room to other people to look at the work and to remove any errors from it.

[employee comments goal]
APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION SKILLS:

Work with all the employees both great and poor in growing them into a better group

Take some coaching for better skills in performing assessments and appraisals

[employee comments goal]
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY:

Work peacefully with both genders without neglecting anyone in the workplace

Be available to assist those that require your help at all times

[employee comments goal]
COMPETITIVENESS:

Keep looking for new ways to do things rather than saying something can't or won't be done

Volunteer in community activities in order to get a chance to interact with other people and learn something new

[employee comments goal]
MONITORING OTHERS:

Choose monitoring software to track employee's web usage and block sites that distract them when performing tasks or working on projects

Stick to monitoring business-related calls such as those with suppliers or customers and stop recording the call as soon as one realizes it is personal

[employee comments goal]
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

Always discuss a problem with the person involved instead of discussing it with other employees behind his/her back

Respect the workplace and how other employees work and avoid making them crazy with own personal habits

[employee comments goal]
ROLE AWARENESS:

Take a step back from own tasks if one is feeling overwhelmed in order to formulate a new strategy to handle the tasks

Subscribe to newspapers and blogs that report on own company and the issues it faces

[employee comments goal]
RESEARCH:

Constantly use data reduction and synthesis methods to understand the patterns in data

Constantly use insight gained from existing feedback to improve research methods in the future

[employee comments goal]
TECHNOLOGY SAVVY:

Work extra hard to learn how to troubleshoot modern electronic devices

Embrace computers to execute repetitive, multiple, and complex tasks efficiently

[employee comments goal]
MECHANICAL SKILLS:

Put extra effort to learn more math skills and apply them effectively when analyzing problems and designing solutions

Pay attention to detail and use sketches, verbal instructions, and notes to assist in completing complex project designs

[employee comments goal]

Summary

Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 3: To be completed by the employee

1. Goals completed since last performance feedback

2. Goals for next period

3. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:

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