Product Verification & Validation
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Job Summary
Job Title: Product Verification & Validation Engineer (Electric Machines)
Location: Fargo ND
Duration: Long Term
Client: John Deere
Job Description:
Overview
- Join a highly collaborative and innovative engineering team supporting Product Verification & Validation (PV&V) for electric machines used across a wide range of heavy equipment -including tractors construction machinery turf and golf products and more. This role provides exposure to multiple product lines diverse laboratory environments and opportunities to incorporate automation and AI into PV&V workflows.
What Youll Do
In this role you will:
- Contribute to PV&V of electric machines by creating PV&V plans defining activities entering work in internal PV&V application tracking progress and reporting Activity Completion Rating (ACR) to leadership.
- Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to define execute and deliver PV&V activities using lab tests field tests and electric machine teardowns to validate safety performance quality reliability and cost.
- Interpret and implement relevant standards specifications and regulations as they apply to electric machines and their intended applications.
- Execute small- to medium-scale engineering projects while following established program management processes.
- Develop professional capabilities by participating in training coaching and development programs; maintain industry knowledge through ongoing education conferences and technical literature.
- Create and maintain high-quality technical or user documentation ensuring appropriate file backup and version control.
- Work with geographically distributed testing resources including labs in Fargo (primary) North Carolina Waterloo Dubuque Mexico and India. Travel approximately every 6 8 weeks (up to 20%).
What Skills You Need
- Minimum 2 years of experience creating PV&V activities plans work requests summaries and scheduling PV&V activities.
- Minimum 2 years of experience with rotating components electric machine design testing or implementation.
- Knowledge of data acquisition equipment and instrumentation (accelerometers thermistors current transducers vector network analyzers etc.).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with scheduling and prioritizing PV&V activities.
- Ability to travel up to 20%.
What Makes You Stand Out
- Knowledge of electric drivetrain components (inverters connectors energy storage systems etc.).
- Understanding of AI applications in PV&V or test automation.
- Deep analytical knowledge of electric machine types and design including:
- Continuous/peak load evaluation
- Electromagnetics
- Bearings & insulating materials
- Cooling approaches
- Manufacturability considerations
Experience with accelerated test methods.
- Ability to work independently providing technical guidance on testing evaluation and engineering improvements.
- Ability to track progress toward project milestones and proactively identify risks or delays.
- Experience managing projects with limited supervision.
Standards Knowledge (Highly Preferred)
- Experience with NEC ISO UL and IEC standards related to electrical rotating components including:
- IEC 60034-xx
- IEC 60529
- IEC 60664
- IEC 60068-xx
- IEC 60695-xx
- IEC 61180-xx
- IEC 61800-xx
- ISO 6469
- NEMA MG1
- UL 746C
