Test and Validation Engineer
Grand Rapids, MI - USA
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The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $90400 - $113000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location education experience knowledge and skills.
Tasks and Qualifications:
What You Will Do in this Role:
- Performs advanced engineering work within test and validation disciplines.
- Owns test and validation strategy for assigned products and subsystems.
- Defines test cases derived from product requirements and ensures alignment with system-level requirements using the VModel.
- Translates requirements into practical test fixture designs and detailed test procedures. Develops and modifies CAD models and drawings to support test fixture fabrication.
- Works closely with engineering technicians to build modify and improve test fixtures and test equipment.
- Carries out test setups operates test equipment and ensures accurate data collection. Analyzes test results and prepares comprehensive test and validation reports.
- Identifies test failures anomalies and reliability risks and drives resolution of routine and moderately complex issues.
- Supports continuous improvement of test methods fixture designs reliability test coverage and validation processes.
What We are Looking For:
- A Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Industrial or related field) or equivalent experience is required at a minimum. A Masters degree in Engineering or a related field with relevant professional experience will also be considered.
- Demonstrates comprehensive working knowledge of test and validation practices systems engineering principles and reliability engineering concepts.
- Minimum of 5 years of successful experience in test engineering validation or reliability-related roles.
- Experience working within a systems engineering framework and applying the VModel is required.
- Experience with requirements management tools (e.g. Polarion DOORS or equivalent) is preferred.
- Experience with material handling systems and components is beneficial but not required.
- Demonstrated experience designing test fixtures using CAD software (e.g. SolidWorks Creo AutoCAD or equivalent) and working directly with engineering technicians is required.
- Experience with reliability testing methods such as life cycle testing accelerated life testing (ALT)
- Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) or Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and engineering data analysis tools required.
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About Company
We are a leading supplier of forklifts and warehouse equipment as well as automation technology and software solutions for the optimization of supply chains.