Associate Engineer Validation

Cessna Aircraft Company; Windsor; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace manufacturer located in Ontario, Canada is seeking an Associate Engineer Validation to execute functional tests for automotive products. The successful candidate will need a Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering and experience in testing and validation. Role requires strong analytical skills, willingness to travel, and knowledge of data acquisition technologies. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to product validation and work closely with customers and development teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Testing and Validation Experience required.
• Willingness to travel for customer visits and testing.

Responsibilities

• Execution of functional tests for automotive products.
• Analyze customers SOW's and define DVP/PVP.
• Report test results to the customer.
• Drive customer buy-in for validation standards.

Skills

Data acquisition and measurement technology

Testing and Validation Experience

Complex mechatronic systems

Statistical mathematics

Thermodynamics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering

Tools

LabView

Python

Job description

Position Title

Associate Engineer Validation

Job Number

335595

Responsibilities

• Execution of functional tests for automotive plastic fuel tanks (refueling, volume characteristics, venting, environmental, ...) and Pentatonic Battery Housing (mechanical, environmental, ...).
• Analyze customers SOW's for automotive components and definition of DVP/PVP.
• Definition and execution of sample and prototype build up and data acquisition.
• Test planning and set up, coordination, execution, evaluation and documentation of validation and development tests for automotive products.
• Ordering and supervision of external test.
• Creation of generic test standards and specifications in alignment with internal core functions, customer and suppliers considering vDVP.
• Product validation against internal and external specifications.
• Evaluation and interpretation of test results and definition of counter measures. Creation professional test reports.
• Reporting test results to the customer.
• Calculation of test and validation costs.
• Show robustness of products over lifecycle of development plans.
• Drive the customers buy in to follow generic development and validation (generic DVP/PVP, vDVP, HALT, ...).
• Technical link between Kautex development teams, validation and the customer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering (e.g., Electrical, Chemistry, Physics) from an accredited college or university.
• Testing and Validation Experience.
• Professional experience in one of the following fields is preferred:
  • Data acquisition and measurement technology (LabView, Python,…)
  • Complex mechatronic systems, ideally Automotive
  • Statistical mathematics
  • Thermodynamics
• Willingness to travel (customer visits, test drives, supplier development, testing in plants, exchange with other validation teams, method and equipment development).