Associate Engineer Validation

Kautex Textron; Windsor; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive supplier located in Windsor, Ontario is seeking a qualified candidate for a testing and validation role focusing on automotive plastic fuel tanks and battery housing. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Mechatronics Engineering and possess experience in testing and validation. Responsibilities include executing functional tests, planning tests, and reporting results. Proficiency in English and willingness to travel for customer interactions and testing are required for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering.
• Professional experience in testing and validation.
• Willingness to travel for customer visits and testing.

Responsibilities

• Execution of functional tests for automotive plastic fuel tanks.
• Test planning and documentation of validation tests.
• Evaluate and interpret test results, create test reports.

Skills

Testing and Validation Experience

Fluid English

Data acquisition and measurement technology (LabView, Python)

Complex mechatronic systems

Statistical mathematics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering (Electrical, Chemistry, Physics)

Job description

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
  • Blow-/ Injection-/ Compression molding
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Thermodynamics
• Fluid English required
• Willingness to travel (customer visits, test drives, supplier development, testing in plants, exchange with other validation teams, method and equipment development)