Associate Engineer Validation

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

Job summary

A leading automotive technology company located in Canada, Ontario is seeking a Testing Engineer to execute functional tests on automotive components. The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering and possess testing and validation experience, along with proficiency in English. Responsibilities include analyzing specifications, conducting tests, and generating reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering or related field.
• Testing and Validation experience required.
• Fluent English is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Execution of functional tests for automotive components.
• Analyze customers SOWs for automotive components.
• Create professional test reports and report results to customers.

Skills

Testing and Validation Experience

Fluent English

Data acquisition and measurement technology (LabView, Python)

Fluid dynamics

Statistical mathematics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering

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, Mechanical, 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).