SITE ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT VALIDATION PROFESSIONAL - MONTERREY

OPmobility SE; Monterrey; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 840,000; Full time

Job summary

OPmobility Lighting seeks a skilled Validation/Test Engineer to develop ENV and EMC validation plans and lead testing activities for automotive lighting projects. You will review customer requirements, coordinate verification efforts, and provide accurate test results and cost estimates.

Strong communication in English is essential; Spanish or Portuguese is a plus. BS in engineering (electronic/electrical) with 5+ years of relevant experience preferred.

Qualifications

• BS in engineering or equivalent; electronic or electrical preferred.
• 5+ years of related automotive experience preferred.
• Experience preparing ENV and EMC test plans is required.
• Knowledge of LED applications and electronics integration.
• Strong communication in English; additional Spanish/Portuguese a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review customer requirements during pre-award and early design phases and develop validation plans (ENV/EMC).
• Lead test plan reviews with customers and obtain approvals.
• Support quotes by providing cost estimates for testing.
• Prepare reliability analyses for customer projects.
• Coordinate design verification and product validation testing with engineering teams.
• Track first time through (FTT) metrics and ensure test fixtures meet specs.
• Develop test fixture specifications and coordinate sourcing and approvals.

Skills

Test planning

EMC testing

LED applications

Excel

PowerPoint

English

Spanish

Portuguese (plus)

Education

BS in engineering (electronic/electrical)

Tools

DVPR

Test plans

Job description

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!

OPmobility is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies. With a €11.6 billion economic revenue in 2024, a global network of 150 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 38,900 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.

OPmobility Lighting covers the entire lighting value chain, from components to complete headlamps, from traditional lighting to intelligent and high-performance products. The business group develops interior and exterior solutions that enable greater design freedom, enhanced safety and driver assistance.

Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.

Review customer requirements during pre-award and early product design phase and develop validation plans to satisfy customer specifications (including EMC and environmental electronic testing plans). Conduct customer reviews of the test plans and obtain final customer approvals. Support customer quote efforts by providing cost estimates for ENV and EMC testing. Preparation of reliability analyses for customer (reliability calculations). Coordination of design verification and product validation testing and communication of results. Work with product engineering to ensure parts assigned for validation are of the proper build level and expected quality. Track first time through (FTT) metric for each test plan. Support review and sign-off on pre-production part builds to verify parts to be sent to customers will meet engineering quality expectations. Lead the test fixture development process: test fixture specification, sourcing, build and approval, in collaboration with PD and Quality engineers. Lead collection of necessary test boxes, interface boxes, wire harnesses and other hardware necessary to perform the testing. Prepare specifications (from existing test plans) to support outsourced testing, as required. Maintain PO Lighting’s database of customer and industry validation specifications. Support test plan development for engineering changes and cost reduction investigations. Support Continuous Improvement process to keep updated documents related to product validation, such as: Test Readiness Checklist, Design guidelines, Standard Templates development, DVPR baselines, etc. Within validation process consolidate quality records, provide feedback to new programs and coordinate open issues regarding the implementation of corrective and preventative actions from the investigation process (VPRS, lessons learned process). Support on fulfill traceability conditions according to Customer requirements (ISO26262, SPICE, CMMI, etc.)

Education requirements:BS in engineering or equivalent required; electronic, electrical engineering preferred.

Experience requirements: 5 years minimum related experience preferredExperience preparing ENV and EMC test plans is required (Test Plan, DVPR or other format).Experience working with electronic components per automotive industryKnowledge of LED applications, electronics integration and EMC. Knowledge of electronics handling and end-of-line testing (EOL) is a plus. Knowledge of typical electronics phenomena such as ESD and EOS. Strong interpersonal and communication skills required. Experience interfacing with automotive OEMs is desired. Ability to work with multiple teams is critical. Demonstrate professional behaviors and attitudes while performing job responsibilities and in communications with the customer, coworkers and supporting/interfacing organizations. Must be a team player and be able to give accurate status and progress reports on assigned program/project. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint expected. Must have strong language skill – both conversational and technical (English, Spanish, Portuguese is a plus).