Automation Test Engineer - LabVIEW & Controls

Ingersoll Rand Inc.; Bentleyville (PA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingersoll Rand Inc. in Bentleyville, PA, is seeking an Automated Test Engineer to lead validation testing for vacuum pumps, compressors, and rotating equipment.

You will own test data acquisition, instrumentation, and LabVIEW-based automation, collaborating with Product Engineering, Operations, and Quality to ensure rapid, reliable product qualification. The role requires a Bachelor's in an engineering discipline, 3+ years in a related test environment, and U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Controls Engineering, or related field.
• Three+ years of experience in test engineering, controls engineering, instrumentation, validation engineering, or related role within a manufacturing environment.
• U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain required government security clearances.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, and execute validation testing for vacuum pumps, compressors, packaged systems, and related rotating equipment.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve product or test-system issues discovered during validation to support successful product qualification and release.
• Serve as the technical owner of motors, VFDs, DC drives, PLCs, controls, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems while ensuring accurate, reliable, and repeatable testing.
• Maintain and improve LabVIEW applications, National Instruments hardware, instrumentation systems, and test infrastructure while supporting future automation and test cell capability development.
• Analyze test data and performance trends and partner with Product Engineering to validate designs, evaluate performance, and support continuous product improvement initiatives.
• Create and improve test procedures, validation methods, calibration plans, and standard work instructions to enhance testing efficiency, repeatability, and product quality.
• Generate engineering development reports, nonconformance reports, engineering change requests, product performance reports, and other technical documentation.
• Communicate test setups, methods, results, conclusions, and recommendations to engineering, operations, customers, leadership teams, and third-party inspectors.

Skills

Troubleshooting electrical systems

Instrumentation

Data analysis

Technical communication

Project prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronics/Controls Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

National Instruments hardware

Job description

Ingersoll Rand Inc. in Bentleyville, PA, is seeking an Automated Test Engineer to lead validation testing for vacuum pumps, compressors, and rotating equipment.

You will own test data acquisition, instrumentation, and LabVIEW-based automation, collaborating with Product Engineering, Operations, and Quality to ensure rapid, reliable product qualification. The role requires a Bachelor's in an engineering discipline, 3+ years in a related test environment, and U.S.