Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior

Roush; Livonia (MI); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Roush is seeking an Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior to lead testing and data collection for vehicle, subsystem, and component evaluations. You will mentor junior staff, coordinate test activities, and ensure data quality across multiple platforms.

The role requires strong hands-on skills in instrumentation, data acquisition, and interpretation, plus the ability to work with cross-functional engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level education not required; a strong technical background is essential.
• Experience in automotive testing environments and data acquisition is expected.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills are required.

Responsabilités

• Lead and mentor technicians in executing test procedures and collecting high-quality data with advanced equipment.
• Diagnose issues related to test setups, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems.
• Collaborate with Engineers to operate under experimental conditions and support calibration activities.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Data interpretation

Issue diagnosis

MS Office proficiency

Formation

High School Diploma or equivalent

Outils

Siemens LMS Testlab

NI

Dewesoft

SOMAT eDAQ

MTS Flextest

Description du poste

We work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn’t believe. At Roush, you’re part of building the future.Are you someone that has a passion for providing innovated solutions to complex challenges?Do you want to work someplace where creativity and new ideas are encouraged?If so, then keep reading.

At Roush, we fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries. With over 2,400employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage.

We want motivated, ambitious people who put the needs of our customers first, bring creativity to their work and will do whatever it takes to achieve success. If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team.

We offer a full array of benefits to our full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

The Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior will support engineering testing for research, development, or certification of vehicles, products, sub-systems, components, or materials. This role is responsible for leading as well as mentoring less senior technicians on collecting data, using specialized equipment, control software, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems. This role will also lead and mentor others on diagnosis of the unit on test, and the complete experimental setup, to ensure operational efficiency and data quality. Senior team members are also expected to Interpret data and provide feedback to requestors. This position is located in Livonia, MI.

Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior will be responsible for:

• Lead and mentor others on execution of test procedures, while collecting high quality data, using specialized equipment which may include: vehicle and component dynamometers, cylinder combustion analyzers, exhaust emissions analyzers, flow meters, force actuators and load cells, environmental chambers, K&C rigs, road simulators, hydraulic component actuators, ED shakers, environmental chambers, NVH chambers, or various material property measurement equipment
• Support diagnosis and issue resolution for the unit on test, equipment control software instrumentation, data acquisition systems, or facilities
• Work directly with Engineers to operate at experimental conditions
• Support installation of test units, mounting fixtures, instrumentation, fluid connections, and electrical connections
• Perform regular maintenance, replace parts, and request shop supplies
• Maintain accurate records of unit on test, tests run, maintenance, and part changes
• Support calibration and maintenance of test equipment for ISO compliance.

A successful Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior will have:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years experience in an automotive environment
• Minimum of 3 year mechanical, instrumentation, electrical, or fabrication in a testing environment
• Good MS Office skills specifically with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and flexibility to learn new skills
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Strong knowledge of test procedures, equipment, and data acquisition systems used in testing on multiplevehicle platforms, engines, chassis systems, fuels systems, emissions, components, and/or vehicle subsystems
• Strong ability to diagnose issues with complete test setup
• Good ability to interpret collected data and provide supporting feedback to Engineers.

A successful Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior may also have:

• Associate’s degree or technical school certification
• 10 years experience testing multiple platforms of vehicles, powertrains, engines, chassis systems, or vehicle subsystems
• Experience with RLDA instrumentation and test execution for durability and vehicle dynamics programs
• Experience with Siemens LMS Testlab, NI, Dewesoft, SOMAT eDAQ, MTS Flextest
• Expert knowledge of test procedures, equipment, and data acquisition systems used in testing on multiplevehicle platforms, engines, chassis systems, fuels systems, emissions, components, and/or vehicle subsystems
• Expert ability to diagnose issues with experimental test setup
• Strong ability to interpret collected data and provide supporting feedback to engineers
• Specialized knowledge of common industrial measurement, test automation, or data acquisition systems
• Strong metal or composite fabrication skills
• Ability to work overtime as needed including weekends
• Ability to travel 15%

Roush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. If you need a reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at 734-779-7087.