Engine & Gas Stand Test Technician

BorgWarner; Royal Pines (NC); On-site; USD 53,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day1 medical

Onsite health clinic

Dental

Vision

Life & AD&D

Disability coverage

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with match

Holidays & vacation

Job summary

BorgWarner is seeking a Testing Technician in Arden, NC to reliably set up and perform gas stand, engine dynamometer, and other benchwork. You will complete engineering reports, present data to Engineering, and handle lab duties with precision.

The role requires experience with test equipment, strong measurement skills, and the ability to communicate results promptly. Day1 benefits, onsite clinic, and comprehensive coverage are provided.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in an engineering related field is preferred or related education and experience in an automotive technical field or certification from an Airframe and Powerplant technical school.

Responsibilities

• Read and understand instructions and secure the necessary procedure(s), work instruction(s), or specification(s) to complete Engineering/Customer requests (GEMS Tickets).
• Reads engineering prints and can measure hardware utilizing the proper measurement tools and techniques.
• Measures and assembles hardware prior to testing.
• Performs setup of gas and engine stands and changeover of hardware for the next test sequence using correct adapters and connections for testing per specification(s).
• Independently operates gas stands, engine dynamometers, and other special testing equipment, observes, and immediately interprets data and reacts accordingly.
• Performs system-level performance, sub-system level, and component qualification testing on gas stands.
• Also performs gas stand functional and durability testing on gas stands.
• Performs engine durability testing, which includes installation of engine and dynamometer, dynamometer and engine installation checks, as well as writing and editing test schedules.
• Demonstrates basic understanding and knowledge of measurements, temperatures, pressures, and frequencies.
• Able to convert measurements, temperatures, pressures, and frequencies to other units of measure, or scale.
• Performs performance, burst and containment, durability, and mechanical qualification testing on gas stands, and engine stands.
• Completes component level qualification testing such as blade frequency measurements and fatigue testing.
• Gathers, processes, interprets, and distributes customer data.
• Effectively communicates customer testing results in a timely manner.
• Completes logbooks, testing notes, and other related records as required per Engineering requests, work instructions, procedures, or specifications.
• Assists Test Engineering in calibration of test stands.
• Performs maintenance on gas stands, engine stands, and test equipment as defined in the Operator Preventive Maintenance (OPM) log.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Reading engineering drawings

Microsoft Office

Lab software

Education

Associate degree in engineering

A&P certification

Tools

Indicators

Micrometers

Dial calipers

Job description

BorgWarner is seeking a Testing Technician in Arden, NC to reliably set up and perform gas stand, engine dynamometer, and other benchwork. You will complete engineering reports, present data to Engineering, and handle lab duties with precision.

The role requires experience with test equipment, strong measurement skills, and the ability to communicate results promptly. Day1 benefits, onsite clinic, and comprehensive coverage are provided.