Hydraulic Test Engineer: Hands-On Lab & Data-Driven Testing

Rfamec; Chillicothe (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental Insurance

Health Savings Account

Vision Insurance

401k & Roth 401k

Job summary

RFA Engineering is seeking a Mechanical Test Engineer - Hydraulics to lead hydraulic tests and analyze results. The role blends hands-on lab work with engineering analysis to assess performance and diagnose failures.

Ideal candidates have a Mechanical Engineering background and experience with test hardware, data collection, and reporting. The position emphasizes planning tests, data interpretation, and communicating clear conclusions to engineers and clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Agricultural Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years engineering or testing experience; master’s +3 years considered.
• Hands-on mechanical aptitude with test hardware and lab equipment.
• Experience planning and executing mechanical component or system tests.
• Ability to analyze test data and translate results into conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Lead hydraulic component and system testing projects from planning through reporting.
• Develop test plans, instrumentation and data collection.
• Set up hydraulic components, test fixtures, hoses, sensors, and related hardware.
• Operate test equipment safely with focus on quality and documentation.
• Collect, organize, and analyze test data to evaluate performance.
• Compare results to requirements and simulations; identify trends.
• Conduct root cause analysis on failures and report conclusions.
• Document configurations, procedures, observations, results, and conclusions.
• Present findings to engineers and leadership.
• Coordinate multiple test activities and scheduling with minimal supervision.
• Support continuous improvement of lab methods and processes.

Skills

Hands-on mechanical aptitude

Test hardware experience

Data analysis

Engineering data interpretation

Ability to troubleshoot mechanical

2+ years engineering/testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Master's degree with 3+ years experience (considered)

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Excel

Data acquisition systems

Job description

RFA Engineering is seeking a Mechanical Test Engineer - Hydraulics to lead hydraulic tests and analyze results. The role blends hands-on lab work with engineering analysis to assess performance and diagnose failures.

Ideal candidates have a Mechanical Engineering background and experience with test hardware, data collection, and reporting. The position emphasizes planning tests, data interpretation, and communicating clear conclusions to engineers and clients.