NPI Validation Engineer: Clean Energy Innovator

Averro; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 82,656 - 117,096; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Sick leave

Employee assistance program

PTO

Paid holidays

Legal insurance

Job summary

Averro is seeking a NPI Validation Engineer to advance testing and validation for a carbon capture tech company. The role focuses on developing test plans, ensuring validation rigor, and bridging R&D to production with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in test or quality engineering, experience with novel materials qualification, and expertise in material properties, testing, and reliability tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Materials, Mechanical, Chemical, or related field).
• 5-10 years of test engineering, quality engineering, or product validation experience.
• Background in novel materials qualification required.
• Understanding of material properties, performance testing, failure mechanisms, and quality/reliability tools (APQP, FMEA, DOE, SPC, root cause analysis).

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans and validation strategies with R&D teams to ensure materials meet performance requirements before production scale-up.
• Establish standardized testing protocols with consistent parameters to ensure reproducible and reliable results.
• Bridge R&D, Product, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing teams to translate research concepts into specifications, test methods, and procurement requirements.
• Establish and manage a stage-gate process to evaluate emerging technologies, reduce technical risk, and accelerate commercialization timelines.

Skills

Test planning

Validation strategies

Cross-functional collaboration

Materials knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

APQP

FMEA

DOE

SPC

Job description

Averro is seeking a NPI Validation Engineer to advance testing and validation for a carbon capture tech company. The role focuses on developing test plans, ensuring validation rigor, and bridging R&D to production with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in test or quality engineering, experience with novel materials qualification, and expertise in material properties, testing, and reliability tools.