Powertrain Field Test Engineer Customer Liaison

PACCAR Technical Center; Mount Vernon (WA); On-site; USD 90,400 - 141,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k with company match

Pension plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

PACCAR Technical Center is seeking a Customer Field Test (CFT) Engineering Specialist to plan, organize, and monitor North American powertrain field tests. You will interface with customers and dealers, ensure correct installation, and assist in failure analysis.

Expect up to 30% travel and on-call support outside normal hours. You will design test fixtures, lead data collection efforts, and present results to management.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Excellent technical and communications skills.
• Experience coordinating technical work within and between organizations.
• Knowledge of commercial vehicle technologies and customer usage patterns.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-directed with initiative and innovation.
• Ability to manage personal workload and respond to shifting time and project demands.

Responsibilities

• Plans, coordinates, and conducts moderately scoped projects with minimal supervision, including analyzing requests, defining requirements, and developing preliminary project plans, budgets, and schedules.
• Designs test fixtures and specifies instrumentation, equipment, vehicles, loading configurations, and data-processing techniques, and supports test setup and data checks.
• Leads and participates in data collection, field testing, and development of new or improved test methodologies, ensuring accurate results.
• Prepares and presents reports, results, conclusions, and recommendations to divisions or management.
• Fosters strong communication and productive relationships across departments and management levels.

Skills

Team collaboration

Technical communication

Coordination experience

Mechanical aptitude

Education

Associate’s degree or Technical Certificate in Diesel/Automotive Technology

Job description

PACCAR Technical Center is seeking a Customer Field Test (CFT) Engineering Specialist to plan, organize, and monitor North American powertrain field tests. You will interface with customers and dealers, ensure correct installation, and assist in failure analysis.

Expect up to 30% travel and on-call support outside normal hours. You will design test fixtures, lead data collection efforts, and present results to management.