Product Validation Engineer: AI-Driven Testing & Insights

YETI Coolers, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

YETI is seeking a Product Validation Engineer to define and establish technical specs for new products. You will collaborate with Industrial Designers, Product Managers and Design Engineers to set performance requirements and translate consumer workflows into development specs.

You’ll convert customer use cases into test protocols, use market research data to define testing baselines, and use AI for planning and analysis of consumer studies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, data science or similar area of study preferred.
• Greater than 2 years of experience in test development, data analytics, engineering or related disciplines.
• Interest in working with customer data, surveys, or feedback tools.
• Ability to summarize findings in a clear, visual, and actionable way (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• A proactive mindset, strong attention to detail, and natural curiosity about how consumers use products.
• Familiarity with AI tools for data analysis.
• Proven record of accomplishment in the design and build of test equipment to support thermal, mechanical, repetitive motion and/or other testing needs.

Responsibilities

• Convert customer use cases into test protocol and requirements.
• Use market research methodologies and data from surveys, interviews, prototype user testing, to determine appropriate use conditions for new products.
• Use AI for planning, executing, and analyzing consumer studies (alongside me and the templates I could create).
• Use your data analysis skills for analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data in various formats (e.g. excel, transcripts, within survey platforms like Qualtrics).
• Partner with product management and industrial design to understand the target consumer, how they intend to use, or may misuse, the product and use this information to determine appropriate testing baselines.

Skills

Test development

Data analytics

Engineering

Summarize findings

AI for data analysis

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or data science

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Qualtrics

Job description

YETI is seeking a Product Validation Engineer to define and establish technical specs for new products. You will collaborate with Industrial Designers, Product Managers and Design Engineers to set performance requirements and translate consumer workflows into development specs.

You’ll convert customer use cases into test protocols, use market research data to define testing baselines, and use AI for planning and analysis of consumer studies.