Product Validation Engineer: Ensure Quality & Compliance

B.E.A. Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BEA America is seeking a Product Validation Engineer to plan, execute, and manage validation activities across the product lifecycle. You will work with design, development, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure products meet functional, performance, quality, safety, and regulatory standards.

You will lead validation of new and current products, execute test plans, and perform prototype, alpha, and beta testing with clear feedback to development teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
• 3–5 years of experience in product validation, testing, product development, or a related engineering discipline.
• Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle and verification & validation processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support validation of new and current products, including functional, performance, environmental, and compliance testing.
• Execute feasibility test plans and assist in developing test cases for new product concepts.
• Conduct prototype, alpha, and beta testing for engineering builds providing clear feedback to development teams.
• Identify issues, document defects, and collaborate with engineering and product management teams to resolve problems prior to release.
• Perform competitive product testing and benchmarking to understand market expectations and guide product improvements.
• Participate in prototype evaluations, proof-of-concept testing, and new product feasibility studies.
• Support rapid iteration by gathering test data, analyzing performance, and communicating findings to engineering and product teams.
• Validate engineering changes for existing products to ensure quality and performance remain consistent.
• Support field issue investigations by recreating problems, testing hypotheses, and providing structured reports to assist root-cause analysis.
• Document test procedures, validation plans, and test reports for all assigned products.
• Ensure testing and results meet relevant industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical insights during training development for internal teams (e.g., Sales & TSD).
• Partner with product managers, engineers, and quality teams to ensure product readiness at each development stage.
• Contribute to the improvement of internal validation tools and testing processes.

Skills

Validation testing

Test plan execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Test management tools

CRM

Microsoft Excel

Job description

BEA America is seeking a Product Validation Engineer to plan, execute, and manage validation activities across the product lifecycle. You will work with design, development, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure products meet functional, performance, quality, safety, and regulatory standards.

You will lead validation of new and current products, execute test plans, and perform prototype, alpha, and beta testing with clear feedback to development teams.