Staff Engineer

Intertek USA; Kentwood (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental & Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) with company match

Generous vacation & PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Intertek USA, located in Kentwood, Michigan, is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Transportation Technologies team. The role focuses on technical leadership, training development, and support for test procedures and standards interpretations across automotive testing and certification.

The successful candidate will review engineering judgments, mentor staff, and drive capital projects while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• 6+ years of related experience making technical decisions independently.
• Advanced knowledge of US/Canadian/International standards (FMVSS, ANSI, SAE, ASTM, IEC).
• Ability to apply logic and analyze complex problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven leadership and mentoring abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assessment of engineering skills and performance to local management.
• Assess training needs and develop new technical training programs.
• Offer guidance on test procedures and standards interpretations.
• Maintain expertise across multiple product categories and standards.
• Research new standards, technologies, and trends.
• Develop and communicate test procedures.
• Support audits, corrective actions, and accreditation activities.
• Design new test fixtures and report shells.
• Document engineering judgments and manage capital projects.
• Prepare capital expenditure requests and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Engineering judgment

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Staff Engineer – Kentwood, Michigan

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Staff Engineer to join our Transportation Technologies team in Kentwood, MI . This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in automotive component certification.

Intertek's Transportation Technologies team offers Total Quality Assurance expertise, delivered consistently with precision, pace and passion, enables our customers to power ahead safely. Our automotive, battery and energy storage, and related transportation industry testing and certification expertise is recognized by leading manufacturers worldwide for evaluating how their products and services meet and exceed quality, safety, sustainability and performance standards. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Our Purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

What are we looking for?

This position is responsible for providing technical expertise to personnel and operations at the local or regional level; for recommending and managing capital expenditure projects; and for assessing and developing local training. This position is the primary resource for review and approval of test procedures, methods and interpretations.

Shift/Schedule: First shift

Salary & Benefits Information

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

What you’ll do:

• Provide local management with technical assessment of engineering skills and performance levels.
• Responsible for assessing training of the technical staff and development of new training programs.
• Provide on-going support and guidance on technical issues, test procedures, and standards interpretations.
• Provides expertise in multiple product categories.
• Research new standards, technologies, and trends in standards.
• Develop and communicate test procedures.
• Support accreditations activities such as audit follow-up and corrective actions. Investigate technical complaints. Audit and qualify sites for special Intertek programs.
• Design new test fixtures and report shells.
• Within policy guidelines, identify, properly document, and recommend engineering judgments.
• Recommend and prepare capital expenditure requests and manage capital projects.
• Mentor less senior technical staff.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in engineering
• 6+ years directly related experience making technical decisions and engineering judgments independently
• Advanced experience with U.S., Canadian, and other International standards, i.e., FMVSS, ANSI, SAE, ASTM, IEC, etc.
• Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
• Ability to deal with non-verbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.) in its most difficult phases
• Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables
• Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently where limited standardization exists
• Excellent communication skills, in both verbal and written formats
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Preferred Requirements & Qualifications:

• Masters degree is preferred

Intertek: Total Quality. Assured.

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers’ expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, certain positions may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test based on the type of work that will be performed.

We Value Diversity

Intertek’s network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email [e-mail] or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.