Test Engineer

Apex Systems; Florida; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Systems is seeking an experienced environmental test engineer to support Ford’s Sunrise development team and electronics validation in Florida. The role centers on thermal chamber testing, with rain chambers and vibration tables as needed, and producing test-completion reports in Excel and Minitab.

You will set up and run tests, collect data, apply DFMEA/PFMEA/RCCA concepts, and coordinate with the environmental test supervisor and colleagues. Prior PCB handling experience is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant environmental test engineering experience.
• Hands-on testing experience with thermal chambers; rain chambers and vibration tables exposure.
• Electronics/hardware validation background with safe handling of PCB assemblies.
• Ability to collect data, perform basic analysis, and report using Excel and Minitab.
• Working understanding of DFMEA, PFMEA, and RCCA concepts.
• Ability to execute laboratory test procedures and collaborate with an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Set up, run, and monitor environmental tests on electronic modules, focusing on thermal chambers.
• Support rain-chamber and vibration-table tests and related validation procedures.
• Collect data, document results, and prepare test-completion reports using Excel and Minitab.
• Handle PCB assemblies safely and perform post-test visual checks.
• Apply DFMEA, PFMEA, and RCCA concepts when supporting investigations.
• Coordinate with the supervisor, other test engineers, and the test systems team.

Skills

Senior-level experience

Thermal chamber testing

PCB handling

Excel reporting

Minitab data analysis

DFMEA/PFMEA/RCCA awareness

Laboratory testing procedures

Tools

Excel

Minitab

LabVIEW/TestStand

Job description

Project Scope

Provide an experienced environmental test engineer supporting Ford’s Sunrise development team and vehicle electronics validation. The immediate focus is executing established environmental testing, primarily thermal chamber testing, with rain chambers and vibration tables also used, and producing test-completion reports in Excel and Minitab. Ford is market-testing an ongoing purchased-services engagement with an incumbent provider; the stated deliverable is a qualified resource rather than a newly defined 30/60/90-day project. Manager responses narrow the broader reliability-focused description: working knowledge of FMEA/RCCA is expected, PCB expertise is a plus, and design-review participation is not expected. A separate future RFP for machines, functional safety, and test systems engineering is outside this opening.

Job # 3056594

Number of Openings: 1

Team Size & Breakdown

The environmental test team has its own supervisor and four environmental test engineers. It works alongside a five-person test systems team. Whether this opening is included in the current four-engineer count was not specified.

High-Level Individual Duties

• Set up, run, and monitor environmental tests on electronic modules, with most testing centered on thermal chambers.
• Support rain-chamber and vibration-table testing and related environmental validation procedures.
• Collect test data, document results, and prepare test-completion reports using Excel and Minitab.
• Handle PCB assemblies safely and perform visual checks following tests.
• Apply a working understanding of DFMEA, PFMEA, and root cause corrective action when supporting test investigations.
• Coordinate with the environmental test supervisor, other test engineers, and the test systems team. Broader duties in the description include validation planning and technical documentation; ownership depth was not confirmed.

Must-Haves (Concepts & Tools)

• Senior-level target of 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on environmental testing experience, particularly thermal chamber operation; relevant exposure to rain chambers and vibration tables.
• Electronics/hardware validation background and safe handling of PCB assemblies.
• Test-data collection, basic analysis, and clear test-completion reporting using Excel and Minitab.
• Working understanding of DFMEA, PFMEA, and RCCA rather than confirmed ownership of these processes.
• Ability to execute laboratory test procedures and collaborate with an established engineering team.

The broader description lists AEC-Q, USCAR, IPC, and ISO/IEC standards, but which are mandatory remains unconfirmed.

Nice-to-Haves

• Automotive electronics or ECU/module validation experience.
• Deeper PCB inspection and failure-analysis experience beyond safe handling and post-test visual checks.
• Advanced reliability statistics, including Weibull analysis, process capability, accelerated-life modeling, and reliability predictions. Basic reporting is confirmed; the manager’s note on advanced experience is incomplete, so its required depth needs clarification.
• LabVIEW/TestStand and test automation experience; coding expectations were not answered.
• ISO/IEC 17025, A2LA audits, and laboratory quality-system experience.
• Electronics manufacturing knowledge, including SMT, soldering, underfill, and conformal coating.
• CAN, automotive Ethernet, and other vehicle communications/interface experience listed in the broader description.

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