Validation Test Engineer II — Risk & Field Insights

Specialized Bicycle Components; Morgan Hill (CA); In loco; USD 93.000 - 128.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Dental and Vision plans

401(k) Company Matching

Life, AD&D and Disability Insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Career development support

Descrizione del lavoro

Specialized Bicycle Components in Morgan Hill, California is seeking a hands-on Validation Engineer to drive risk assessment, test development, and failure investigations for new products and production readiness.

You will collaborate with Field Quality, Design, and Product teams to validate validation criteria, design robust tests, and maintain lab equipment, while traveling to coordinate with teams in Europe and Asia. Strong data analysis and CAD/GD&T skills are required.

Competenze

• 2-4 years of experience in test development or data acquisition and analysis; equivalent within FEA, Quality Engineering, or Mechanical Design Engineering may be considered.
• Balance established test methods with new approaches when emerging product risks require innovation.
• Experience investigating complex failure modes and translating field observations into repeatable laboratory validation methods.
• Strong technical judgment to assess risk, interpret results, and recommend validation criteria and next steps.
• Familiar with data acquisition and analysis using strain gauges, load cells, potentiometers, and accelerometers.
• Familiar with PLC logic and PID feedback loops.
• Experience managing competing priorities among Design, Quality, and project timelines.
• Proficient with fixture design and rapid prototyping, including CAD, GD&T, and basic milling/lathe machining.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to four times per year to collaborate with teams in Europe and Asia.

Mansioni

• Identify and mitigate risk for new products by developing validation plans and adapting existing test methods, or creating new approaches when needed.
• Evaluate product readiness for production by analyzing test results, assessing rider and business risk, and recommending additional testing or validation activities when required.
• Work closely with Field Quality and Design teams to reduce warranty claims and increase rider satisfaction.
• Partner with Design Engineering, Quality, and Product teams to identify validation requirements, communicate technical findings, and recommend risk mitigation actions.
• Conduct structured failure investigations by analyzing field issues, identifying contributing factors, and developing lab-based test approaches to reproduce failures.
• Lead the replication of complex field failures using test methods and investigative approaches of your own design, while collaborating with peers to validate findings and conclusions.
• Analyze testing and failure data to identify probable root causes, determine whether changing failure modes require revised validation criteria, and recommend appropriate test strategies.
• Reach across product categories and teams to provide broader technical context, helping teams learn from validation challenges, failure modes, and quality issues encountered elsewhere in the organization.
• Collaborate with Field Quality to correlate laboratory results with warranty and field performance data.
• Recommend alternative testing methodologies to Design teams by leveraging Specialized's full library of validation methods and institutional knowledge.
• Aid in developing new test machines and own and maintain existing test equipment.
• Modify and adapt existing test methodologies to address new product configurations, evolving design risks, and validation requirements.
• Create new test methods for unique product risks, delivering quantifiable data that supports engineering and product decisions.

Conoscenze

Test development

Data acquisition

FEA experience

Quality engineering

Mechanical design

Risk assessment

Validation methods

Technical judgment

Travel readiness

Strumenti

CAD

GD&T

Milling

Lathe

Descrizione del lavoro

Specialized Bicycle Components in Morgan Hill, California is seeking a hands-on Validation Engineer to drive risk assessment, test development, and failure investigations for new products and production readiness.

You will collaborate with Field Quality, Design, and Product teams to validate validation criteria, design robust tests, and maintain lab equipment, while traveling to coordinate with teams in Europe and Asia. Strong data analysis and CAD/GD&T skills are required.