Job Purpose:

Innovation.  Develop and execute qualification and test of engineering designs to customer and industry specifications, provides immediate feedback to stakeholders when product fails, assesses and suggests root cause and works to achieve resolution. 

Responsibilities:

• Support, contribute and promote a safe work environment.
• Assists to plan, develop and execute qualification and test of engineering designs to customer and/or industry specifications.
• May recommend equipment for test and assist to develop solutions for systems to improve efficiencies in the testing environment.
• Interprets internal and external specifications and writes test procedures to qualify new and existing products.
• Notifies stakeholders of at risk events or test failures in a timely manner.
• Keeps projects on time and notifies stakeholders of slippage of agreed upon timelines. 
• Designs and develops fixtures for testing and characterization of engineering designs.
• Procures items needed for test and development of product.
• Sources and monitors external labs performing test or evaluation to ensure adherence to specifications.
• Determines effectiveness of test procedures and methods ensuring adherence to specifications.
• Reviews test data for accuracy, quality and fidelity prior to delivery to stakeholders.
• Prepares test and failure reports for stakeholders.
• Responsible for prototyping and evaluation of new products in leading edge applications.
• Recommends capital investments for leading edge technologies that will keep the company on the forefront of the industry. 
• Set up machines, equipment and assists in design and development of procedures for test.
• Specify tooling and equipment needed to support the production build.
• Some travel may be required.
• Provide technical support to organizational stakeholders (Production, Quality, Marketing and Sales).
• Consult with Sales in quoting customer requirements and bid preparation.
• Participate and contribute to team training, development, mentoring and audits.
• Demonstrate behaviors consistent with company policies.

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• General educational, experience and competency requirements defined in current revision of the “Engineering Career Ladder”.
• Knowledge of statistical methods and tools to determine product adherence to specification   
• Good understanding of electronic, mechanical, and environmental test equipment, software and procedures.
• Knowledge of MIL-Spec and other Space/Defense/Aerospace/Medical industry specifications.
• General problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of 3D modeling tools for simple fixture design.

Planning and Decision Making:

• Coordinates with project team to ensure milestones are achieved and risks are mitigated.
• Provides test plans, schedules and cost work sheets for qualification of new and existing products
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment, systems, tools and process to increase organizational efficiency.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems and/or assists others in solving work problems.
• Relies on extensive experience, analytical capacity, problem solving skills/tools and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.