Product Validation Engineer

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrification product Validation Plans:
• Coordinate DFMEA/FMEA and validation test preparation timelines with NPI program teams.
• Lead engineering design teams in the development of DFMEA’s and FMEA’s.
• Continue collaboration with engineering teams and update DFMEA’s/FMEA’s with new risk discovery.
• Develop reliability targets for new products.
• Create DFMEA/FMEA-driven test plans in collaboration with design and test laboratory/proving ground engineers.
• Support engineering design teams in analysis of test failure discoveries. Lead creation of new test plans to support validation of design improvement iterations.
• Prepare and report Product Validation metrics (risk criticality, reliability prediction, and testing status) to NPI leadership and team members.

Required Skills / Qualifications

• Education: BSME or BSEE degree. Similar technical fields will be considered.
• Academic and/or industry experience analyzing the failure mechanisms of mechanical and/or electrical technology and applying problem solving to identify solution plans.
• Strong technical skills and the ability/desire to continue to learn.
• Self-starter that requires minimal supervision, anticipates issues, and takes appropriate action with minimal direction.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Project Management / Interpersonal Skills: Ability to effectively assemble and lead diverse teams to achieve common goals and to deliver timely results.
• Computer skills; MS-Office, MS-Project.

Desired Skills / Qualifications

• BSEE Electrical Engineering Degree
• 2+ years of experience developing DFMEAs.
• Experience with the design, risk analysis, and testing of electrification components and/or systems.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Experience with the collection and use of test data to produce statistical models to predict reliability.
• Computer skills: Minitab, Pro-E, PLATO e1ns, Microsoft Excel, Office, Word, Power Point, One Note.