Environmental Test & Validation Engineer

 Environmental Test & Validation Engineer – Team Horizon
 
Team Horizon currently has an exciting opening for an Environmental Test & Validation Engineer to work on our client’s manufacturing facility in the west of Ireland.
 
Why you should apply:

• Our client has developed a stand-out culture of innovation
• Join a team who thrives on providing innovative products and automated services to the automotive industry
• Employees come first. Employees and their well-being are at the heart of their operations, and they believe in creating respectful and inclusive workplaces founded on these values.

What you will be doing:

• Communication / Network
  • Test service request process, review, and analysis.
  • Analyse customer specification with the R&D and Quality Project Team Members, challenge the tests requested and define the final validation plan to build the final offer.
  • Define the need of specific tools or test bench (procurement, characterisation, reliability...)
  • Also define the associated budget.
• Planning
  • Review customer Environmental/reliability Validation Requirements and Test Plan.
  • Perform Validation Design reviews (DR0, DR1, DR2 ..)
  • Support product Risk Assessments (if applicable) to the product design team.
  • Development of Validation Test Plan, Test specification, Timing plan.
  • Climatic & Vibration/Shock test fixture requirement review with Prototype Lead.
  • Operational Test S/W & H/W Requirements review with R&D Tools group.
  • BOM generation: Validation Test bench infrastructure, Cables, External lab identification.
  • RFQ with suppliers & Purchase Order generation of all items identified in BOM.
  • Test bench H/W procurement, Assembly with support of test technician.
  • Test bench H/W & S/W integration & validation with design validation Samples to achieve tester reliability.
• Manager
  • Manage the planning inside the Environmental laboratory and allocate resources (technicians, tools, benches)
  • Responsible for obtaining the specific tools needed for the validation (need specification and follow-up).
  • Manage the cost of the validation activities.
• Validation Execution
  • Familiarise with the working system using test bench equipment to enable view on delivered product and to understand customer problems.
  • Carry out all work to comply with Quality Management System and Validation Engineering Processes e.g. Automotive SPICE, ISOTS16949
  • Labelling /Cataloguing received Test samples as per Test plan.
  • Kickoff Test Setup & Execution using test chamber & test bench.
  • Operational and Non-operational test Data sorting/review.
  • Participate in Failure analysis of Validation issues with support from internal & external customer/report on actions on a daily basis in QRQC meetings until Failure Analysis is closed.
  • Reporting & presenting Validation Timing plans, Failure Analysis sheet (5W2H), blocking points, implications of delay to internal project team & external customers (if applicable).
  • Customer interaction, meeting preparations and lab visit support.
  • Final Customer Report generation, peer review cycle/closure/release to customer.
  • Recirculation of test results into design iterations through Design Review’s. Input to concepts and alternate solutions.
• Reporting
  • Report validation status to the project team and management on a regular basis (QRQC, 5mm,)
  • Generation of customer test reports, peer-reviews of data and follow up on approval
  • Create daily and weekly activity reports on project and non-project related activities using dashboards made available.
  • Perform problem management role interfacing with customer, allocation of Device Under Test (DUT) failures to appropriate functions and leading weekly review
  • Participate in department and platform lessons learned reviews across the various projects.
• Efficiency
  • Contribute to the improvement of the laboratory’s tools such as: instruction sheet, development, and validation of test environment processes automation
• Test Efficiency:
  • Minimize test cycle times
  • Provide work instructions to test houses to enable efficient transfer of test equipment
  • Implement a robust and efficient automated test benches

 
What you need to apply:

• A relevant Technical Engineering Degree e.g., Computer & Electronic Engineering, Physics &
• Instrumentation, Mechatronics
• Min 3 years test engineering experience
• Proficient in National Instruments (LabVIEW/or TestStand)
• Computer literate in MS Office suite.
• Programming in National Instruments LabVIEW and TestStand software - Certified LabVIEW
• Developing instrumentation interfacing over PXI, PCI, USB, RS232 & GPIB
• Broad experience in hardware and peripherals
• Ability to read, analyse and interpret complex documents /schematics.
• Knowledge of automotive electronics systems
• Validation experience with knowledge of test & validation methods
• Knowledge of accelerated life testing
• SW applications, Embedded C, C++, Java