Product Verification & Validation Engineer I – Test Engineer

Summary

Collabera is a leading IT staffing firm established in 1991, providing comprehensive IT services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies. The Product Verification & Validation Engineer I will work with a cross-functional design team to determine testing requirements and perform validation testing on power electronic products.

Responsibilities

• Gather and format test requirements from internal and external customers with assistance from others. Review and provide proper feedback about the requirements
• Perform and oversee, with assistance, the performance of power electronic Product Verification and Validation testing performed internally or externally
• Maintain accurate and up to date documentation of testing results and schedule progress. Communicate results and schedule progress to internal and external customers
• Employ troubleshooting and debugging strategies; determine root cause with support from others and provide support in troubleshooting
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with internal and external customers
• Work closely with other project team members as needed to ensure the testing is performed as specified in the product specifications
• Travel as needed to accomplish the tasks required of this position, including meeting with customers to generate and/or revise concepts and product requirements
• Support other needs of the department as needed

Skills

• Minimum B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ag Engineering, or Industrial Engineering from an accredited engineering program
• Understanding of the basics of embedded controllers
• Understanding of safe higher voltage practices
• Understanding of motor control and system testing
• Understanding of the basics of design validation
• Good written and verbal communications skills (English)
• Good organization skills (multi-tasking)
• Good customer service skills
• Experience with product development
• Understanding of motor control software (PU2)
• Experience with dynos
• Experience with fixture design
• Experience with development and debugging tools (e.g. oscilloscopes, multi-meters, etc.)
• Experience with microcontroller peripherals and systems (e.g. PWM outputs, boot loaders, A/D converters, serial and parallel interfaces, etc.)
• Experience with communication networks (e.g. CAN, Ethernet, RS-232/485, etc.)
• Experience with communication protocols (e.g. J1939, ISO11783, TCP/IP, etc.)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Minimum B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ag Engineering, or Industrial Engineering from an accredited engineering program
• Understanding of the basics of embedded controllers
• Understanding of safe higher voltage practices
• Understanding of motor control and system testing
• Understanding of the basics of design validation
• Good written and verbal communications skills (English)
• Good organization skills (multi-tasking)
• Good customer service skills

Nice to Haves

• Experience with product development
• Understanding of motor control software (PU2)
• Experience with dynos
• Experience with fixture design
• Experience with development and debugging tools (e.g. oscilloscopes, multi-meters, etc.)
• Experience with microcontroller peripherals and systems (e.g. PWM outputs, boot loaders, A/D converters, serial and parallel interfaces, etc.)
• Experience with communication networks (e.g. CAN, Ethernet, RS-232/485, etc.)
• Experience with communication protocols (e.g. J1939, ISO11783, TCP/IP, etc.)

Benefits

• Paid vacations
• Holidays
• Personal days
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• 401K retirement savings plan
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance