Job Title: Product Assurance Engineer
Job Location: Southfield, MI
What you'll do:- Understand OEM specification and requirements for product validation
- Analyze product functions and develop test sequences and test limits to assure each is function is assessed during testing.
- Design and develop product validation plans (EMC, Environmental and others as required)
- Review the validation plan with internal (Product Engineering) and external customer (OEM), get approvals
- Develop requirements for test equipment, get quotes and source supplier for test equipment
- Receive test equipment, validate and perform necessary Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R) tests to check equipment measurements before DV (Design Validation) or PV (Process Validation) testing.
- Schedule internal and external lab for planned DV/PV tests
- Learn to operate various lab equipment, including thermal chambers, and computer controlled automated testers
- Setup and perform testing using various lab equipment and thermal chambers with assistance from technicians
- Check/Verify that setup is correct based on the test plan and corresponding customer requirements prior to each test. Perform pre-test checks as needed.
- Track and report progress throughout the DV
- Analyze test data throughout testing to catch issues as soon as possible during test
- Debug, analyze and report failures that occur during the DV
- Support product engineering for any root cause analysis (8D, Fish Bone etc.)
- Archive test data, report and parts as mandated by internal and external requirements
- Release final DVP&R or PVP&R for customer approval
- Learn basic understanding of the RC&S ECU architecture, validation requirements and domain specific tools.
What you'll bring:- Bachelor's Degree in EE, ME or equivalent desirable.
- 3-5 years' work experience in Automotive electronics validation such as Hardware and system level validation.
- Strong problem solving and debugging skills with a solid understanding of core product validation principles, and analytical techniques
- Strong communication skills required, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts in verbal and written forms.
- Good team player.
- In depth understanding of validation methodology for Automotive. Application of those to develop new methods for new technology entering Automotive.
- Experience with communication protocols and tools such as CANalyzer, CANoe, and LIN
- Awareness of IPC standards and PCB manufacturing
- Awareness of ISO/IEC 17025:2005
- Awareness of IATF 16949
Department Engineering Locations Southfield
