Why You Will Love this JobAre you passionate about testing, problem-solving, and bringing innovative products to life?
Join our Home Energy Engineering team and help deliver reliable, high-performing energy solutions to customers around the world. In this highly collaborative role, you'll lead product validation efforts, develop advanced testing methods, improve laboratory processes, and serve as a key technical resource for engineers and technicians. If you thrive in a hands-on environment where data drives decisions and continuous improvement is expected, this is an opportunity to make a measurable impact on the products we build and the customers we serve.
This role will support the development and testing of all new and current Home Energy products. You will own the creation, execution and documentation of design validation plans & reports (DVP&R) as well as test systems, processes and data integrity related to product testing. You will work closely with NPD and SPD engineers to develop test plans, evaluate and approve project test timelines, test risks, develop nonstandard testing, improve design performance, and drive cost reductions through a comprehensive test and validation process. You will work with the residential lab manager to continuously improve and meet demands of NPD and engineering teams.
This position offers a hybrid work arrangement and will be based out of our Kohler, WI office.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Oversee reliability and DVP&R testing from planning, execution and documentation, including performing final RDT/RGT testing to ensure we deliver a high quality product to our customer on time.
- Partner with engineering, product management, quality and key stakeholders in the creation of test plans.
- Assist with product improvement engineering activities and root cause investigations
- Analyze current technologies used to support product validation and develop necessary steps or processes to improve testing.
- Test process owner: Identify and evaluate process, work instructions, test standards and test systems to improve efficiency.
- Assist with the development and review of standard processes, work setup/instrumentation and work instructions to enable engineering technicians to perform consistent, accurate tests.
- The first point of contact for test systems and equipment problems to minimize downtime and meet test timelines. Ability to troubleshoot and determine root cause of system and data collection issues.
- Improve automated test and data acquisition systems to meet specified product test requirements and improve resource utilization.
- Data analysis, test report review/approval. Provide engineering with the information needed to make product design decisions from test data on both components and full generator designs.
- Facilitate planning involved with standard and non-standard testing.
- Coach and mentor technicians by strengthening technical skills and ability to effectively utilize test systems.
- Act as the primary resource for engineers and technicians to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to product testing.
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical or other engineering focus.
- Basic understanding of generators, large gaseous engines, electrical/electronic systems in consideration with current and future test system development.
- Hands-on approach to problem solving and ability to apply engineering principles and the scientific method
- Prior experience in a testing or lab environment, including experience with computer-based data acquisition systems; LabView, MATLAB, DEWESoft, VBS scripting, software programming and automated data reporting.
- High level of motivation and ability to collaborate effectively in a team and independently to achieve results
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
The Salary range for this position is $89,800.00-$114,100.00.The specific Salary rate offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location.
