Gates

Senior Validation and Reliability Engineer - Bike & Fitness

Gates • $94K — $112K *
Englewood, CO 80112In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
2 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of comprehensive product testing experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical field (mechanical engineering preferred)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Familiarity with metal, plastic, or composite manufacturing processes
  • Knowledge of automotive/aerospace industry standards (TS16949, AS9100, ISO9000)

Responsibilities

  • Lead product testing coordination and management of testing schedules
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop design validation test plans
  • Perform validation through realistic environmental simulations
  • Own the testing budget and resource planning efforts
  • Document and analyze test results to guide product development

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision insurance available from the first day of the month following hire
  • Eligible for 3 weeks paid vacation plus 11 holidays and 8 sick days
  • 401(k) with a 3% company contribution and additional 3% match
  • Tuition Reimbursement program offered
  • Full-time position
Full Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Testing Development and Coordination
  • Lead and coordinate product testing of new products. Primary point of contact for testing facilities.
  • Responsible for managing test schedules and prioritization along with use of test request database.
  • Work together with Design Engineering, R&D, Quality, and Business Development to identify failure modes and generate design validation test plans.
  • Collaborate with test technicians to perform component and system level validation by simulating realistic and/or accelerated dynamic usage and environmental conditions.
  • Collaborate with Engineering Design Managers on implementing testing results that impact design.
  • Own testing budget, schedule, and resource planning.
  • Know and own the critical path on testing planning, progress, contingency planning, and overall testing completion.
  • Work with Project Management to communicate testing impacts on overall project timing.
  • Develop test methods to increase efficiency and determinism of outcomes.
  • Conduct benchmarking studies of Gates and competitor products.
  • Write, generate, and present test reports and presentations to project team.


Reliability
  • Lead development of testing and validation activities, DFMEAs, and DVP&Rs
  • Investigate prototype failures to drive product development and test improvement.
  • Identify and execute DOEs targeting new technologies or critical failures.
  • Develop and document Reliability test plans and test matrices for drive components.
  • Collect and analyze test results and guide failure analysis.
  • Document Standard Operation Procedures and Test Methods.
  • Analyze test data to create to Design for Reliability (DfR) guidelines.
  • Build out a field-testing program to corelate with simulation and lab testing.


Warranty
  • Be a customer advocate for the quality and reliability of Gates products.
  • Track customer warranty parts and analyze for trends.
  • Conduct failure analysis of warranty parts to determine root cause.
  • Propose potential product changes to address product failures.


Requirements and Preferred Skills

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS:

Experience
  • 5+ years of progressive and comprehensive product testing experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree in technical field required (mechanical engineering, etc.).
  • Demonstrate excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills.
  • Familiarity with metal, plastic, or composite manufacturing processes.
  • Familiarity with Design for Manufacturability (DFM), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing (GD&T), with focus on high volume manufacturing.
  • Experience working with overseas manufacturers a plus.
  • Familiarity with automotive or aerospace industry quality standards and manufacturing methods; TS16949, AS9100, ISO9000, etc.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.


Skills and Capabilities
  • Superior attention to detail with and ability to manage complex projects and detailed planning.
  • Passion for making great products and solving tough manufacturing problems.
  • Knowledgeable in production control processes, MSA, process capability and correlation analysis.
  • Excellent data analysis skills including excel pivot tables, Minitab, JMP, etc.
  • Solid project management skills with ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
  • Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities.
  • Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience, coupled with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Highest values on safety in personal work practices and consideration in design of processes and equipment.
  • A preference to hands on work style.

Pay & Benefits
  • Full-Time
  • Salary Range: $94,000 - $112,000
  • Relocation is not provided
  • Medical, Dental, Vision insurance and other voluntary benefit options: benefits begin on the first day of the month immediately following your date of hire
  • Eligible for 3 weeks of paid vacation + 11 holidays (9 scheduled & 2 floating) + 8 sick days. All vacation days are accrued
  • $401(k): 3% company contribution and additional 3% company match
  • Tuition Reimbursement


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About Gates

Gates Industrial Corporation plc, based in Denver, Colorado, is a manufacturer of power transmission belts and fluid power products, which are used in diverse industrial and automotive applications. The company employs over 14,000 and has sales and manufacturing operations in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.
Learn more about Gates
Size
15,050 employees
Market Cap
$3.1 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$79.4 million
5 Year Trend
+4.8%
Revenue
$2.7 billion
NASDAQ
GTES
* Ladders Estimates

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