Test Engineer
- Estimated annual base pay: $116,000.00 (minimum) - $151,000.00 (midpoint) - $186,000.00 (maximum)
- All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity.
- 401(k) match (4.5%)
- Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
- Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
- 12 paid holidays
- Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
- Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits. Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
- Member referral bonus
- Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
- Voluntary benefits, including:
o Home / Auto Insurance discounts
o Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave
Woodward is seeking creative and collaborative Test Engineer(s) to help start and grow a new aerospace manufacturing site for Woodward in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC. This person will help build and develop a high-performing engineering organization in a teaming-oriented manufacturing site centered on safety, quality, delivery, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Project Support and Leadership: Oversees all engineering aspects of highly complex projects, including planning, execution, and delivery. Serves as a mentor and trainer for engineers, technicians, and designers on advanced tasks and processes. May serve as a technical advisor.
- Problem Solving and Troubleshooting: Identifies and resolves intricate technical problems within systems using comprehensive analytical methods and appropriate technologies.
- Best Practices and Design Standards: Leads the development and implementation of advanced design standards and innovative engineering strategies. Proactively drives best practices across departments.
- Design, Testing, and Analysis: Designs, tests, and analyzes high-complexity systems with site wide impact. Establishes department-wide standards for producibility, testability, maintainability, and reliability.
- Process Improvement: Leads initiatives to optimize processes at a department level. Proposes and executes significant process improvements with organization-wide benefits.
Key Skills:
- Engineering Knowledge and Component Understanding: Broad and deep understanding of engineering principles. Applies knowledge to multi-faceted projects with significant challenges.
- Emerging Technologies: Evaluates emerging technologies and integrates them into projects to achieve innovative solutions.
- Problem Solving: Anticipates and addresses complex problems using advanced methods, tools, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Design, Modeling, Analytical: Expertise in design principles and tools. Leads the development of advanced models and analytical approaches for high-complexity systems.
- Testing Systems and Validation Knowledge: Designs and validates testing systems for department-wide use. Ensures systems meet or exceed company and industry standards.
- Collaboration and Presentation: Facilitates collaboration across departments and delivers compelling presentations to leadership teams and external stakeholders.
- Equipment Theory and Design: Leads the development and design of complex test equipment and systems. Recognized as a technical authority in this area.
- Team Leadership: Oversees high-visibility projects, mentors team members, and ensures alignment with organizational goals and quality standards.
- Process Improvements: Leads department-level initiatives to streamline processes, enhance quality, and reduce costs.
- Application and Field Use Knowledge: Comprehensive knowledge of tested products, their applications, and their interaction with test equipment. Provides recommendations for field use improvements.
Successful candidates typically have:
4 Year Bachelors BS OR 10+ years equivalent experience
- Demonstrated expertise in manufacturing and test engineering
- Engaging leadership style that empowers teams and develops talent
- Ability to involve frontline employees in process design and decision-making
- Experience designing and implementing manufacturing processes
- Experience introducing and driving adoption of automation technologies
- Commitment to collaborative, team-based problem-solving
