Sr, Test Engineer

Senior Test Engineer

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Senior Test Engineer. This role is located out of Youngsville, NC. Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates currently residing in the United States. The expected annual salary range for this role is $86,000 - $126,000 a year. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

The Senior Test Engineer is responsible for maintaining, designing, and deploying computer-automated test systems and electrical equipment designs and requirements for electrical system testing. In this role, you will develop and maintain test and diagnostic programs, test fixtures and supporting equipment, and implement test procedures and processes for assigned products.

What you'll do:

• Specify, design, build, debug, validate and deploy the computer-automated test systems and processes to be used in manufacturing and subcontractor facilities.
• Assist in the design and install of required infrastructure to test medium voltage and 3 phase electrical equipment.
• Collaborate with design engineers to ensure design for test concepts are incorporated during the development phase.
• Generate and implement complete test plans based on knowledge of the product and experience with test methodologies and capabilities in multiple locations.
• Develop final-assembly functional test equipment and procedures for global deployment, as well as functional test equipment for external suppliers and value-adding partners.
• Develop functional test equipment and procedures, and sub-assembly functional test equipment and procedures.
• Conduct fault insertion and analysis to determine the equipment's test comprehensiveness, and make contribute to Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and trouble-shooting procedures.
• Implement statistical process control on the recorded test data. Collects data from the test fixtures and makes the test data available to the Quality team for analysis, and to other team members as required to meet project success factors.
• Train test operators to understand the test process and to utilize and maintain test equipment.
• Drive continuous improvement for all test processes.
• Initiate and manage capital projects for test equipment, test facility enhancements and new product start-ups.
• Implement Engineering Changes to enhance product quality (update test equipment, software and hardware changes).
• Reduce cycle time and cost by applying "Lean Manufacturing" techniques.
• Maintain test documentation and equipment to meet ISO 9001 (including equipment calibration).
• Develop and implement test strategies to insure product specifications are achieved throughout production.
• Lead Electrical Safety implementations.

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Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Technology from an accredited educational institution.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in electrical testing and designing automated test equipment and test processes.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without out company sponsorship, now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodology.

Position Criteria:

• Knowledge of communication protocols and methods including TCP/IP, CANBUS, Serial, I2C, and JTAG.
• Knowledge of National Electrical Code Safety Requirements.
• Knowledge of industry and customer specific quality processes (i.e., ISO9001 etc.).
• Technical understanding of product and end user application/specifications, including product testing requirements.
• Knowledge of C#, Visual Basic and LabView, SQL, Access, Active Server Pages, Teststand, REST, and Python is desired.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of test software.
• Successful execution as both an individual contributor and team member.
• Ability to read schematics and interpret the behavior of electronic systems by the operation of embedded code.
• Ability to demonstrate problem solving using logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Position requires an individual who is self-motivated, self-managed, team-oriented, proactive, attentive to detail, task oriented, and able to overcome obstacles to meet schedule requirements.

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