Test Technician - Toro

With roots dating back to 1914, The Toro Company was built on a tradition of quality and caring relationships. Today, the company is a leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment including turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility construction, rental and specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Through a strong network of professional distributors, dealers, rental stores and retailers in more than 125 countries, we proudly offer a wide range of products across a family of global brands to help golf courses, professional contractors, underground construction professionals, groundskeepers, agricultural growers, rental companies, government and educational institutions, and homeowners – in addition to many leading sports venues and historic sites around the world.

The Test Engineering Technician will visually inspect, evaluate, operate units, gather data and design test equipment to determine compliance of products to safety standards, performance requirements, and durability parameters.

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a school/employment or any other visa, regardless of expiration date, now or in the future.

• This opportunity is focuses on developing Technical College graduates, or HS/GED with 7+ years of mechanical technician experience. Candidates who have completed Bachelors or Masters Degrees are invited to consider alternate roles, such as Internships or Toro Engineering opportunities.

• Some travel to field test sites for data acquisition or performance evaluations.

• Provides physical and technical support to Operations and other designated engineering departments.

• Interfaces with engineers, other technicians, vendors, designers, drafters etc. and management personnel.

• This opportunity is based out of Bloomington, MN international headquarters.

• The current team works 5-days on-site.

• Remote or Hybrid is not available at this time.

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:

• Evaluate operation of prototype and production units in field/laboratory conditions according to established and/or newly developed safety, durability, and performance standards.

• Gather data on the performance of products and prototypes to include programming of data acquisition with computer controlled DAQ systems (i.e. LabVIEW, SoMat, Dewesoft) for non-standard testing.

• Maintain daily logs on all test projects and may write periodic, interim and final data summaries as required.

• Perform required maintenance, teardown and inspections of test units and record findings for inclusion in reliability and maintainability summaries.

• May assist in design, construction, and development of specialized test fixturing and test stands.

• Provide instruction to less experienced technicians.

• Participates in field/lab improvement projects, in field/lab safety initiatives and perform duties with adherence to lab safety protocols.

• Participate in quality initiatives and training as needed, and support company Quality policy.

The job title will be based on academic and prior years of experience.

Technician Tier 2:

• Technical College graduate with minimum of two-year degree or certificate.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a mechanical/electrical technician – OR – bachelor’s degree in a technical related field (ex. Automotive, Manufacturing, Design, Agriculture) and minimum two (2) years’ experience in related role – OR – minimum of seven (7) years of experience in lieu of education in a mechanical/electrical role.

• Experience with data acquisition devices required, e.g. LabVIEW, SoMat, etc.

Technician Tier 3:

• Technical College graduate with minimum of two-year degree or certificate.

• Minimum of five (5) plus years of experience as a mechanical/electrical technician – OR – bachelor’s degree in a technical related field (ex. Automotive,…