Test Engineer - Hardware & Validation - Decatur, GA

Job Summary

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market‑leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces and light. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make the world more brilliant, productive, and connected. We grow by developing innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management systems, and location‑aware applications.

This team is in a renovated Innovation Center in Decatur, GA, which houses state‑of‑the‑art design validation equipment and facilities. The onsite café and indoor/outdoor exercise facilities offer competitive work‑life balance opportunities to achieve collective business and personal goals. This is a close‑knit team dedicated to serving engineering by conducting testing on new and existing products. The team is essential to new product development and is focused on continuous improvement of processes and practices in testing.

This role will be given the opportunity to be successful by learning from the best in lighting and will be encouraged to share your own ideas.

Location:

Decatur, GA (Onsite)

Schedule:

4 days/week (Monday–Thursday, 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM, 10‑hour days) — offering a compressed work week with Fridays off

This role is responsible for test and measurement operations on Acuity Brands lighting products, components, and related materials. The Test Engineer will maintain testing records, generate reports, and partner closely with engineering teams to support product modifications and additional testing.

• Develop and execute comprehensive hardware test plans
• Conduct environmental and stress testing (HALT/HASS is a plus) and guide internal/external test activities
• Design and implement both automated (scripting) and manual test setups to validate subsystems and full products
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot hardware failures using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers
• Conduct certification testing (UL, CSA, ANSI, IEC) ensuring products meet internal and external standards, including setup, execution, reporting, and results interpretation
• Perform validation testing (electrical, mechanical, environmental, FCC, IEC, IEEE) to support third‑party safety verification
• Execute photometric testing using goniophotometers and integrating spheres to measure flux, intensity distribution, and spectral output
• Maintain lab environment aligned with 5S standards and continuously improve testing processes
• Track performance using KPIs and apply Lean principles to optimize workflow and efficiency
• Develop new test methods and standard work aligned with UL, CSA, ANSI, IEC, and internal requirements
• Maintain test equipment and documentation records

• BSEE degree (Electronics preferred, Mechanical, or Physics acceptable) or at least 5 years of experience working for a test lab under the umbrella of ISO 17025, preferably testing electrical and/or lighting systems.
• Required:
  
  Proficiency at programming in Lab View or similar platform to test products.
• Highly desirable:
  Experience testing to UL924 Emergency Lighting and Power Equipment
• Proficient with Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Microsoft Office, and other Windows applications.
• Training provided on the job.

• Medium work. Lift up to 40lbs.
• Light work.

• 1–20%

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities:
As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922‑9000, select option
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