Product Development Test Engineer

Location: Berne

Overview:

This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative projects focusing on rotary actuator design and applications within the waste management market. The ideal candidate will thrive in both team-oriented and individual work environments, demonstrating a strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high standards of quality, efficiency, and innovation. This position will have both testing responsibilities (primary) and product engineering (secondary) with business workload dictating time split between the two.

For testing, this position is expected to interface with the product engineering and manufacturing team members to establish objectives, set up and conduct tests and then document, analyze, interpret and communicate results with recommendations as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

Define test protocols for current product and product development initiatives that are representative of the application requirements

Specify and purchase test equipment, set-up and perform tests, monitor tests, collect and analyze data, create test reports and communicate results

Manage test lab safety, organization, maintenance, equipment calibrations and storage

Support manufacturing testing and perform specialized testing on customer specific units

Secondary support performing Product Development Engineering duties

Apply in-depth understanding of cost-effective manufacturing processes, GD&T, machining, and performance calculations to enhance product designs

Perform engineering design calculations, FEA, 3D product design and create BOM's within the ERP system.

Work with sales and marketing along with external customers to define and complete projects that meet or exceed quality, cost and delivery targets.

Lead complex customer issue resolution and root cause analysis

Assists in the development and revision of engineering standards and processes

Check engineering drawings, ERP BOM setup and pricing from other engineers

Travel as necessary (