Body Test and Validation Engineer

Overview

Are you a Body Test and Validation Engineer looking to join one of the top companies in the automotive manufacturing industry? Are you looking to grow your career and advance?

Do you have automotive interior or exterior validation and testing experience at OEM, Tier-1 supplier, or Test Lab?

If you answered yes to these questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions is seeking highly qualified candidates to work onsite with our client in Newark, CA
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Here’s what you’d do:

• Own and drive hardware testing and validation duties for body systems and components such as instrument panel, center console, door trims, soft trims, hard trims, and DMS (Displays, mechanism and switches) as well as vehicle accessories.
• Coordinate tests from setup through execution and reporting, including test planning, development, execution, inspections, root cause analysis, and data processing.
• Design and fabricate custom test fixtures for complex bench test setups.
• Ensure test findings are well-documented and quickly communicated; identify root causes of test failures and work with design, quality, and manufacturing partners.
• Track test schedules and timelines with external test houses and T1 suppliers to ensure test schedules are met, and test results are accurate and as expected.
• Test parts quantity definition and parts logistic coordination.
• Create and maintain client validation documentation (DVPR, test specifications, test protocols, test reports) and participate in root cause analysis with the design release engineering team where applicable.
• Coordinate and manage internal OEM high-level tests.
• Review test reports and prepare a test results summary to communicate to DREs.
• Drive DVP sign-off for PPAP/LQP on time to enable product salability (SOP).

• Pay rate: $75.00/Hour.
• Hours:
  
  40 Hours/Week
• Length:
  Temp (10 Months)

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• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of automotive interior or exterior validation and testing experience at OEM, Tier-1 supplier, or Test Lab
• Minimum 5 years of experience using CAD software such as CATIA, 3DX, or Solid Works
• Minimum 5 years of experience with common automotive manufacturing and finishing processes (plastic injection molding, press lamination, hand wrapping, back injection, painting, chrome plating, IMD/IML, etc.)
• Minimum 5 years of experience using standard lab test equipment such as environmental chambers, shaker tables, power supplies, DAQs, force transducers, torque transducers, pneumatic and servo electric actuators, thermocouples, strain gages, LVDTs, etc.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with FMVSS and other international regulatory requirements for interior components.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence

• Experience with interior materials (plastics, polymers, fabrics, foams) and interior design and assembly strategies (clips, adhesives, fasteners, welding)
• Knowledge of validation milestones along the overall Product Development Process
• Great organizational skills and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

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They make all final hiring decisions, while the AI agent simply helps move you forward faster. They are available 24/7, so you can connect whenever it’s convenient for you.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, Talent Rise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.

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