Product Testing Technician

Opportunity

Edged has an exciting opportunity for a Product Test Technician to take part in our development and testing activities. If you’re passionate about sustainability and eager to be part of a company that’s on a journey to transform the world’s infrastructure, this may be the role for you!

The Product Test Technician is a vital member of the team, with a primary responsibility of designing, developing, and implementing comprehensive testing strategies to ensure a product meets all performance, safety, and reliability requirements. The right person is an ultra‑creative superstar performer with a sense of humility, a hunger to make a positive change, and the ability to work equally well independently as with a team.

Include But Are Not Limited To

• Conduct DVT, validation, and regulatory testing (UL/IEC/CE) on new products and systems with the Edged Infrastructure Engineering team.
• Install and monitor test equipment during product validation and regulatory testing.
• Lead integration of different products (Invertors, Turbocell, Load banks, etc.) to perform system level testing.
• Assist engineering in troubleshooting and diagnosing system‑level alarms and failures during product validation and regulatory testing.
• Conduct system diagnostics during product validation and regulatory testing to ensure products comply with engineering specifications.
• Conduct safety inspections and ensure lab safety is maintained during DVT, validation, and regulatory testing periods.
• Maintain clear documentation and a shared discipline for keeping clean, timestamped lab notebooks and digital records.
• Reviewing, updating and creating test procedures.

• Responsible for lab systems including pumps, chillers, and compressed air and other tools while maintaining digital records and timestamped lab notebooks.
• Responsible for equipment records and coordinating tool calibration inspections.
• Maintain clear documentation and a shared discipline for keeping clean, timestamped lab notebooks and digital records.
• Act professionally and articulately when explaining testing setups and conducting customer demos for visiting stakeholders.

• A.S. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology or equivalent military/trade experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working with >600
  
  VDC and 3‑phase AC power electronics.
• Experience with 3D CAD (Solid Works or Fusion 360) for viewing assemblies is a plus.
• Current NFPA 70E training.
• Experience with Battery Management Systems (BMS) or Solar Inverter testing is a plus.
• Knowledge of vibration analysis or acoustic testing is a plus.

• Expert level in reading electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Proficient with DMMs, high‑voltage differential probes, current clamps, and power analyzers (e.g., Yokogawa or Hioki).
• Experience using CAN interface tools (PCAN‑View, CANalyzer) to verify node health.
• Lead‑level knowledge of Lockout/Tagout for multi‑source energy systems.
• Experienced in the selection and proper use of Category 2 and Category 4 arc flash protection (PPE).
• A strong "stop work" authority mindset, proactively halting a test if a safety hazard is seen.
• Basic Python or LabVIEW skills for test automation are a plus.
• Strong understanding of fluid dynamics, including pumps, valves, heat exchangers, and flow meters, with the ability to identify cavitation or air‑lock issues.
• Expert mechanical aptitude with torque tools, precision measurement (calipers/micrometers), and hardware selection (grade of bolts, fittings, etc.).
• Proficient in plumbing/piping, working with AN fittings, NPT, and flared tubing; ability to perform pressure/leak testing.
• Basic fabrication shop skills (drilling, tapping, light machining) to modify test fixtures on the fly.

• Working in a high power lab environment, wearing PPE as needed.
• Comfortable lifting objects, routing wiring, and working with hands to assemble test fixturing.
• Full time on site – with opportunities for remote work as able.

Product Test Technician

Full-Time

Engineering Manager – Product Dev

Durham RTP – Hybrid – 3 Days on site weekly