Hardware Field Test Engineer

Field Test Engineer

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You'll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You'll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You'll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Execute test and validation plans, including configuring test devices, performing inspections, and ensuring readiness for testing activities.
• Collect, organize, analyze, and present test data, preparing comprehensive reports for hardware team members.
• Gain proficiency in managing dashboards using Brambles' in-house data ingestion software (BRIX) and continuously improve IoT and test engineering knowledge.
• Perform troubleshooting and resolution of hardware failures, conducting tests to identify failure modes and key variables.
• Manage and maintain organized records of production devices, prototypes, and test equipment inventory, including inspecting field test devices and coordinating shipments.
• Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and suppliers to plan resources and materials necessary for hardware testing and validation.
• Provide expertise during hardware design stages, supporting development teams with insights and recommendations to improve solutions.

POSITION PURPOSE

The Field Test Engineer will perform data analysis for IoT hardware during field testing or from deployment activities.

This role is ideal for a person with insight and data analysis experience in a product testing or validation function, or a want to learn testing and validation functions.

This position is crucial for the team to effectively deliver valuable analysis and insights to drive key IoT hardware business decisions.

SCOPE

This position will be testing or validating IoT Hardware performance for field testing or deployment activities. This position will need to learn IoT hardware operations to effectively analyze performance.

This person will execute or support other team members in complex data analysis. This role will also perform test/validation activities as assigned.

MEASURES

• Analyze data and deliver accurate, meaningful, and insightful recommendations.

• Provide data analysis charts, graphs, data tables, or other documentation for collaboration and report outs to key stakeholders and leaders.

• Execution of assigned testing or validation activities.

• Improvement of overall team data analysis capabilities

MAJOR / KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Knowledge gain and understanding of key hardware functions

• Develop, execute, analyze and report out on assigned test/validation activities.

• Be team's data analysis expert, execute or support complex data analysis accurately and generate insights according to test/validation plan's deliverables.

• Improve team's overall data analysis tool usage and experience.

• Documenting and updating results and insights to Jira/Confluence or other similar document reporting system.
• Provide tables, graphs, or other documents to report out results and insights to key stakeholders and leadership.

CHALLENGES / PROBLEM SOLVING

• Collaborate effectively with diverse regional and global team members operating remotely.

• Manage multiple concurrent activities efficiently.

• Analyze extensive volumes of both structured and unstructured data.

• Apply critical thinking and analytical skills to varying testing and validation scenarios, often relying on Ad Hoc data.

• Acquire a foundational understanding of IoT hardware functions to enhance insightful analysis.

• Effectively communicate findings to both technical and…