Testing and Quality Engineer

Apogee Instruments creates innovative sensors used worldwide for meteorological, agricultural, and renewable energy applications. If you enjoy working hard on a variety of projects, having great coworkers, and being part of a small growing company where your contributions truly matter, please review the job requirements below for the position of TESTING AND QUALITY ENGINEER.

• B.S. degree in disciplines such as Engineering, Physics, Sciences, or equivalent.

• Creativity and aptitude for solving problems and technical challenges.

• Experience in a systematic approach to experimental test design and data collection.

• Experience in data analysis and graphical data summarization with software such as Excel, Matlab, or R.

• Ability to derive meaning, conclusions, and recommendations from empirical test results.

• Working knowledge of basic electronics.

• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely verbally and in writing.

• Work with scientists and engineers to test and validate new products for use in plant, soil, atmospheric, and environmental sciences, with the goal of ensuring the highest possible product quality.

• Perform application testing (long term stability, drop, temperature, ingress, humidity, surge, etc.).

• Conduct testing for regulatory compliance and certifications (CE, IP, etc.).

• Identify, interface, and coordinate with customers and partners for independent testing and data collection.

• Locate failure points and assist with root cause analysis to improve both in-development and existing products.

• Determine and document final product specifications.

• Summarize work with written reports, tables, graphs, and presentations.

• Work with the Marketing and Sales group to develop marketing literature, application notes, and user manuals.

• Work with the Manufacturing group to test, refine, and smooth production processes ahead of launch.

This is a full-time position with a generous benefits package including health insurance, retirement, paid holidays, compensated leave, flexible hours, maternity/paternity, profit sharing, gym reimbursement, a nice building to work in, a desk to sit at, a water cooler to share, super-awesome coworkers, and more. Compensation is negotiable and depends on experience.

• You work well with other people and productively on your own, without needing supervision.

• You’d be good at stressing our products, not other people.

• You enjoy and strive for continuous improvement.

• You’re driven to produce quality work (and of course, quality products too!).

• You are a self-starter, motivated to improve, and eager to learn.

• You communicate clearly, effectively, and promptly.

• You have the ability (and discipline) to set and meet deadlines.

• You can juggle multiple simultaneous projects. If you can actually juggle, that’s cool too.

• You prefer working for a small company.

If the above points describe you well, you meet the qualifications, and the job description sounds right up your alley,
then you should apply! Please send a cover letter, resume, and references to ryan.l