Associate Engineer Validation

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• Execution of functional tests for automotive plastic fuel tanks (refueling, volume characteristics, venting, environmental, ...) and Pentatonic Battery Housing (mechanical, environmental, ...).

• Analyze customers SOW´s for automotive components and definition of DVP/PVP.

• Definition and execution of sample and prototype build up and data acquisition.

• Test planning and set up, coordination, execution, evaluation and documentation of validation and development tests for automotive products.

• Ordering and supervision of external test.

• Creation of generic test standards and specifications in alignment with internal core functions, customer and suppliers considering vDVP.

• Product validation against internal and external specifications.

• Evaluation and interpretation of test results and definition of counter measures. Creation professional test reports.

• Reporting test results to the customer.

• Calculation of test and validation costs.

• Show robustness of products over lifecycle of development plans.

• Drive the customers buy in to follow generic development and validation (generic DVP/PVP, vDVP, HALT, ...).

• Technical link between Kautex development teams, validation and the customer.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering (, Electrical, Chemistry, Physics) from an accredited college or university.

• Testing and Validation Experience

• Professional experience in one of the following fields is preferred

- Data acquisition and measurement technology (Lab View, Python,…)

- Complex mechatronic systems, ideally Automotive

- Statistical mathematics

- Blow-/ Injection-/ Compression molding

- Fluid dynamics

- Thermodynamics

• Fluid English required

• Willingness to travel (customer visits, test drives, supplier development, testing in plants, exchange with other validation teams, method and equipment development)

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