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Bachelor's preferred. * Certifications: ASQ CQE or CQT, or equivalent, preferred. * Experience: 5+ years of hands on product testing, test engineering, or product validation, preferably in machinery, tools, or industrial equipment. * Method Development: You build test plans and methods from specifications and published standards, not solely executing existing procedures. * Fixture Design: CAD proficiency to model and detail for fabrication (SolidWorks preferred) with strong mechanical design intuition. * Instrumentation: Load cells, accelerometers, sound level meters, and dataloggers, plus multimeters, oscilloscopes, and precision measurement instruments. * Drawings & GD&T: Proficient interpreting engineering drawings, GD&T, and technical specifications. * Quality Tools: Root Cause Analysis, FMEA, DOE, and Six Sigma principles. Formal QMS documentation experience preferred. * Troubleshooting: Electro-mechanical troubleshooting, with PCB assembly and debug preferred. * Communication: Clear technical writing and self directed management of concurrent projects. * Travel: Willing to travel once or twice a year to JPW manufacturing and warehouse locations (Two Rivers, WI; Albert Lea, MN; Manitowoc, WI). ## Description As QA Testing Engineer, you own the development and technical execution of product testing for the lab. You will partner with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to turn product requirements and standards into rigorous, repeatable tests, and you will give day to day technical direction to the Lab Test Technician and temporary lab support. * Test plans, methods, and acceptance criteria built from product requirements and applicable safety and performance standards. * Fixture design for load bearing, safety critical, and instrumented tests, with drawings sufficient for fabrication. * Complex, instrumented, and first of kind testing, plus root cause investigation through to verified corrective action. * Lab capability and integrity: the calibration program, safe and properly guarded setups, and new assets like the acoustic containment room. Your First Year: What Success Looks Like * You have stood up test capability for new lab assets, including the acoustic test containment room, and validated its measurement integrity. * You have developed and documented test methods and acceptance criteria for active NPD programs, not just executed existing ones. * You have led at least one root cause investigation from failure through verified corrective action, with a clear engineering report behind it. * Design, Manufacturing, and Quality see you as the technical authority on how JPW proves its products. How You'll Spend Your Time Plan and Design the Test * Develop test plans, procedures, and pass/fail criteria covering instrumentation, data acquisition, and sample size. * Select functional, durability, environmental, acoustic, safety, and regulatory methods, applying standards that govern stationary machinery (for example UL 987, CSA, CE/EN, ANSI/ISO sound power). * Design load bearing, safety critical, and instrumented fixtures, and approve them before first use and after modification. Execute and Analyze * Run complex, instrumented, and first of kind testing on prototypes, production samples, and competitor benchmarks. * Analyze results, identify failure modes, and lead root cause investigation through to verified corrective action. * Author test reports with methodology, data, conclusions, and design recommendations. Direct the Lab and Improve It * Provide technical direction, training, and work review for the Lab Test Technician and temporary support. * Scope incoming requests with the QA Manager, own the calibration program, and keep setups safe and properly guarded. * Support the transition of new products to manufacturing and continuously improve lab methods, capability, and throughput. ## Related Videos - [How I Built QA from Scratch in a Scaling Startup - no fluff real life story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2041-how-i-built-qa-from-scratch-in-a-scaling-startup-no-fluff-real-life-story) - [XR Demystified: Separating Facts from Fiction in 2024](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1117-xr-demystified-separating-facts-from-fiction-in-2024) - [Using AI Without Losing Your Skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2045-using-ai-without-losing-your-skills) - [Are Classical Automation Frameworks Dead? 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