Durability Test Engineer

Are you looking to work for a company that provides an innovative work environment and where your voice is heard? We are seeking a Durability Test Engineer to support vehicle durability validation and road load simulation activities for a leading automotive customer.

What You Will Be Doing

• Plan, coordinate, and execute durability testing using MTS real-time hydraulically actuated simulators.
• Configure and operate data acquisition systems to collect and analyze vehicle and component performance data.
• Lead test specimen builds, instrumentation activities, installations, repairs, and teardowns.
• Perform simulator tuning and operation using RPC Pro and FlexTest software.
• Process and analyze durability data and communicate results to engineering teams.
• Conduct daily test inspections, reporting, and durability issue investigations.
• Support proving ground data acquisition activities and correlate road load data to laboratory testing.
• Coordinate with mechanics, supervisors, maintenance teams, and engineering groups to ensure successful test execution.
• Participate in issue review meetings and provide technical recommendations.

Do you have a valid Driver’s License license?, Do you have experience in Troubleshooting hydraulic systems?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering?, * Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Aeronautical Engineering.

• Experience with data acquisition systems and instrumentation including accelerometers, load cells, and strain gauges.
• Understanding of fatigue, durability, damage severity analysis, and stress-life/load-life concepts.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with test equipment and servo-hydraulic systems.
• Excellent communication, organization, and project leadership skills.
• Ability to work occasional off-shifts and weekends.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Preferred

• 2-5 years of automotive durability testing experience.
• MTS RPC Pro and FlexTest experience.
• Experience with servo-hydraulic durability simulators.
• nCode and Somat eDAQ experience.
• CAN bus tools such as CANalyzer.
• Strain gauge application and instrumentation experience.
• Experience working in a unionized environment.
• Master’s degree in Engineering.