Validation Test Engineer

Validation Test Engineer
Mansfield, OH area

Tight-knit team, straight 40 hours per week, robust product line, have a strong mentor and lead the way as the plant validation expert and EXCELLENT BENEFITS DAY ONE of employment!

➡️ Love Your Team: Be part of a tight-knit team that genuinely enjoys working together, celebrating a strong sense of camaraderie.

➡️ Work-Life Balance is Real Here: This role offers a straight 40-hour week, so you can plan on having your evenings and weekends free. Overtime is a rare exception, not the rule.

➡️ Balanced & Secure: Contribute to a robust automotive product line while also enjoying the stability that comes from a diversified customer portfolio.

➡️ Mentor-Led Growth: Learn from and be guided by a manager with two decades of company history, providing a solid foundation for your career.

➡️ Work in Comfort: Say goodbye to hot, stuffy plants; this facility is clean and air-conditioned for your comfort.

➡️ Lead the Way: Focus on becoming the go-to validation and test process expert for the site.

Ready to move your career forward? We will make this process easy for you!

Fast-paced manufacturer is hiring a Validation Test Engineer to join their team. As the Validation Test Engineer, you will report to the Engineering Manager and will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Develop Validation Tests: Create and develop validation tests that accurately replicate how the product will be used and the environmental conditions it will face.
• Design Test Plans: Build comprehensive validation test plans using customer specifications, product risk assessments, reliability requirements, and real-world field data.
• Create Procedures and Fixtures: Develop detailed durability and performance test procedures and design the necessary fixtures for testing.
• Manage and Execute Testing: Oversee the execution of all validation test plans from start to finish.
• Provide Timely Updates: Keep internal and external customers informed with weekly updates on test progress.
• Analyze and Predict Performance: Perform detailed engineering and reliability analysis on test results, applying statistical methods to predict product performance.
• Document and Report: Write and deliver thorough test reports, summarizing all findings and conclusions.
• Other duties as assigned by management

Candidates should feel comfortable spending the majority of their day at their desk and up to 20% of their time in a test lab. Candidates should be able to communicate at all levels and be able to build rapport with test technicians and team members. The qualified individual will have drive, be eager to learn, able to support others and work within a team environment to complete tasks. Additional benefits include AFFORDABLE medical, dental, vision, holiday pay, EXCELLENT 401K, paid holidays and vacation. Although no remote work is available, the company offers an excellent work/life balance and flexibility as needed!

2. At least two years of similar validation test engineering experience
3. Experience working in a lab setting

4. Experience supporting mechanical and/or electrical components

5. Microsoft Office

Skills preferred but NOT required:
1. Minitab

2. Automotive supplier environments

3. Mechanical aptitude and/or hobbies

Reasons to work for this company:

➡️ Diverse business mix

➡️ Promotional opportunity in the future

➡️ Air conditioned facility; stay cool in the summer

➡️ Work with a tight-knit engineering group

➡️ 401K and profit sharing

➡️ Benefits are very competitive, available day one of employment and AFFORDABLE

Candidates are preferred to be local to the Mansfield, Ohio area; there is not a relocation package available at this time.

Validation Protocols (e.g., IQ, OQ, PQ), Validation Plans, Validation Master Plans (VMP), Process Validation, Risk Management, Compliance, Documentation, Test Plans / Test Protocols, T est Cases, Test Automation, Manual Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Verification, System, Root Cause Analysis, Troubleshooting, DFMEA, DRBFM, DVP&R, TLR, scheduling, timing, reliability, reliability engineer, data analysis, test reports,