Test Engineer - Data Analysis

Job Description
- Product support through the planning, developing, scheduling and execution of project verification and validation engineering activities of varying scale and complexity.
- Provides technical guidance and direction to design engineers and technicians based on verification and validation expertise.
- Prepares and communicates testing cost estimations for assigned testing.
- Make decisions on types of testing, specifies test procedures, instrumentation and hardware used in the testing of designs.
- Responsible for performing data analysis to support testing conclusions, which are to be documented through engineering reports.
- Core Responsible Areas:
1) Outsourced Braking Performance Testing:
Manage the coordination, execution, and results for brake performance testing with external test suppliers. Role will be a liaison between Test Supplier and Volvo.
2) Articulation Testing:
Perform suspension articulation testing to evaluate impacts of design and packaging changes to the complete vehicle
3) Vehicle Weight Studies:
Perform weight studies on vehicles to measure the impacts of new components to the total system
4) Water Tightness Testing:
Evaluate design changes or field issues by testing complete vehicle water tightness testing
5) Misc Vehicle Testing/Measurements:
Smaller scale test setups that will require knowledge of basic principals of instrumentation and data collection.
6) Support coordination of other outsourced testing requests
- Support/Exposure Areas:
1) Support system functionality verification testing along side other Test Engineers in the following areas (as necessary, not core responsibilities):
Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH), Vehicles Dynamics (Handling, Braking, Ride), Cooling Performance, and Fuel Economy