Validation Engineer
Job Number: 3124
External Description:
Validation Engineer
Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world-class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together.
About this role
Established Test and Validation professional. Measures, analyzes and calibrates equipment on small to medium platforms/projects/systems. Ensures that systems perform accordingly to meet production quality. Documents test results and maintains records.
Key Responsibilities
- Meet with managers and project managers to understand testing requests, test product availability, equipment availability, and detailed report with concise summaries that will be reviewed by all levels of management
- Prioritize tasks and testing procedures to meet company and customer goals
- Preventative equipment maintenance and repair
- Manage GageTrak equipment calibration tracking and shipping coordination
- Maintain lab gas, electronic parts inventory, critical spare parts inventory and documentation
- Execute parts kitting to support rapid board prototyping at quick turn supplier
- Oversee and execute official UL and ULC compliance tests for life safety products
- Communicate directly with UL as a Kidde liaison for certification testing
- Review schematics and customer requirements for each product to assure accurate tests are being performed for each product
- Evaluate and understand the bill of materials to make sure that all of the components are accounted for during the testing
- Execute validation and regression level tests
- Calibrate products to meet client specifications
- Verify functional requirement on new product designs
- Track progress on program testing to ensure schedule goals
- Document product and procedure test results in an organized manner for leadership and co-workers to review
- Conduct testing under direction from design engineering to support failure analysis investigation
- Compile and report any unusual conditions or high-risk results that could affect the quality and even safety of the product to leadership using Excel and other testing log software systems
- Follow-up with engineering teams on re-designed product or products that needed technical updates/ changes after test results
- Review, test, and validate agency requirements for each product to ensure that they all meet standards
- Collaborate with the team and share ideas on process improvement
- Demonstrate ownership of maintaining existing and creation of new test procedures
- On occasion, analyze defective components and/ or product systems
- Execute ad-hoc tasks to support the lab and design teams
Required Qualifications
- Associate’s degree
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working as a testing technician, test engineer on electronic products, and/or experience working on electronics in a SAE club
- Experience in using MATLAB for data analysis and/or simulation
- Proficient using digital and analog testing equipment such as multi-meters, oscilloscopes
- Ability to execute testing and validation tasks within a specific timeline
- Soldering experience with a Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
- Comfortable working with lab equipment and various hand-held power tools
- Understands how to read and interpret schematics, installation sheets, and bill of materials
- Interpersonal skills to work with several departments, including engineering and production
- Proficient on Microsoft Office (especially Excel)
- Ability to stand for long periods of time and lift up to 50 lbs. with or without reasonable accommodation
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.A. without restrictions
- Worked in the fire and gas industry with knowledge of regulatory standards such as UL268/217/521/EN54
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Job Number: 30121221
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Location_formattedLocationLong: Florida, US