Engineer, Test & Validation

Location: Bradenton, FL | Base Salary: $104,690 – $123,165 | Full-time, onsite (5–10% US travel)

About This Role

Kidde Global Solutions (KGS), a portfolio company of Lone Star Funds, is seeking a first-shift lab engineer to ensure the quality and compliance of smoke and carbon monoxide detection products. You will review schematics and customer requirements, develop detailed testing procedures, and execute comprehensive validation and regression tests. You will analyze defective components, conduct failure analyses, and document all findings for leadership and team review. You will also use your technical skills to support product validation within the Global Lab organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Create complex test strategies for product validation to ensure compliance with industry regulations for life safety products.
• Review, test, and validate agency and engineering design requirements for each product to ensure compliance with agency standards.
• Document product requirements and develop individual test cases in an organized manner for global lab organizations to track and monitor test progression.
• Assist in planning work breakdowns for assigned engineering technicians to accelerate product testing schedules and meet critical business milestones.
• Work with cross-functional engineering teams to assist in complex root cause analysis to create reliable, industry-leading life safety products.
• Read and interpret electrical and mechanical schematics to understand test requirements.
• Interact with key customers to provide technical support as needed.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 6+ years’ experience working as a lab/test engineer with consumer electronics
• 1+ year of experience using digital and analog testing equipment such as multimeters and oscilloscopes

Preferred Qualifications

• B.A./B.S. in Electronics Technology, Lab Technician, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 2 years of related experience
• Excellent self-task management, prioritization, and documentation skills in an R&D or lab environment
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, installation sheets, and bills of materials
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with little to no supervision
• Experience working on failure probability models and risk mitigation plans
• Interpersonal skills to work with several departments, including engineering, key project stakeholders, and production
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Familiarity with UL standards
• MATLAB / Minitab data analysis experience
• Experience in Jira or similar tools
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to adapt to change

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual performance bonus based on individual and company performance
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off (vacation, sick, company holidays)
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

World Leaders in Fire and Life Safety

Kidde Global Solutions is a world leader in fire & life safety solutions tailored for complex commercial facilities to homes. Through iconic, industry-defining brands including Kidde, Kidde Commercial, Edwards, GST, Badger, and Aritech, we provide residential and commercial customers with advanced solutions and services to protect people and property in a wide range of applications, all around the globe.