Test Engineer

About the role

CAF is an international market leader for the design, manufacture, maintenance and supply of equipment and components for integrated transport systems at the forefront of technology that provides high value added sustainable mobility for its customers. We are proud to be recognized for our versatility, flexibility and for our capacity to constantly adapt and innovate. CAF USA is located in Elmira Heights, New York which is part of the Southern Finger Lakes areas. The area is ideally situated for those who want to be in proximity to large metropolitan areas, but live a life made far richer by connecting to nature and community, making a difference in the lives of their neighbors and taking advantage of the opportunity to develop a fulfilling work life balance that ideally suits who they are. Will serve as the expert in either mechanical/electrical engineering requirements for the testing department. Will have in-depth knowledge of engineering and rail car design to ensure that the employees are adequately trained on their duties and responsibilities within the testing department and that all testing equipment is calibrated and adequate for the job. In some cases will be required to travel with the finished product to the end destination.

Responsibilities

• Capture manufacturability issues with the design, submit design change proposals, and implement the change into the product
• BOM explosions, implosions, and station routings and use of system to see what we manufacture and what we buy
• Demonstrates the ability to plan, assign, coordinate, and supervise work of testing and employees while documenting and writing comprehensive reports
• Reporting routinely the progress of the testing according to the plan.
• Troubleshooting any errors and streamlining the testing procedures
• Be able to support the needs of production staff
• Read and understand schematics, blueprints and 3 Dimensional drawings
• In excel, be able to import data, look up tables, create pivot tables, simple macros, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager
• Programming basics
• Critical data analysis
• Responds to customer calls
• Elaborate test layout and test flow