Validation Engineer

About the role

GILLIG Engineering is responsible for the development, customization, and configuration of GILLIG's clean technology heavy-duty transit buses. Validation Engineering focuses on testing, simulation, and evaluation of systems, components, and vehicle platforms to ensure design requirements are met and overall performance meets the heavy-duty transit bus duty-cycle.

Responsibilities

• Support validation activities surrounding the planning and execution of DV/PV testing for components, systems, and entire vehicles, ensuring complete traceability between requirements, test results, and test reports.
• Develop and release comprehensive DV/PV test plans based on program targets, control documents, and requirements for both external suppliers and internal teams.
• Support engineering design and/or DFMEA reviews with Engineering and/or Suppliers.
• Coverage of requirements, design verification, and validation with suppliers and external testing resources to support the overall program validation plan.
• Support the development and implementation of test benches for internal testing.
• Work closely with the Engineering teams to develop and deploy instrumentation and data acquisition strategies, data analysis methodologies and best practices for planning and conducting effective and timely testing activities.
• Gather and refine complex data sets into useable information and reports.
• Report test results, document non-conformances, and work with related engineering teams to identify root causes and develop solutions.
• Support the maintenance and calibration of test equipment and instrumentation.
• Support the development and deployment of engineering standards.
• Support as a technical resource at external facilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Minimum 2 years of experience within the Engineering industry
• Experience in automotive and/or heavy-duty vehicle testing/validation
• Experience working with internal and external customers, engineering service suppliers, and supervising 3rd party test facilities
• Knowledge of FMVSS, ADA, APTA Bus Procurement Guidelines, SAE HD vehicle standards, NFPA
• Experience with "hands-on" troubleshooting, product assembly, prototyping, testing, and validation activities (on site and at remote locations)
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with team members, customers, internal and external suppliers
• Familiarity with testing processes, including creating and executing test plans on vehicles supporting program timelines
• Familiarity with instrumentation and data acquisition equipment
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications
• Minimum 2 years of experience within the Engineering industry
• Experience in automotive and/or heavy-duty vehicle testing/validation
• Experience working with internal and external customers, engineering service suppliers, and supervising 3rd party test facilities
• Knowledge of FMVSS, ADA, APTA Bus Procurement Guidelines, SAE HD vehicle standards, NFPA
• Experience with "hands-on" troubleshooting, product assembly, prototyping, testing, and validation activities (on site and at remote locations)
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with team members, customers, internal and external suppliers
• Familiarity with testing processes, including creating and executing test plans on vehicles supporting program timelines
• Familiarity with instrumentation and data acquisition equipment
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail

Benefits

• Excellent compensation including company paid medical premiums, generous retirement plan and other comprehensive benefits
• Standard start time: 8:00 a.m MST (negotiable)

Pay

• $75,000 - $125,000/annual salary + premium benefits

Schedule

• 30% travel may be required