Validation Test Engineer
Watertown, MA
Full Time
Engineering
Experienced
WiTricity is seeking an experienced, hands on, engineer to join our Reliability & Validation team and own hardware validation across WiTricity’s next generation Electric Vehicle (EV) wireless charging products and vehicle sub-systems.
Based at our HQ in Watertown, MA facility, we are seeking candidates to join our team with the following experience:
- Studied product usage and compiled mission habits and stresses to inform testing.
- Developed product specific hardware test plans encompassing various areas of potential field stress enabling demonstration of product mission success.
- Hardware test execution experience including the use of environmental chambers, load frames, measurement equipment, high power electronics, etc. (firmware test experience is a plus).
- Data collection, analysis and report out to various audiences.
- Knowledge of failure modes and mechanisms common to the automotive industry or electromechanical devices down to the component level.
- Design & development of custom test fixtures used to validate products comprised of complex hardware and software content. Automation knowledge is desired.
- Experience being part of a design team and interfacing with product design engineers/management to provide and receive input on product requirements which may inform test requirements.
- Collaboration with external/internal resources to oversee testing at various locations.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the Validation Lead on WiTricity’s Design Team(s), and provide insight into product design to optimize against possible failure modes tied to projected use cases, environments, etc.
- Own test plan conception, alignment, deployment, and continuous monitoring for assigned project(s). At a high level, the products needing to be tested must meet the following:
- Align with stakeholders on test plans.
- Define appropriate tests based on international standards, internal/external specifications or other best practices in the following (not limited to) categories: Performance, Environmental, Mechanical, and Reliability.
- Execute and oversee all testing to completion.
- Generate test reports and successfully report out results and design improvement opportunities to all levels of the company.
- Provide readiness guidance to design team partners based on test findings.
- Provide coaching to junior engineers on the team.
- Other duties as required.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or related field. Advanced degree or CRE is a plus.
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience performing testing on products consisting of electrical, software, and mechanical content or acting as a Reliability Engineer.
- Experience analyzing systems and data statistically (Weibull, non-parametric, Reliability Block Diagrams, Fault Tree Analysis, etc.) is preferred.
- Experience reading and interpreting standards such as ASTM, ISO, IEC, etc.
- Must be able to work effectively with cross-functional, global team members from design and development, product management, and customer support.
- Must be hands-on and comfortable in a product lab environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Role requires being onsite with occasional flexibility for WFH.
About WiTricity:
WiTricity is the pioneer in wireless charging for electric vehicles, leading the development and implementation of magnetic resonance technology across passenger and commercial vehicles. The company’s products are backed by an extensive patent portfolio that supports ratified global EV wireless charging standards including SAE, ISO, and GB. Automakers and Tier 1 suppliers look to WiTricity to help accelerate the adoption of EVs by eliminating the hassle of plug-in charging and setting the stage for future autonomy. Beyond EVs, WiTricity technology is foundational to the wireless charging of many products, from consumer electronics to micro-mobility to robotics.
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