Senior Validation Engineer

Quality/Test Engineer 5 “Validation Engineer”; Mossville

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

• Assess and plan work to mitigate risk in NTI and NPI programs

• Work with design leads to establish an initial first-pass test plan early in a program (pick list review to document leverage opportunity, VPD and potential test load)

• Participate in or Plan and Host Simulation and Test Collaboration Workshops (STCW) early in programs, pre-DFMEA to create high-level Validation Plan

• Communicate progress in Gateway Reviews including System Readiness Summaries

• Quality approval of FMEA / DVP&R with design managers with key focus of developing standard FMEA's

• Creation of Proactive Reliability glidepaths

• Standard work creation, updating, and socialization

• Project long-term testing needs, including lab space, equipment and people

• SME for myNPI issues meetings and issue resolution

• HALT planning assistance but not ownership

• APQP Oversight

• Provide technical guidance and capture lessons learned

• Position involves working in a team environment on challenging, new product programs that include electric drive technology and will support a 80+ strong team of engineers and technologists.

Typical task breakdown:

• Attend project execution team meetings for assigned NPI/NTI projects

• Asses new content, develop high-level test plans, supplement high-level plan with detailed FMEA-based DVP&R

• Present in Design Reviews and Gate Reviews on Validation Readiness

Interaction with team:

• Role will be embedded in design teams for NPI/NTI programs
• Will interact with component and system design leads, system validation engineers, other component validation engineers and component test team

Work environment:

• Role will consist of meetings (Teams and in-person), collaboration with design engineers, as well as test engineers in our labs

Primary lab spaces are in Building AC, with some potential to have work going on in Tech Center G, PPG, and TPG.

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum

• 9+ years of experience OR

• Master's degree in an Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum plus 7+ years of experience OR

• Doctorate degree in Engineering plus 5+ years of experience

• Previous product development experience (design, validation/test or analysis).

Technical Skills

• Experience with electric drive systems and/or components
• Experience with structured FMEA & DVP&R process
• Experience with NPI Issue resolution process
• Experience with NPI Programs and Processes

Soft Skills

• Strong communication skills
• Self-starter with strong technical leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through complex assignments.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Solid organizational and facilitation skills

Disqualifiers/Red Flags:

• Does not work well in a fast-paced team environment
• Does not handle multiple projects simultaneously

Cintal offers the following benefits:

• 10 paid holidays per year

• 2 weeks of paid time off per year, the current year is pro-rated based on start date

• Access to the company’s medical insurance, including dental and coverage

• Eligibility for life insurance and disability coverage for short or long-term disabilities or long-term care needs

• 401k eligibility with employer contribution annually

• Reimbursement for relocation expenses up to a certain amount on a case-by-case basis

• Yearly bonus based on company performance.

• Visa sponsorship