Test Engineering Manager

Job Purpose

The Test Engineering Manager for Product Verification and Validation is responsible for ensuring that all new products released by the product design team meet all internal and external requirements. This includes all physical testing, both at Dana and at outside vendors, as well as all virtual validation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure high quality product releases by managing and controlling product testing (both virtual and physical testing).
• Manage the product testing team consisting of test technicians, test engineers, and virtual validation engineers.
• Ensure all lab personnel are properly trained in use of all equipment
• Support and conduct all prototype product builds.
• Maintain inventory control of all test equipment, tooling and prototype parts.
• Drive continuous improvement within the product test process.
• Plan assigned projects documenting the scope, constraints, key success factors, budget, tasks, deliverables, roles and responsibilities.
• Schedule tasks assigning appropriate resources and ensure relevant tools are available for team members.
• Review project against the agreed plan and budget, control change, resolve day to day issues and manage risk ensuring project is delivered on time and to budget.
• Ensure adherence of all test facilities to all regulatory and certifying requirements.
• Oversee any field testing at customer.

Knowledge & Skills Summary:

• 5+ years' experience ensuring quality and managing a product test team of ten or more members.
• 5+ years utilizing the stage gate development process for product development
• Hands on experience introducing and continually improving best practice product testing procedures within teams.
• Able to travel domestically and internationally as the need arises (<10%)

Education and Experience:

• BS in Engineering related field (ME, EE, AgE, Mechatronics etc)
• Experience in testing drive components and drive systems in hydrostatic transmissions as well as electrically driven drivetrains.
• Familiar with DC, AC induction, IPM motors and the associated control for such motors.
• Experience with mechanical, hydraulic and electrical equipment, instrumentation and data acquisition.
• Design, function and testing of multi-stage planetary gearboxes.
• Experience with National Instruments software and programming.
• Experience with nCode Glyphworks software.
• Knowledge of parametric modeling software.
• Ability to read 2d blueprints and schematics and general understand of GD&T.
• MS Office products.