Test Engineer

Job Description

Position Summary

Performs a variety of professional level engineering duties. Test Engineers create and implement test cases, including documenting defects and failures, to ensure a quality product.

Primary Responsibilities

• Sets up, programs, and runs test lab equipment
• Designs tests to ensure customer specifications are met
• Provides feedback to Program Engineering, R&D Engineering, and Advanced Engineering on tests requested
• Performs failure analysis on tests that do not pass test specifications
• Troubleshoots lab equipment failures and help to resolve issues quickly
• Prepares test reports for external and internal customers
• Provides feedback on test results to external customers and be available to attend customer meetings
• Works with Lab Technicians with a goal of minimizing LTR’s past due
• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of data results through thorough documentation processes
• Must operate in a manner that reinforces, supports and is consistent with the Cooper Standard Leadership Model
• Ensures 6S, housekeeping, and health & safety standards are maintained
• Contracting, scheduling, and supervising tests with sub‐contracting facilities
• May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description

Education and Qualifications

• Four Year College or University Degree or equivalent
• Two to four years of relevant work experience
• Fabrication, blueprint reading skills, and equipment knowledge preferred
• Knowledge of statistics
• Strong mechanical aptitude, as well as technical and analytical problem‐solving skills
• Skills or working knowledge of plumbing, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical systems
• Good interpersonal skills to work effectively with others in a team environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work area without supervisory approval; evaluates and selects solutions from established alternatives
• Impacts own team through the quality of the services or information provided; follows standardized procedures and practices and receives regular but moderate supervision and guidance
• Exchanges information and seeks understanding
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary

Position Type

Regular

Additional Locations

Additional Information

Remote Status

On-site