Test and Validation Engineer 

About us 

Atlantach Technical Services is an Engineering solutions company specialising in the project management, construction and commissioning market in Ireland and the USA. We are a trusted partner to leading blue chip companies across many sectors with project work spanning semiconductor, automotive, MedTech and Data Centre – just some of the focus areas we work in

Join Our team 

We have a dedicated team of highly skilled technicians and engineers with a wealth of experience and a proven track record of delivering results for our ever-growing client base. 

Currently, we are looking for like-minded professionals to join our team and are hiring a Test and Validation Engineer to support a very high-profile automotive manufacturing client in Co. Galway 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Test service request process, review, and analysis 
• Analyse customer specification with the R&D and Quality Project Team Members, challenge the tests requested and define the final validation plan to build the final offer. 
• Review customer Environmental/reliability Validation Requirements and Test Plan 
• Perform Validation Design reviews 
• Support product Risk Assessments (if applicable) to the product design team. 
• Climatic & Vibration/Shock test fixture requirement review with Prototype Lead. 
• Operational Test S/W & H/W Requirements review with R&D Tools group. 
• RFQ with suppliers & Purchase Order generation of all items identified in BOM. 
• Manage the planning inside the Environmental laboratory and allocate resources.  
• Responsible for obtaining the specific tools needed for the validation (need specification and follow-up)  
• Manage the cost of the validation activities. 
• Familiarise with the working system using test bench equipment to enable view on delivered product and to understand customer problems. 
• Carry out all work to comply with Quality Management System and Validation Engineering Processes e.g. 
• Labelling /Cataloguing received Test samples as per Test plan. 
• Kick-off Test Setup & Execution using test chamber & test bench. 
• Operational and Non-operational test Data sorting/review. 
• Participate in Failure analysis of Validation issues with support from internal & external customer/report on actions daily in QRQC meetings until Failure Analysis is closed. 
• Final Customer Report generation, peer review cycle/closure/release to customer. 
• Recirculation of test results into design iterations through Design Review’s. 
• Input to concepts and alternate solutions. 
• Generation of customer test reports, peer-reviews of data and follow up on approval. 
• Create daily and weekly activity reports on project and non-project related activities using dashboards made available. 
• Participate in department and platform lessons learned reviews across the various projects. 
• Contribute to the improvements of the laboratory’s tools such as: instruction sheet, Test request Management tool development and validation of test environment processes automation. 
• Minimize test cycle times. 
• Provide work instructions to test houses to enable efficient transfer of test equipment. 
• Implement a robust and efficient automated test benches. 

Authority:

• You have authority to stop the job if you feel there is an unsafe work practice which could result in a risk of injury, have an environmental impact or risk to equipment and other personnel. 

Requirements: 

• A relevant Technical Engineering Degree e.g., Computer & Electronic Engineering, Physics & Instrumentation OR Mechatronics 
• 2 – 4 years’ experience 
• Proficient in National Instruments (LabVIEW/or Test Stand) 
• Automotive experience an advantage  
• Computer literate in MS Office suite. 

Atlantach Technical Services is an Equal Opportunities Employer