Test and Validation Engineer 

Galway 

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. 

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