Validation Engineer

Net2Source is a Global Workforce Solutions Company headquartered at NJ, USA with its branch offices in Asia Pacific Region. We are one of the fastest growing IT Consulting company across the USA and we are hiring "Validation Engineer" for one of our clients. We offer a wide gamut of consulting solutions customized to our 450 clients ranging from Fortune 500/1000 to Start-ups across various verticals like Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Oil & Gas, Energy, Retail, Telecom, Utilities, Technology, Manufacturing, the Internet, and Engineering.

Validation Engineer"

12 months with open for extension

Mossville, IL

Job Description

As a Validation Engineer in the Power Electronics & Motor Validation & Verification Team, you will be joining an innovative team on the cutting edge of electrification. The Power Electronics & Motor team is part of the Electrification Energy Solutions (E ES) organization and is responsible for end-to-end design and development of power electronics and motor solutions for multiple Caterpillar mobile and stationary applications. Our group ensures that our Power Electronics and Motor components meet or exceed our customer requirements through proactive validation planning rigor and verification testing.

Validation Engineers act as a subject matter expert to aid Project Leads / Design Engineers in validation of their components.

They act as a form of checks & balances to Design Engineers and lead documenting & disseminating validation best practices across the organization, shifting focus from reactive to proactive.

They serve as the un-biased auditor of the program, communicating program risks and planned mitigation. No surprises at GW time.

You will be responsible for validation planning and risk assessments across multiple NPI programs and will utilize FMEA based and systems. Your role will be critical to establishing validation excellence planning, Proactive Reliability, and PPRD to ensure proper validation of components in the power electronics and motors domain, delivering world-class solutions, and mentoring and coaching team members.

Story Behind the Need – Business Group & Key Projects

• Position’s Contributions to Work Group
• Team culture
• Surrounding team & key projects
• Purpose of this team
• Reason for the request

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.

Reason/motivation for request:

• Addition
• Current validation engineer promoted to manage and grow the team. Need a backfill for this spot plus one for more program coverage
• Positions could cover Power Electronics or Motors, or both.

Typical Day in the Role

• Typical task breakdown and rhythm
• Interaction level with team
• Work environment description

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.

Candidate Requirements

• Years of experience required
• Degrees or certifications required
• Disqualifiers
• Performance indicators

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

(Required)

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

Soft Skills

(Required)

• 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

If you are interested, please forward your resume to Satish.a@net2source.com and call me at (201) 484-7963 Ext.389 or please refer any suitable candidates for this role.

Thanks & Regards,

Satish Kumar Abrol |Senior Technical Recruiter

Net2Source Inc.

Global HQ Address – 270 Davidson Ave, Suite 704, Somerset, NJ 08873

Cell: (201) 484-7963

Email: Satish.a@net2source.com

Web: www.net2source.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satish-kumar-abrol-544548129/