What are the responsibilities and job description for the Validation Engineer position at Katalyst CRO?
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical) curriculum
- 9 years of experience desired, 5 years of experience required
- Master's or Doctorate can potentially decrease experience required
- Previous product development experience (design, validation/test or analysis).
- Experience with electric drive systems and/or components, with focus on electric induction motor and generator and resistor grids
- Experience with structured FMEA & DVP&R process.
- Experience with NPI Issue resolution process.
