What are the responsibilities and job description for the Validation Engineer position at PRI Global?
Validation Engineer
Newark, CA (onsite)
Contract
Need to have experience in Automotive Industry
Minimum Qualifications :
- Minimum 2 years experience in automotive testing and validation.
- Hands-on skills to design, build and bring up test benches and breakout boxes.
- Knowledge and experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN, CAN-FD, Ethernet, LIN, UDS and related tools to measure and command signals, though scripting or otherwise.
- Knowledge and experience of communication protocols for test engineering RS232, GPIB, Ethernet, USB or otherwise
- Experienced in a scripting language for test automation : C, C , CAPL, or Python or otherwise
- Demonstrable ability to concisely present technical issues, findings and propose next steps.
- Experience with Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R)
- Experience with Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
- Education : BS minimum in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
- Understanding of Electronics Engineering fundamentals : Kirchoff’s laws, Ohm’s law, Analog vs Digital, Harness Design (Connectors, Pins, Wire Guage) and capacity to apply those fundamentals in problem solving.
- Have strong ethics and diligence
- Understanding of the latest industry LV electrical architectures and vehicle networks including topologies
- Ability to make efficient reporting, both oral and written; Ability to articulate highly technical issues to audiences not in the crash safety field, such as top management, design studio, purchasing team, etc.
