• Execution of functional tests for automotive plastic fuel tanks (refueling, volume characteristics, venting, environmental, ...) and Pentatonic Battery Housing (mechanical, environmental, ...).
• Analyze customers SOW´s for automotive components and definition of DVP/PVP.
• Definition and execution of sample and prototype build up and data acquisition.
• Test planning and set up, coordination, execution, evaluation and documentation of validation and development tests for automotive products.
• Ordering and supervision of external test.
• Creation of generic test standards and specifications in alignment with internal core functions, customer and suppliers considering vDVP.
• Product validation against internal and external specifications.
• Evaluation and interpretation of test results and definition of counter measures. Creation professional test reports.
• Reporting test results to the customer.
• Calculation of test and validation costs.
• Show robustness of products over lifecycle of development plans.
• Drive the customers buy in to follow generic development and validation (generic DVP/PVP, vDVP, HALT, ...).
• Technical link between Kautex development teams, validation and the customer.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Chemistry, Physics) from an accredited college or university.
• Testing and Validation Experience
• Professional experience in one of the following fields is preferred
- Data acquisition and measurement technology (LabView, Python,…)
- Complex mechatronic systems, ideally Automotive
- Statistical mathematics
- Blow-/ Injection-/ Compression molding
- Fluid dynamics
- Thermodynamics
• Fluid English required
• Willingness to travel (customer visits, test drives, supplier development, testing in plants, exchange with other validation teams, method and equipment development)
