Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior Job Listing at Roush Industries in Dearborn, MI (Job ID VIxC7m8gAI)

Description

We work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn't believe.  At Roush, you're part of building the future.  Are you someone that has a passion for providing innovated solutions to complex challenges?  Do you want to work someplace where creativity and new ideas are encouraged?  If so, then keep reading.

We fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries.  With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage. 

We offer a full array of benefits to our full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

Job Summary

The Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior will support engineering testing for research, development,  or certification of vehicles, products, sub-systems, components, or materials. This role is responsible for leading as well as mentoring less senior technicians on collecting data, using specialized equipment, control software, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems. This role will also lead and mentor others on diagnosis of the unit on test, and the complete experimental setup, to ensure operational efficiency and data quality. Senior team members are also expected to Interpret data and provide feedback to requestors. This position is located in Dearborn, MI.

As an Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior, you will:

• Lead and mentor others on execution of test procedures, while collecting high quality data, using specialized equipment which may include: dynamometers, cylinder combustion analyzers, exhaust emissions analyzers, flow meters, force actuators and load cells, environmental chambers, or various material property measurement equipment
• Support diagnosis and issue resolution for the unit on test, equipment control software, instrumentation, data acquisition systems, or facilities
• Work directly with Engineers to operate at experimental conditions
• Support installation of test units, mounting fixtures, instrumentation, fluid connections, and electrical connections
• Perform regular maintenance, replace parts, and request shop supplies
• Maintain accurate records of unit on test, tests run, maintenance, and part changes
• Support calibration and maintenance of test equipment for ISO compliance

To be considered an Automotive Laboratory Technician Senior, you will need:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.  
• Minimum of 5 years experience in an automotive environment
• Minimum of 3 year mechanical, instrumentation, electrical, or fabrication in a testing environment
• Good MS Office skills specifically with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and flexibility to learn new skills
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Strong knowledge of test procedures, equipment, and data acquisition systems used in testing vehicles, engines, fuels systems, emissions, components, or material properties  
• Strong ability to diagnose issues with complete test setup
• Good ability to interpret collected data and provide supporting feedback to Engineers  

A successful candidate may also have:

• Associate's Degree or Technical School certification
• Knowledge of polymers research
• 5 years experience testing vehicles, powertrains, engines, fuel systems, emissions, chassis components, or material properties
• Experience operating or calibrating emissions analyzers, flow meters, or tensile test machines
• Experience with in-cylinder pressure measurement and combustion analyzers  
• Experience with Siemens LMS TestLab or MTS Flextest 
• Experience with fabrication of metals or composite materials 
• Expert knowledge of test procedures, equipment, and data acquisition systems used in testing vehicles, engines, fuels systems, emissions, components, or material properties  
• Expert ability to diagnose issues with experimental test setup 
• Strong ability to interpret collected data and provide supporting feedback to Engineers
• Specialized knowledge of common industrial measurement, test automation, or data acquisition systems
• Strong metal or composite fabrication skills

If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team. Please visit our careers page and apply by clicking on this link: https://jobs.roush.com/us/en

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