What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Test Engineer position at Apex Systems?
Job#: 3056594
Job Description:
Number of Openings: 1
Project Scope:
Provide an experienced environmental test engineer supporting Ford's Sunrise development team and vehicle electronics validation. The immediate focus is executing established environmental testing, primarily thermal chamber testing, with rain chambers and vibration tables also used, and producing test-completion reports in Excel and Minitab. Ford is market-testing an ongoing purchased-services engagement with an incumbent provider; the stated deliverable is a qualified resource rather than a newly defined 30/60/90-day project. Manager responses narrow the broader reliability-focused description: working knowledge of FMEA/RCCA is expected, PCB expertise is a plus, and design-review participation is not expected. A separate future RFP for machines, functional safety, and test systems engineering is outside this opening.
Team Size & Breakdown:
The environmental test team has its own supervisor and four environmental test engineers. It works alongside a five-person test systems team. Whether this opening is included in the current four-engineer count was not specified.
High-Level Individual Duties:
Set up, run, and monitor environmental tests on electronic modules, with most testing centered on thermal chambers.
Support rain-chamber and vibration-table testing and related environmental validation procedures.
Collect test data, document results, and prepare test-completion reports using Excel and Minitab.
Handle PCB assemblies safely and perform visual checks following tests.
Apply a working understanding of DFMEA, PFMEA, and root cause corrective action when supporting test investigations.
Coordinate with the environmental test supervisor, other test engineers, and the test systems team. Broader duties in the description include validation planning and technical documentation; ownership depth was not confirmed.
Must-Haves (Concepts & Tools):
Senior-level target of 5 years of relevant experience.
Hands-on environmental testing experience, particularly thermal chamber operation; relevant exposure to rain chambers and vibration tables.
Electronics/hardware validation background and safe handling of PCB assemblies.
Test-data collection, basic analysis, and clear test-completion reporting using Excel and Minitab.
Working understanding of DFMEA, PFMEA, and RCCA rather than confirmed ownership of these processes.
Ability to execute laboratory test procedures and collaborate with an established engineering team.
The broader description lists AEC-Q, USCAR, IPC, and ISO/IEC standards, but which are mandatory remains unconfirmed.
Nice-to-Haves:
Automotive electronics or ECU/module validation experience.
Deeper PCB inspection and failure-analysis experience beyond safe handling and post-test visual checks.
Advanced reliability statistics, including Weibull analysis, process capability, accelerated-life modeling, and reliability predictions. Basic reporting is confirmed; the manager's note on advanced experience is incomplete, so its required depth needs clarification.
LabVIEW/TestStand and test automation experience; coding expectations were not answered.
ISO/IEC 17025, A2LA audits, and laboratory quality-system experience.
Electronics manufacturing knowledge, including SMT, soldering, underfill, and conformal coating.
CAN, automotive Ethernet, and other vehicle communications/interface experience listed in the broader description.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.
If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or . Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.
UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.
Job Description:
Number of Openings: 1
Project Scope:
Provide an experienced environmental test engineer supporting Ford's Sunrise development team and vehicle electronics validation. The immediate focus is executing established environmental testing, primarily thermal chamber testing, with rain chambers and vibration tables also used, and producing test-completion reports in Excel and Minitab. Ford is market-testing an ongoing purchased-services engagement with an incumbent provider; the stated deliverable is a qualified resource rather than a newly defined 30/60/90-day project. Manager responses narrow the broader reliability-focused description: working knowledge of FMEA/RCCA is expected, PCB expertise is a plus, and design-review participation is not expected. A separate future RFP for machines, functional safety, and test systems engineering is outside this opening.
Team Size & Breakdown:
The environmental test team has its own supervisor and four environmental test engineers. It works alongside a five-person test systems team. Whether this opening is included in the current four-engineer count was not specified.
High-Level Individual Duties:
Set up, run, and monitor environmental tests on electronic modules, with most testing centered on thermal chambers.
Support rain-chamber and vibration-table testing and related environmental validation procedures.
Collect test data, document results, and prepare test-completion reports using Excel and Minitab.
Handle PCB assemblies safely and perform visual checks following tests.
Apply a working understanding of DFMEA, PFMEA, and root cause corrective action when supporting test investigations.
Coordinate with the environmental test supervisor, other test engineers, and the test systems team. Broader duties in the description include validation planning and technical documentation; ownership depth was not confirmed.
Must-Haves (Concepts & Tools):
Senior-level target of 5 years of relevant experience.
Hands-on environmental testing experience, particularly thermal chamber operation; relevant exposure to rain chambers and vibration tables.
Electronics/hardware validation background and safe handling of PCB assemblies.
Test-data collection, basic analysis, and clear test-completion reporting using Excel and Minitab.
Working understanding of DFMEA, PFMEA, and RCCA rather than confirmed ownership of these processes.
Ability to execute laboratory test procedures and collaborate with an established engineering team.
The broader description lists AEC-Q, USCAR, IPC, and ISO/IEC standards, but which are mandatory remains unconfirmed.
Nice-to-Haves:
Automotive electronics or ECU/module validation experience.
Deeper PCB inspection and failure-analysis experience beyond safe handling and post-test visual checks.
Advanced reliability statistics, including Weibull analysis, process capability, accelerated-life modeling, and reliability predictions. Basic reporting is confirmed; the manager's note on advanced experience is incomplete, so its required depth needs clarification.
LabVIEW/TestStand and test automation experience; coding expectations were not answered.
ISO/IEC 17025, A2LA audits, and laboratory quality-system experience.
Electronics manufacturing knowledge, including SMT, soldering, underfill, and conformal coating.
CAN, automotive Ethernet, and other vehicle communications/interface experience listed in the broader description.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.
If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or . Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.
UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.
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