Test Engineer

Eaton’s IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Test Engineer.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $67500.0 - $99000.0 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do:

Job Summary

This position is for a Test Engineer to support new product and sustianing test programs including development testing, qualification testing, test report generation, enforcing test standards, and project management of complex test equipment for electro-mechanical actuators. Eaton Grand Rapids products include motor controllers, motors, electrical boards, gears, ball screws, no-back mechanisms, clutches, brakes, housings, electronic enclosures, bearings, pins, screws, and other related components.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on testing for new product development and sustaining programs
• Design and develop new test equipment for verification of electro-mechanical actuator during development, qualification, and production phases.
• Write engineering documents including but not limited to test plans, procedures, and reports.
• Work with Senior Test Engineers to design, build, and verification of test equipment through external suppliers.
• Develop test equipment requirements from customer and product requirements.
• Coordinate testing with outside test labs.
• Support technicians in test execution and test equipment development.
• Create and release engineering drawings and schematics.
• Participate in troubleshooting and repair of test equipment.
• Comply with Eaton’s high expectations for a safe work environment.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now and in the future.
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
• This role requires working on-site M-F at our Grand Rapids, Mi location. Only local candidates will be considerd for this role.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or other Engineering or Engineering Technology degree.
• 0-3 years within a high-tech/ manufactured production sector supporting new product development, sustaining, and/or testing related functions.
•   Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.” 
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 
•  1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 
• 1158.
• Candidate must currently reside within 50 miles from Grand Rapids, MI. Relocations assistance is not available for this role.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous Aerospace/ Automotive experience.
• Knowledge of CREO or other 3D design tool
• Hands on experience with projects or testing
• Experience writing test procedures and reports.
• Project management experience.
• Hands on experience with designing, troubleshooting, and/or building test setups or other systems.
  
  
  

Skills:

• Need excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent facilitation skills, project management skills, and drive for results.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage time and project schedules
• Good organizational skills both written and verbal
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, from production associates to the leadership team.
• Demonstrated experience in team environments.
  
  
  

Skills:

• Need excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent facilitation skills, project management skills, and drive for results.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage time and project schedules
• Good organizational skills both written and verbal
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, from production associates to the leadership team.
• Demonstrated experience in team environments
  
  
  

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.