Validation Engineer

CLIENT HIGHLIGHT

The client you’ll be supporting is a Fortune 500 global leader in energy technology, focused on helping the world produce cleaner, more reliable power. Their teams design and improve the systems that keep homes, businesses, and communities running, from gas and wind turbines to the electrical grids that connect them. This is a chance to be part of a company that’s driving innovation, supporting sustainability, and shaping the future of energy.

LOCATION

Wilmington, NC 28402

COMPENSATION

$68-$75 per hour

SCHEDULE

Monday-Friday (40 hours per week)

Travel: less than 15% to Wilmington,NC sites

CONTRACT TERM

1 year with high likelihood of extension or conversion to full time employee.

POSITION OVERVIEW – Validation Engineer

In this role, the Engineer will develop specifications, testing, inspections, & documentation for Client’s latest nuclear reactor technology. This engineer will develop the strategy for and then conduct both confirmation and validation testing of next-generation reactor systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create, schedule, and perform engineered tests of new technology solutions to meet Customer, design, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate effectively with experts within the team and in adjacent workgroups.
• Have excellent technical problem solving skills; to be able to assess problems thoroughly and drive logical conclusions (i.e. common sense approach, not embarrassed to ask the “obvious” questions).
• Demonstrate ownership, proactively communicate, and deliver assignments on time.
• Identify, document, and lead resolution of technical risk within each project.
• Provide firm design bases for solutions that meet business objectives, project requirements, and industry standards.
• Prepare and present technical data to co-workers and customers.
• Work closely with technicians to assemble fixtures and equipment, prepare the Test Facility, and conduct unique, often one-of-a-kind, testing.
• Develop manual or automated production test procedures to ensure product’s reliability and functionality.
• Provide technical support to technicians for various testing activities.
• Be willing to occasionally travel domestically and internationally to support customer / supplier meetings

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university/college, equivalent qualification or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
• Minimum of 5 years of Testing Experience on complex electrical or electro-mechanical systems and structures

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Self-starter, energizing, results oriented, and able to multi-task
• Eager to learn and expand skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent teamwork, coordination and communication skills
• Strong experience with methods and approaches for testing new designs.
• Strong working knowledge of measurement devices and calibration processes.
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed
• Ability to work effectively in cross-organizational teams and with suppliers
• Experience in diagnostic troubleshooting of both Analog and Digital Electronics.
• Hands on experience with measurement instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.
• Programming experience and strong knowledge of how to code in C, Python, LabView or LabWindows.
• Experience using automated test systems and writing automated test programs.
• Competency in FPGA
• Experience writing Technical Documents.