Automotive Laboratory Technician II

Job Title: Automotive Laboratory Technician II Location: Dearborn, MI Zip Code: 48120 Duration: 6 Months Pay Rate: $25.07 - $28.84/hr. Work Days: Monday - Friday Work Hours: 11:30AM - 8:00PM Keyword's: #Dearbornjobs; #LaboratoryTechnicianjobs; Start Date: Immediate We provide a competitive pay and benefits package. This position is offering a pay range of $25.07 - $28.84/hr. however, Belcan considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to education, experience, geographic location, and discipline. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law. Job Description To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. Job Summary: The Automotive Laboratory Technician II will support engineering testing for research, development or certification of vehicles, products, sub-systems, components, or materials. This role is responsible for working independently collecting data using specialized equipment, control software, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems. This role will also lead to the diagnosis of the unit on test, and the complete experimental setup, to ensure operational efficiency and data quality. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: * Lead 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.
• 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.
• Work directly with Engineers to operate at experimental conditions.
• Support calibration and maintenance of test equipment for ISO compliance.

Education and Experience (required):

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in an automotive environment.
• Minimum of 1 year mechanical, instrumentation, electrical, or fabrication experience in a testing environment.

Education and Experience (preferred):

• Associate degree or Technical School certification.
• 4 years experience testing vehicles, products, 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.
• Valid driver's license.
• Good MS Office skills specifically with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and flexibility to learn new skills.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Good knowledge of test procedures, equipment, and data acquisition systems used in testing vehicles, engines, fuels systems, emissions, components, or material properties.
• Good ability to diagnose issues with complete test setup.
• Ability to interpret collected data to support Engineers.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities (preferred):

• Strong knowledge of MS Excel, and software used in automotive testing environments.
• 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.
• Good metal or composite fabrication skills.
• Ability to work overtime as needed including weekends.
• Operate AVL dynamometers using Puma controls and software.
• Operate engine and transmission control and diagnostic software including ATI, ETAS/INCA, ADAC, CANalyzer, PTDiag, etc.

Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, colour, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.