Test Engineer & Validation Engineer (Power Electronics)

Our growing high-power electronics and motor control manufacturing client (since 1960's) is creating a new dedicated testing/validation lab team at their Milwaukee region HQ. These are salaried direct employee positions w/ comprehensive benefits working onsite 5 days a week. They will consider candidates that prefer to be a contractor instead of a direct employee (W-2 via Acara).

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Current openings include:

• Test Engineer
• Validation Engineer
• Validation Technician
• Sr. Reliability Engineer

Bachelor's degree required on all positions besides Associate's degree for the Technician.

The Test Engineer requires strong Python development skills and 5 years of experience in HW test engineering. Including:

• Ability to design test fixtures and hardware from schematic capture through build and safety checkout.
• Ability to write test requirements and procedures, and to perform test coverage analysis against product requirements.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and component specification sheets.
• Experience working safely around energized electrical systems up to 690 Vac and 1500 Vdc.

The Validation Engineer requires:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product validation, test engineering, power electronics, or related engineering roles, that includes:
• Strong understanding of power electronics, electrical measurements, and engineering fundamentals. xhyhwjd
• Ability to independently plan, execute, analyze, and document complex engineering test programs.
• Hands-on experience with:
• Oscilloscopes, HV differential probes, current probes, and DMMs
• AC/DC power supplies, electronic loads, and regenerative 4-quadrant systems
• Data acquisition systems, thermocouples, RTDs, and automated switching systems
• Logic analyzers and communication/protocol analyzers
• Spectrum analyzers, dynamic signal analyzers, and vector network analyzers (VNAs)
• Statistical data analysis, reliability methods, and root cause investigation techniques
• Min 2 years of experience working safely with high-power electrical systems, including three-phase AC systems through 690 Vac and DC systems through 2000 Vdc.