Validation Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Our client, a AV Manufacturing company, is looking for a Validation Engineer for their Foster City, CA location.

• The Component and System Hardware Validation team at client is responsible for ensuring our components and sub-systems on the client robotaxi meet all functional and reliability targets needed to facilitate our autonomous mobility service.
• Our team has an action-biased culture marked by integrity, humility, competence, and passion for the client mission and the systems we design.
• Building real products here and are looking for doers to join us.
• As a validation engineer supporting interior trim and seating, you will be responsible for establishing and executing a robust and rigorous validation process from requirements development through report approval.
• This will include managing internal and external testing resources as well as supplier-led validation activities which ensure durability, reliability, and safety targets are satisfied.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand root causes of failures, identify mitigation strategies, and incorporate learnings into new designs.
• Develop and manage test plans to validate mechanical, electrical, and environmental failure modes around our interior trim and seating systems
• Collaborate with design engineers to ensure that requirements are clearly defined and captured within the validation plan
• Identify appropriate test assets, data acquisition systems, and sensors to ensure highquality test data
• Analyze test data to provide clear and concise reporting of test results
• Support DFMEA activities to ensure that all potential failure modes are adequate covered within the validation plan
• Support root cause failure analysis activities during development, validation, and deployment
• Design test fixtures necessary to complete testing
• Manage validation schedule to ensure appropriate test assets are available and critical path items are identified

• BS or MS in mechanical engineering, or related relevant field
• 2+ years of test or validation experience related to interior automotive trims and seats.
• Experience with failure and root cause analysis
• Experience generating and managing DFMEAs
• Experience with requirements management tools (Polarion or equiv.)
• Experience with automotive test standards
• Familiarity with 3D design tools. CATIA 3DX or CATIA V5 or SolidWorks preferred
• Experience with passive safety systems
• Department: Vehicle Development

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities