Testing Technician

Job Title: Testing Technician
Location: Cleveland, OH
Business Unit: Team Wendy

About Avon Technologies:
We are a world leader in protective equipment, with a reputation for innovative design, high-performance quality and specialist materials expertise. Our two brands, Avon Protection and Team Wendy, supply our respiratory and head protection portfolio to customers across the globe from our manufacturing sites in the UK and North America. With over 900 talented people our shared purpose and core beliefs are to be #FIERCE about Protecting Lives. It's why we come to work - and it's what motivates us, every day, to do the best work we can.

Purpose of Position

Team Wendy is seeking a driven, detail-oriented Testing Technician to support the engineering team in the design, development, validation, and continuous improvement of helmet products. This role executes hands-on technical work across development and sustainment activities, including coordinating and assembling product samples, building prototypes, supporting test execution and validation, performing process inspections, and assisting with prototype tooling development and installation. The position also supports quality assurance testing and validation of process changes to ensure product performance and manufacturing stability. The Testing Technician reports to the Continuous Product Improvement Manager.

Successful execution requires a working knowledge of manufacturing processes, test methods, and engineering fundamentals, combined with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, multi-project environment. This position requires strong ownership, disciplined execution, and the ability to shift priorities while maintaining output quality. High-performing candidates demonstrate self-direction, technical curiosity, and consistent contribution to cross-functional team outcomes.

Role Purpose

• Execute product testing activities to validate performance, durability, and compliance against internal and external standards
• Support development testing, qualification testing, and QA verification activities across new and existing helmet products
• Perform environmental, mechanical, impact, and ballistic testing
• Prepare, assemble, and document test samples, including prototype builds and pre-production units
• Set up, operate, and maintain testing equipment; ensure calibration status and proper usage
• Collect, record, and organize test data with high accuracy and traceability
• Analyze test results at a basic level and escalate anomalies, failures, or trends to engineering
• Generate clear, structured test reports to support engineering decisions and program milestones
• Coordinate with engineering, QA, and production to prioritize and execute testing aligned to project timelines
• Build and modify prototypes, fixtures, and test setups to support development and validation needs
• Coordinate materials, components, and hardware required for builds and testing activities
• Maintain test labs, workspaces, and equipment in a controlled and organized state
• Adhere to all safety protocols and ensure safe execution of testing and build activities
• Identify opportunities to improve test methods, efficiency, repeatability, and data quality
• Other duties as assigned

Desired Skills

• Experience executing blunt impact and shock attenuation testing (drop towers, guided impact systems, headforms)
• Familiarity with ballistic testing setups, sample preparation, and controlled range procedures
• Understanding of energy transfer, force-time responses, and failure modes in protective systems
• Experience with high-speed data acquisition, accelerometers, load cells, and instrumentation for impact events
• Working knowledge of test standards relevant to helmets and protective systems (NIJ, ACH, AR/PD, MIL-STD impact protocols)
• Ability to interpret impact and ballistic test data, including peak acceleration, impulse, and penetration/backface deformation results
• Experience setting up and calibrating mechanical test systems, fixtures, and repeatable impact conditions
• Hands-on experience with prototype fabrication and modification for impact and ballistic evaluation (composites, polymers, assemblies)

What We Offer:

• Flexible Schedule
• Competitive Compensation Package
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401k Matching
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Learning and Development Initiatives

Internal Relationships:

Maintenance Team; Operations/Production Department; Facilities Management; Safety and Compliance Department; Engineering and Technical Support; Human Resources (HR); Procurement and Supply Chain; Finance and Budgeting; Senior Management.

External Relationships:

Vendors and Suppliers; Contractors; Regulatory Agencies; Industry Associations; Emergency Services; Consultants; Customers or Clients; Local Community.

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserved the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.


U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.


To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within Avon that may present access to export controlled technical data, Avon must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).


The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at Avon's sole election.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without a sponsorship for employment visa status (e.e. H1B status).

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Cleveland, OH is $25.00 to $32.00 Hourly The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, type and years of experience within the industry, education, etc.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability