Product Verification & Validation Engineer

Position title: Product Verification & Validation Engineer
Duration: 12 Months Contract (Possible Extension)
Location: Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

Description:
A Product Verification & Validation Engineer ensures that prototype components and machines meet
durability and performance requirements at key stages of the Product Development Process.

Duties:
• Decides upon appropriate tests to ensure durability and performance of new designs,
developing new tests when necessary.
• Executes test plan by conducting simple tests and assigning in-depth work to mechanics, lab
engineers, field test sites, and structural analysts.
• Leads the team through root cause investigations and data gathering when prototypes fail tests.
• Applies mechanical and electrical engineering aptitude to assist design engineers, participate in
design reviews, gather the right data, and design tests.
• Learns company products and develops customer understanding to become a “voice of the
customer” and plan tests that accurately represent customer usage.
• Benchmarks performance and capabilities of company products aProductst competitor products.
• Remains highly organized while managing multiple tasks and data streams.
• Interacts effectively with technical professionals across a variety of job roles and backgrounds,
including teammates across the country or across the world.
• Communicates technical and non-technical information clearly and concisely with peers and
leadership in written and verbal forms.

Business case:
With reduction of head count from SIRD VolSep, current staffing levels within the PVV Planning /
Reliability Engineering group are not sufficient to cover all projects being proposed. An additional
engineer is needed to support the planning and execution of virtual analysis, laboratory testing, and
field testing of prototype machines for the Commercial Mowing product family.

Specific position requirements:
4-year engineering degree preferred (or equivalent work experience). Engineering student in process
with immediate upcoming graduation will be considered. 1st shift position, business casual dress code.
Safety shoes required (internal metatarsals with no flap over laces) for the first day.

What skills you need:
- Hands on skills and aptitude with mechanical, hydraulic and/or electrical systems
- Strong problem solving skills
- Strong leadership and people skills
- Basic engineering design experience using CAD (Creo/ProE preferred)
- Understanding of the importance of each phase of product development (scoping, design,
analysis, testing, customer feedback, and manufacturing)
- Ability to analyze complex data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations
- Ability to communicate within a cross functional team across multiple sites and drive results
- Ability to write clearly and concisely to document test procedures and communicate results
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically to support field tests, loads collection, etc.

What makes you stand out:
- Industry experience with mechanical systems, electrical systems, or data analysis
- Industry product development experience and knowledge of the process
- Project management experience (planning and execution)
- Experience with digital data acquisition systems and sensors (e.g. thermocouples, strain gauges,
pressure sensors, etc.)
- Experience with statistics or Six Sigma
- Experience with commercial mowers, riding mowers, golf course maintenance equipment, or tractors