Durability Test Engineer III

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Goken America is an Engineering Services and Product Development company founded in 2004. At Goken America we strive to expand and deliver upon our company motto of “Creating Something Different”. We are continually striving to strengthen our organization, and are always seeking talented individuals who have a strong desire to work in an environment where they can make a difference. Our “Vision” is to empower our associates to affect change wherever change is needed. Our “Mission” is that in building trust we foster greatness in our people, excellence in our clients and impact in our communities. Goken America provides an excellent benefits package, one month of paid time off per year and a very competitive compensation plan. In addition, when applicable, we will also provide relocation assistance, temporary housing, visa support and other fringe benefits.
In this position you will support the durability verification and validation team for all vehicle and component testing along with road load data collection for a specific program. You will collaborate with the other parts of the durability group along with chassis, dynamics, and program teams to confirm test setups are correct and to report any opportunities. Your experience in program management, fatigue, block cycle testing, data analysis, and 329 rig testing will ensure success.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the engineering test activities by applying engineering principles, experiences and various analysis tools in following established test plans/procedures to test parts/components in area of specialty to determine design feasibility and ensure parts/components meet design acceptance criteria, performance level targets and any applicable regulatory/internal standards.
• Conduct durability testing and data collection.
• Set up and operate component testing and vehicle rig testing.
• Data analysis tasks to identify trends and anomalies.
• Prepare test reports and presentations.
• Manage multiple testing and data collection projects for an entire vehicle program
• Utilize data acquisition tools to collect data, analyze and report results.
• Conduct vehicle benchmarking for the purpose of target setting.
• Perform vehicle tuning and instrument vehicles for objective tests.
• Analyze and resolve complex problems independently or with minimal guidance.
• Negotiate with other departments internally and suppliers externally to meet the spec requirements.
• Use best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve product and/or processes.
• Coordinate with design and CAE teams to report results and develop countermeasures.
• Search new ways to increase overall efficiency, utilize up-to-date technology.
• Travel to client / test sites required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 5+ years relevant industry experiences.
• 10+ years of durability testing and data collection experience
• 2+ years’ experience of MTS 329 rig testing with drive file development
• 2+ years’ experience of road load data acquisition with data post processing
• 2+ years’ experience with component level testing
• Ability to manage multiple testing and data collection projects concurrently for an entire
• vehicle program
• Understanding of accelerated fatigue testing
• Experience with performing analysis with nCode to perform loads calculations for body, chassis, propulsion, and suspension systems and components
• Experience with Parametric CAD, Catia V6 preferred
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or other programming languages is a plus.
• Proven track record of problem-solving and independent root cause analysis
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and relationship-building skills.

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