Product Verification & Validation Engineer I – Test Engineer

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.  Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance. • This person will work with a cross-functional design team, particularly in power electronics to determine testing requirements for our client's Solutions products.   • This person will perform, with some assistance, test procedures, motor characterization and reports. • This person will perform tasks with one-on-one supervision to meet quality, delivery and cost goals. This position requires technical judgment and independent thinking to solve problems and complete assigned projects. Duties:  • Gather and format test requirements from internal and external customers with assistance from others. Review and provide proper feedback about the requirements. • Perform and oversee, with assistance, the performance of power electronic Product Verification and Validation testing performed internally or externally. • Maintain accurate and up to date documentation of testing results and schedule progress. Communicate results and schedule progress to internal and external customers. • Employ troubleshooting and debugging strategies; determine root cause with support from others and provide support in troubleshooting. • Establish and maintain good working relationships with internal and external customers. • Work closely with other project team members as needed to ensure the testing is performed as specified in the product specifications. • Travel as needed to accomplish the tasks required of this position, including meeting with customers to generate and/or revise concepts and product requirements. • Support other needs of the department as needed. Education:  • Minimum B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ag Engineering, or Industrial Engineering from an accredited engineering program.  Skills and Experience: Required: • Understanding of the basics of embedded controllers • Understanding of safe higher voltage practices • Understanding of motor control and system testing • Understanding of the basics of design validation • Good written and verbal communications skills (English) • Good organization skills (multi-tasking) • Good customer service skills Desired: • Experience with product development • Understanding of motor control software (PU2) • Experience with dynos • Experience with fixture design • Experience with development and debugging tools (e.g. oscilloscopes, multi-meters, etc.) • Experience with microcontroller peripherals and systems (e.g. PWM outputs, boot loaders, A/D converters, serial and parallel interfaces, etc.) • Experience with communication networks (e.g. CAN, Ethernet, RS-232/485, etc.) • Experience with communication protocols (e.g. J1939, ISO11783, TCP/IP, etc.) To know more on this position or to schedule an interview please contact: Jeff Demaala (973) 606-3249