Field Test Technician - The Toro Company

The Toro Company•Rancho Mirage, CA

42d•$26 - $33•Onsite

About The Position

The Toro Company is now hiring a Field Test Technician at our Rancho Mirage, CA golf course test location. The Field Test Technician visually inspects, evaluates, operates units, gathers data, and designs test equipment to determine compliance of products to safety standards, performance requirements and durability parameters. Summarizes and reports findings to Supervisor of the Field Test Site and Test Engineers for inclusion in overall test programs.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Technical College with minimum of two-year degree or certificate. A minimum of two years of experience as a mechanical technician with demonstrated troubleshooting capability.
Graduate of an accredited university or college with a Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering related technology (ex. Automotive, Manufacturing, Design.) A minimum of one year of experience in the mechanical technician field and demonstrated troubleshooting capability.
Strong learning aptitude.
Basic Skills in MS Office Applications is required.
Must demonstrate the ability to learn new programs effectively.
Basic troubleshooting skills in Mechanical and DC Electrical.

Nice To Haves

Experience with data acquisition devices highly desirable, e.g. SoMat, etc.
Previous supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Personally operates and evaluates Toro prototype and production units in both field and laboratory conditions according to established and/or newly developed safety, durability, and performance standards.
Gathers pertinent data on the performance of Toro products and prototypes under prescribed field conditions. Includes data acquisition with computer controlled DAQ systems such as SoMat products.
Maintains daily logs on all test projects and may write periodic, interim and final data summaries as required.
Performs required maintenance on test units and records such for inclusion in reliability and maintainability summaries. Performs teardown and inspection of test units at intervals or conclusion of test.
May be required to direct and supervise temporary employees in the conducting of the field test program - summer and winter. Helps instruct other Technician I’s in acquiring skills necessary to become fully qualified at test department procedures.
Assists Supervisor of the Field Test Site and visiting engineering staff in design, construction, and development of specialized test fixturing for field test units and projects, where applicable.
Some travel may be required to other local field test sites for data acquisition or performance evaluations.
Provide feedback to Field Test Site Supervisor on facility needs when required.
Monitors and maintains various Test Site Vehicles and equipment as needed.
Perform other related duties as may be assigned.