R&D Lab Engineer (Appliance Testing Lab)

LG Electronics • Buffalo Grove, IL

4d • $52,700 - $62,000 • Onsite

About The Position

LG Electronics is seeking an R&D Lab Engineer to join their HS (Home Solution) R&D Organization in Buffalo Grove, IL. This role supports new product development and testing goals using modern laboratory testing methodologies and equipment. The engineer will work in the Appliance testing laboratory to provide quantitative analysis and engineering results for new LG Home appliance products, requiring a creative mindset and aptitude in engineering and analytical studies.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1-3 years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or related technical studies.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Experience in a Laboratory Environment preferred.
• Ability to perform minor programming and software analysis to create forms and automatic calculation models preferred.
• High level knowledge of analytical and statistical methods preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide Engineering insight and improvement solutions for new product development.
• Screen and analyze new product performance to provide decisions for next steps.
• Statistically evaluate and interpret collected product data.
• Evaluate and analyze data collected from field research using a statistical approach.
• Review shortcomings and faults of current designs to pinpoint weaknesses and improvement points.
• Utilize CAD-based software and engineering analysis tools to design and prototype new improvements for existing products.
• Communicate with various R&D and factory laboratories to provide US usage-based engineering and design statistics.
• Create new LG internal testing protocols to benchmark LG NPI Products.
• Fully understand and interpret CR testing protocols to adapt for CR Benchmarking.
• Create and manage testing plans to accomplish responsibilities in a timely manner.
• Benchmark competitor products to understand advantages and disadvantages of each product.
• Explore new opportunities for improvement through research of new testing equipment, methods, and industry standards.
• Program new visual analysis tools to improve communication by eliminating excess and strengthening quantitative tools.
• Create automated data analysis systems to automatically calculate results from data sets to reduce invested manpower.
• Create custom reporting structures to improve the process from DAQ raw data to the reporting format.
• Research and provide verification for new actual usage protocol development.
• Create new testing methods based on VOC/FFR/Customer information against standard AHAM/DOE based testing methods.
• Run statistical analysis to determine the critical few from the trivial many for utility in protocol creation.
• Create and program automatically calculated testing protocol templates/layouts to raise efficiency for data analysis.
• Provide impact on DOE/AHAM/EPA standard rule making through expert input based on test results and consumer facts.
• Understand acquisition hardware/software to create acquisition models for lab purposes.
• Provide guidance to lab technicians to properly utilize available technical resources for proper testing.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits with no-cost employee premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with auto enrollment, immediate vesting, and competitive company matching contributions with several investment options.
• Generous Paid Time Off program that includes company holidays and a combined bank of paid sick and vacation time.
• Performance based Short-Term Incentives (varies by role).
• Access to confidential mental health resources.
• Personal fitness goal incentives.
• Paid parental leave.
• Support for families raising children with learning, social, behavioral challenges, or developmental disabilities.
• Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level