Test Engineer - Transportation Performance

Intertek•Kentwood, MI

15h

About The Position

Intertek is seeking a Staff Engineer to join its Transportation Technologies team in Kentwood, Michigan. The role provides technical expertise to local or regional personnel and operations, recommends and manages capital expenditure projects, and assesses and develops local training. The position is the primary resource for reviewing and approving test procedures, methods, and interpretations, supporting automotive component certification and transportation-industry testing and certification.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering.
At least 6 years of directly related experience making technical decisions and engineering judgments independently.
Advanced experience with U.S., Canadian, and other international standards, such as FMVSS, ANSI, SAE, ASTM, and IEC.
Ability to apply logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Ability to work with non-verbal symbolism, including formulas, scientific equations, and graphs, in difficult phases.
Ability to work with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently where limited standardization exists.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent leadership skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.

Responsibilities

Provide local management with technical assessments of engineering skills and performance levels.
Assess technical staff training needs and develop new training programs.
Provide ongoing support and guidance on technical issues, test procedures, and standards interpretations.
Provide expertise across multiple product categories.
Research new standards, technologies, and trends in standards.
Develop and communicate test procedures.
Support accreditation activities, including audit follow-up and corrective actions.
Investigate technical complaints.
Audit and qualify sites for special Intertek programs.
Design new test fixtures and report shells.
Identify, document, and recommend engineering judgments within policy guidelines.
Recommend and prepare capital expenditure requests and manage capital projects.
Mentor less senior technical staff.