Test Release Engineer

Brose•Auburn Hills, MI

12d

About The Position

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success. The role of Test Release Engineer coordinates testing/prototype activities, requiring some supervision. This key member of the Development Team (EAK / DTM) represents the test/prototype group and influences product design and development to ensure suitability for end usage and compliance with customer requirements/specifications. The engineer releases product through Test Releases (TR0, 1 and 2).

Requirements

Cooperation with Senior Test Release engineer to complete the following duties.
Planning and execution of test/prototype activities at a project level in accordance with technical agreements with Development Team (DTM, EAK) and counterparts.
Writing of test reports with clear assessments and recommendations, including follow-up (may delegate however responsible for checking and ensuring correctness). Approval of Test Reports created by Test Engineer or Test & Prototype Technician.
Issues formal Test Releases according to project timing (Test Release 0, 1 and 2). Coordinates risk assessments as part of the Test Releases and Release meetings.
Active in acquisition and development stage to ensure the compliance/deviation to specifications/customer expectations. Delivers specification review and identifies risks to team.
Responsible for document control of test data, reports, releases, etc.
Active participation in Development Team Meetings (EAK) represents test conformance according to Brose procedures / standards. Also participates in formal design/engineering reviews (Design Checklist, DFMEA, specification review, etc.), and informal reviews with development team.
Active in customer and supplier visits, and in negotiations regarding specifications, test plans (DVP&R) and test results.
Able to perform all necessary tests on products, in accordance with test plans, procedures, specifications (customer/Brose).
Ensure quality, effectiveness, cleanliness, and keep department area in order.

Responsibilities

Planning and execution of test/prototype activities at a project level in accordance with technical agreements with Development Team (DTM, EAK) and Brose PDP.
Writing of test reports with clear assessments and recommendations, including follow-up (may delegate however responsible for checking and ensuring correctness). Approval of Test Reports created by Test Engineer or Test & Prototype Technician.
Issues formal Test Releases according to project timing (Test Release 0, 1 and 2). Coordinates risk assessments as part of the Test Releases and Release meetings.
Active in acquisition and development stage to ensure the compliance/deviation to internal and external specifications. Delivers specification review, identifies risks to team, and provides recommendations regarding fitness for purpose.
Responsible for document control of test data, reports, releases, etc.
Active participation in Development Team Meetings (EAK) represents test conformance according to Brose procedures / standards. Also participates in formal design/engineering reviews (Design Checklist, DFMEA, specification review, etc.), and informal reviews with development team.
Active in customer and supplier visits, and in negotiations regarding specifications, test plans (DVP&R) and test results.
Able to perform all necessary tests on products, in accordance with test plans, procedures, specifications (customer/Brose).
Ensure quality, effectiveness, cleanliness, and keep department area in order.
Core member of the product development team interfacing with customer team engineer, design engineer, systems engineer, acoustic engineer, simulation engineer, project manager, customer/supplier.