Test Engineer

Job Description: Position Summary: Performs a variety of professional level engineering duties. Test Engineers create and implement test cases, including documenting defects and failures, to ensure a quality product.

Primary Responsibilities

• Sets up, programs, and runs test lab equipment
• Designs tests to ensure customer specifications are met
• Provides feedback to Program Engineering, R&D Engineering, and Advanced Engineering on tests requested
• Performs failure analysis on tests that do not pass test specifications
• Troubleshoots lab equipment failures and help to resolve issues quickly
• Prepares test reports for external and internal customers
• Provides feedback on test results to external customers and be available to attend customer meetings
• Works with Lab Technicians with a goal of minimizing LTR’s past due
• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of data results through thorough documentation processes
• Must operate in a manner that reinforces, supports and is consistent with the Cooper Standard Leadership Model
• Ensures 6S, housekeeping, and health & safety standards are maintained
• Contracting, scheduling, and supervising tests with sub‑contracting facilities
• May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description

Education and Qualifications

• Four Year College or University Degree or equivalent
• Two to four years of relevant work experience
• Fabrication, blueprint reading skills, and equipment knowledge preferred
• Knowledge of statistics
• Strong mechanical aptitude, as well as technical and analytical problem‑solving skills
• Skills or working knowledge of plumbing, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical systems
• Good interpersonal skills to work effectively with others in a team environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work area without supervisory approval; evaluates and selects solutions from established alternatives
• Impacts own team through the quality of the services or information provided; follows standardized procedures and practices and receives regular but moderate supervision and guidance
• Exchanges information and seeks understanding
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary

Position Type

Regular

Additional Information

Remote Status: On‑site

Cooper Standard, headquartered in Northville, Mich. USA, is a leading global supplier of systems and components for the automotive industry. Products include sealing, fuel and brake delivery, and fluid transfer systems. Cooper Standard employs approximately 24,000 people globally and operates in 21 countries around the world.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran VEVRAA Federal Contractor