Job Title:  Test Engineer

Location:  Cadillac, MI

Business Unit:  Avon Protection

Purpose of Position:

Support the testing of personal protective equipment. 

Essential duties and/or Functions:

• Develop, document and maintain testing methods per internal and external requirements (such as NIOSH, NFPA, CE and Avon standards/requirements).
• Maintain configuration of test rigs and equipment per Avon test methods.
• Conduct testing and experimentation as requested by engineering.
• Document test data and results in test reporting system.
• Plan testing activities to ensure that program timescales are met and provide regular status reports as requested by the Sr. Engineer.
• Assemble and trial prototypes of components, products and systems.
• Participate in end user research as required.
• Develop and maintain test procedures.
• Communicate test methods and results to manufacturing and external suppliers.
• Understand how regulatory requirements such as NFPA, NIOSH, CE, FCC and Intrinsic Safety impact design.
• Maintain a high standard of communication with members of other teams, functional managers, customers and suppliers to pursue project objectives.
• Understand the commercial significance of projects and to control costs, meet project timing and customer project-approval objectives.
• Operate as team member in disciplined problem-solving teams to address issues discovered during testing.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Excellent technical writing skills
• Able to manage multiple engineering priorities and communicate status to appropriate stakeholders.
• Mechanically proficient and willing to perform hands on work.
• Fundamental understanding of data analysis

Preferred/Desired Skills or Experiences:

• Technical understanding of respiratory technology
• Technical understanding of high-pressure pneumatics

Internal Relationships:

Procurement, Supplied Air Value Stream, Product Management, Functional Heads, Sales Team, Certification Team, Product Engineering Team

External Relationships:

US DoD, Commercial Customers, Suppliers, Test Houses

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job.  While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserved the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws. *  U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.   To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates*