Test Engineer, Validation Engineer, & Validation Technician (Power Electronics)

Acara Solutions, An Aleron Company · Milwaukee, United States

Our growing high-power electronics and motor control manufacturing client (since 1960’s) is creating a new dedicated testing/validation lab team at their Milwaukee region HQ. These all are salaried direct employee positions (w/ comprehensive benefits) working onsite 5 days a week. They will consider candidates that prefer to be a contractor instead (W-2 via Acara).

Current openings include:

• Test Engineer
• Validation Engineer
• Validation Technician
• Sr. Reliability Engineer

They also have a PLC Controls Engineer opening.

Bachelor's degree required on all positions besides Associate's degree for the Technician.

The Test Engineer requires strong Python development skills

The Validation Technician requires strong electronics lab tool skills.

The Validation Engineer requires:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product validation, test engineering, power electronics, or related engineering roles, that includes:
• Strong understanding of power electronics, electrical measurements, and engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to independently plan, execute, analyze, and document complex engineering test programs.
• Hands-on experience with:
• Oscilloscopes, HV differential probes, current probes, and DMMs
• AC/DC power supplies, electronic loads, and regenerative 4-quadrant systems
• Data acquisition systems, thermocouples, RTDs, and automated switching systems
• Logic analyzers and communication/protocol analyzers
• Spectrum analyzers, dynamic signal analyzers, and vector network analyzers (VNAs)
• Statistical data analysis, reliability methods, and root cause investigation techniques
• Min 2 years of experience working safely with high-power electrical systems, including three-phase AC systems through 690 Vac and DC systems through 2000 Vdc.