Job Description
Roush
Title Automotive Laboratory Technician I
Location Dearborn, MI
Category Technicians
Hiring Type Full Time
We work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn’t believe. At Roush, you’re part of building the future. Are you someone that has a passion for providing innovated solutions to complex challenges? Do you want to work someplace where creativity and new ideas are encouraged? If so, then keep reading.We fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries. With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage. We offer a full array of benefits to our full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and paid holidays.Job SummaryThe Automotive Laboratory Technician I will support engineering testing for research, development, or certification of vehicles, products, sub-systems, components, or materials. This role is responsible for collecting data using specialized equipment, control software, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems. This role will also support diagnosis of the unit on test, and the complete experimental setup, to ensure operational efficiency and data quality. This position is located in Dearborn, MI.As an Automotive Laboratory Technician, you will:Support execution of test procedures, while collecting high quality data, using specialized equipment which may include dynamometers, cylinder combustion analyzers, exhaust emissions analyzers, flow meters, force actuators and load cells, environmental chambers, or various material property measurement equipmentSupport installation of test units onto test stands including mounting fixtures, instrumentation, and fluid or electrical connectionsPerform regular maintenance, replace parts, and request shop suppliesSupport diagnosis and issue resolution for the unit on test, equipment control software, instrumentation, data acquisition systems, or facilitiesMaintain accurate records of unit on test, tests run, maintenance, and part changesWork directly with Engineers to operate at experimental conditionsSupport calibration and maintenance of test equipment for accuracy and ISO complianceTo be considered an Automotive Laboratory Technician, you will need:High School Diploma or equivalentMinimum 1 year of any of the following: mechanical, instrumentation, electrical or fabrication experienceGood computer skills and flexibility to learn new skillsGood communication skills, written and verbalGood customer service and organizational skillsBasic knowledge of automotive powertrain systems, fuel systems, components, or material propertiesAbility to learn and follow detailed test procedures while recording dataA successful candidate may also have:Associate degree or Technical School certification2 years experience testing vehicles, products, powertrains, engines, fuel systems, emissions, chassis components, or material propertiesExperience operating or calibrating emissions analyzers, flow meters, or tensile test machinesExperience with Siemens LMS TestLab or MTS FlextestExperience with fabrication of metals or composite materialsValid Driver’s LicenseGood MS Office skills specifically with Excel, Word, PowerPointGood metal or composite fabrication skillsKnowledge of common testing equipment and software used in vehicles, engine, fuel systems, components, products or material test environmentsKnowledge of testing equipment including Horiba or AVL gas analyzers, Smoke Meters, Opacity meters, Siemens LMS TestLab or MTS FlextestAbility to diagnose issues with engines, powertrains, or experimental test setupIf you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team. Please visit our careers page and apply by clicking on this link: https://jobs.roush.com/us/enVisit our website: www.roush.comLike us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RoushCareersRoush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categoriesIf you need a reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at (734) 779-7087.
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