Dyno Test Technician - Part-time

Test Technician I, II, & III

Location: Dearborn MI 48121

Contract to hire 3-6 months with conversion to perm

Rate: DOE Hourly W2 $15-22/hr

Shifts 1st and 2nd

 

1. Test Technician Level 1

Location: Dearborn MI 48121

Contract to hire 3-6 months with conversion to perm

Rate: DOE Hourly W2 $15-18/hr

Shifts: 1st and 2nd

 

Plans, conducts, and analyzes development and verification testing (physical and analytical) with reference to targets and requirements.

 

Typical Duties & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates awareness of the failures caused by setup or facility issues.
• Demonstrates awareness of the vehicle, system, subsystem, and component level requirements to be tested.
• Conduct standard test procedures and methods.  Understands acceptance criteria and linkage to requirements.
• Ability to use test tools and equipment properly and to construct effective test setups.
• Conducts and monitors standard tests and assists experienced tech/technologists to run complex tests.
• Helps diagnose test problems.
• Uses/modifies simple test fixtures.
• Calibrates instruments with some help and build simple instrumentation setups.
• Ensures that all required data is collected and reported in an appropriate format.

 

Desired Skills:

• Basic Automotive/Engine knowledge
• Basic computer operations including Microsoft Office, file system maintenance, and data acquisition.
• Basic mechanical & fabrication skills
• Ability to work with others and take directions

 

Desired Education/Experience:

• 2 year Automotive Technology Associates Degree or equivalent experience

 

 

1. Test Technician Level 2

Location: Dearborn MI 48121

Contract to hire 3-6 months with conversion to perm

Rate: DOE Hourly W2 $18-20/hr

Shifts: 1st and 2nd

 

Plans, conducts, and analyzes development and verification testing (physical and analytical) with reference to targets and requirements.

 

Typical Duties & Responsibilities:

• Conducts complex tests and monitors data to make sure tests are valid.
• Understands the vehicle, system, subsystem or component level parts to apply appropriate test method, equipment and instrumentation to insure valid test results.
• Understands test procedures and prepares complex tests including instrumentation and data acquisition with some help.
• Communicates test results using simple analysis methods and presentation formats effectively. 
• Uses processes/equipment to prevent failures caused by setup or facility issues.
• Identifies and diagnoses test problems and takes lead to resolve issues.
• Fabricates/modifies test fixtures.
• Improves accuracy and efficiency through an understanding of the benefits and limitations of alternative test equipment and setups
• Assists in the development of procedures to properly perform routine quality checks

 

Desired Skills:

• Enhanced Automotive/Engine knowledge
• Enhanced computer operations including Microsoft Office, file system maintenance, and data acquisition.
• Enhanced mechanical & fabrication skills
• Ability to work with others and take directions

 

Desired Education/Experience:

• 2 year Automotive Technology Associates Degree or equivalent experience plus 2 years of automotive testing experience.

 

 

1. Test Technician Level 3

Location: Dearborn MI 48121

Contract to hire 3-6 months with conversion to perm

Rate: DOE Hourly W2 $20-22/hr

Shifts: 1st and 2nd

 

Plans, conducts, and analyzes development and verification testing (physical and analytical) with reference to targets and requirements.

 

Typical Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepares and conducts complex tests including instrumentation & data acquisition. Helps others as needed to setup these tests.
• Understands the customer usage of vehicle, system, subsystem or component to realize when current test method or requirement may be inadequate.
• Assists to improve test correlation to customer usage.
• Works with engineers to create test plans that validate design requirements (DVM's) or specifications (SDS's).
• Develops test procedures and tools when current methods fall short of validating a part, subsystem or system.
• Develops processes, equipment and instrumentation to prevent failures caused by setup or facility issues.
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of test systems to diagnose and fix test problems with test facilities or instrumentation. Teaches lessons learned to others.
• Helps design new test fixtures.
• Understands basic statistical methods.
• Drives for more accurate, effective and efficient test tools, instrumentation and equipment. Trains others to use them and consults in the analysis of test results.

 

Desired Skills:

• Enhanced Automotive/Engine knowledge
• Enhanced computer operations including Microsoft Office, file system maintenance, and data acquisition.
• Enhanced mechanical & fabrication skills
• Ability to work with others and take directions

 

Desired Education/Experience:

• 2 year Automotive Technology Associates Degree or equivalent experience plus 5 years of automotive testing experience.

 

 

 

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