Hardware Verification and Validation Test Engineer

Overview

Whirlpool is seeking qualified candidates for a Hardware Verification and Validation Engineer to work directly with the innovative technology in our products! This individual will focus on hardware validation and reliability of Electronics controls which include: 

Appliance Control Units (ACUs)
Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs)
Next-generation LCD controls 
Interactions of these controls with the rest of the appliance, any use cases. 
Power and control of motors, switches, sensors, etc. (This is case by case basis).
Your responsibilities will include
 

Collaborate with the teams across Whirlpool to ensure these products meet high-reliability standards.
Work alongside Design Teams from initial conceptualization to final sign-off stage of the project with data-driven demonstrated reliability.
Own and drive hardware validation efforts for Electronic controls programs. Your job is to become a product expert, figure out how it could fail, and collaborate with design partners to drive changes. 
Develop and maintain automation-focused test software to streamline execution, data collection, and data analysis 
Design and build custom test equipment such as test PCBAs, harnesses, and fixtures to make validation efficient, modular, and repeatable 
Manage tests from setup through execution. Coordinate test resources and own validation schedules to communicate status with System Integrators. 
Work with the design partners, reliability team, and suppliers to root cause test failures and arrive at a corrective action 
Collaborate with test technicians to perform component validation by simulating realistic and/or accelerated usage &; environmental conditions 
Minimum requirements
 

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
3+ years of electronics product development or electronics product testing
Preferred skills and experiences
 

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with electronics skillset. 
Proven technical experience through internships, industry, passion projects, academic/ extracurricular activities 
Root cause and recreate failure mode
Analyze test data and document in test reports, share results with the team to understand failures and improve designs
Build the appropriate electrical environment for each unit being tested, reaching out to firmware and hardware teams to bring up the device under test
Excellent grasp of engineering fundamentals with experience using standard lab equipment (power supplies, electronic loads, o-scopes, DMM’s, etc.) 
Genuine curiosity to figure out why something doesn’t work; demonstrated experience debugging and troubleshooting technical problems 
You love to be hands-on, understand how to interact with a system and automate repeatable tasks. You thrive on efficiency, and hate to see someone waste their time on something a script, fixture, or robotic system could do 
Knowledge of different sensors, what they do, and how to interact with them 
Embedded firmware / hardware experience 
Experience leading and driving technical projects to completion, especially when multiple teams’ input and buyoff are required 
Comfort with balancing competing priorities and timelines, discussing prioritization and alignment of work with external teams when resources are constrained