Test Engineer

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Apply engineering principles to safely achieve and maintain customer-specified test conditions using new and existing test equipment.
• Identify testing-environment hazards and work with Environmental, Health & Safety to mitigate risks and maintain a safe workspace.
• Develop expertise in laboratory temperature, pressure, flow, and vibration instrumentation and data acquisition systems.
• Design and configure test setups; program sensors and DAQ software for accurate measurement and test execution.
• Execute and repeat procedures consistently to support reproducibility, data integrity, and reliable long-term test outcomes.
• Troubleshoot equipment unable to achieve desired inputs or outputs; participate in root cause analysis and communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
• Build, maintain, modify, and upgrade test equipment; coach and support laboratory technicians.
• Research, justify, and implement new laboratory products and technology.
• Work with manufacturing engineering and maintenance to maintain equipment and use natural gas, water, compressed air, and electricity efficiently.
• Create and maintain lab quality documents, including Measurement System Analysis, Nonconformance Corrective Action Reports, and Work Instructions.
• Perform other duties supporting laboratory operations and business objectives.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
• 3–5 years of test or validation engineering experience; experience in HVAC, refrigeration, or industrial equipment production is preferred.
• Hands-on product testing experience and strong attention to detail.
• Familiarity with instrumentation and control wiring.
• Working knowledge of ControlLogix or similar DAQ/PLC programming.
• Strong problem-solving, project management, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to safe work practices in a laboratory environment.

Asset

• Working knowledge of 3D CAD software is a nice-to-have; specific software is not specified.