Position Summary

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for managing and overseeing day-to-day operations and testing in an engineering laboratory. You will develop lab policies and test procedures related to performance and qualification testing of existing products and new concepts and write reports summarizing test results. You will also manage equipment, qualification, test scheduling, and the organization of lab activities.

Responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform engineering tests, maintenance and calibration procedures capturing relevant data as well as working with department resources on conclusions and findings. 
• Develop and maintain lab work instructions, visual aids, and other documentation supporting best practices and training for the larger engineering group. 
• Support product teardown, trouble shooting, and root cause analysis associated with testing activities.
• Manage test scheduling for multiple departments and identify gaps in lab equipment/capability on an ongoing basis.
• Assist in proposing and maintaining lab layout and organization scheme.
• Submit and manage product deviation builds in conjunction with the production floor.
• Requirements and make product improvements.
• Provide producibility input and manufacturing plans for product design or modification.
• All other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school Diploma required, Associate’s Degree desired 
• Documentation or report writing experience in a technical role.
• MS Office experience required.  Must have experience in use of word, excel, technical writing and basic information technology.
• Experience with electromechanical devices
• Experience in an engineering lab environment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Computer literacy, file storage and good documentation practices.
• Experience with configuration management, blueprint reading, and Bill of Material maintenance desirable.
• Must be well organized and excellent at managing priorities.
• Ability to successfully interact with various departments in the accomplishment of the above responsibilities.
• Able to handle multiple tasks concurrently and open to re-direction. 
• Experience with a variety of standard lab equipment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, some math skills necessary.
• Demonstration of good interpersonal skills to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships is required.
• Willingness to work cross functionally and with other departments. 
• Manufacturing machinery, testing systems, and processing/quality equipment knowledge.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies and systems. For more than a century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Learn more at www.parker.com or parkerhannifin.

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