V&V Engineer, Mechanical
On-sitePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Characterize vehicles and derive mechanical requirements with bidirectional traceability to test evidence. Own the mechanical DVP&R by planning and executing functional and performance testing including vibration, shock, and environmental protocols on prototypes. Identify and troubleshoot mechanical issues while leading root cause analysis to drive corrective actions. Partner with design, systems, and software engineers to integrate mechanical V&V and Design for Test into the wider program. Manage all aspects of compliance testing and certification adhering to ISO 26262, UL 4600, and SAE J1455 standards. Coordinate with external accredited laboratories for pre-compliance and formal certification testing. Build and evolve Waabi's mechanical V&V methodology, lab capability, and toolchain while assessing new OEMs' DV/PV processes.
Required Qualifications
- 5 + years in an Mechanical V&V role, preferably automotive or heavy vehicle
- Minimum of a Bachelor's of Science in Engineering
- Understand all aspects of an automotive DV/PV process
- Deep understanding of the automotive PPAP process
- Working knowledge with automotive APQP
- Experience working directly with Automotive OEMs, Tier 1 & 2 suppliers
- "On your feet" knowledge of International automotive environmental and safety standards, including ASTM B117, SAE J1455, or MIL-STD-810
- Working knowledge of AEC standards
- Ability to adjust V&V Process to support various OEMs
- Direct experience characterizing vehicles to set environmental requirements for new projects or OEMs
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Technical experience in developing self-driving vehicles
- Experience with the NRTL (UL) and CE certification
- Experience with SolidWorks, ANSYS, Polarion
- Experience designing and building HIL test benches and automating regression testing
- Accelerated life testing, HALT/HASS, and Weibull or reliability demonstration analysis
- Ability to perform risk analysis and prevention, FMEA, FTA, RCA, FEA
- Experience with CANbus, Python, Shell, Unix OS
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