TEST ENGINEER

Intralox - New Orleans, LA

Full-time

New Orleans, LA

1,001-5,000 employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Test Engineer position at Intralox involves supporting the new product development department by creating and executing test plans to validate product performance in customer environments. This role is crucial for ensuring that innovative solutions are effectively tested and documented, contributing to the overall success of product delivery and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Accelerate transfer of project knowledge to development teams, expediting product delivery to market minimizing the total cost of delay.
• Responsible for testing needs of the test teams through the project development: Planning -> Development -> Execution.
• Work directly with industry teams to develop testing strategy and results delivery for their projects.
• Define or validate test scope by identifying the information and results required to make design decisions and/or evaluate product, component, or material performance.
• Prioritize the integration of custom test methods into operation workflows.
• Execute or oversee tests ensuring they follow the test plan, utilize appropriate test methods, tools, and equipment, and are conducted safely and efficiently.
• Apply continuous improvement principles to new product development testing operations.
• Improve learnings from test development efforts into test standardization.
• Contribute to the curation of our growing data stores.
• Create methods that transform test results into actionable insights using clear and well-defined analysis techniques.
• Focus on revealing product performance capabilities or distinguishing differences between products, ensuring the analysis techniques are tailored to achieve these objectives.
• Identify and implement best practices to improve the testing process, test tools, and testing methodologies to enhance test efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintain workshop and test areas to ensure they are clean and organized.
• Provide training to technicians and engineers on the operation of test equipment.

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering (or related discipline) or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated mechanical and technical aptitudes.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Effective technical writing, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn and operate equipment user interface software.
• Familiarity with ASTM or ISO test standardization related to plastic material strength, stiffness, and tribology.
• Must be comfortable operating mechanical equipment to evaluate performance of machinery.
• Self-managed, team player able to complete assigned priorities without supervision.
• Specific experience on laboratory test equipment (UTM | FTIR | DSC) preferred.
• Programming/analysis experience in data exploration and visualization (Python | VBA | Excel | Minitab) preferred.
• Project Management tools (Kanban | Sprint Planning | Microsoft Project) preferred.