About this role
Drivetrain Development & Test Engineer
Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Drivetrain Development & Test Engineer to join our team in Mossville, IL. We offer full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're looking to grow your career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company - let's talk!
Position Overview
The Drivetrain Development & Test Engineer drives development, testing, data reduction, and engineering recommendations for transmission and axle components supporting new product introduction (NPI) and continuous product improvement (CPI) projects. This is an onsite role suited to an early-career engineer who enjoys hands-on hardware work as much as data analysis.
Key Responsibilities
- Support test execution, inspection, and analysis, and deliver engineering conclusions and recommendations based on results
- Perform pre- and post-test evaluation of hardware
- Verify instrumentation and data collection at test start and throughout testing
- Support project and test planning and budgeting with internal and external clients
- Develop new and improved test methods, analysis standards, and safe job procedures, adapting testing based on findings
- Support ISO 17025 requirements for lab instrumentation and equipment
- Partner with design and analytics engineers around the globe to build test plans and process test data
Team & Work Environment
- Local team of design, analysis, analytics, and test/development engineers supporting global projects alongside design and development engineers and internal and third-party test labs worldwide
- Based at a technical center dedicated to drivetrain development and testing, with time split roughly 50/50 between office and shop floor
- Occasional local travel to production and proving ground facilities and in support of design and procurement projects
- PPE required (e.g., safety boots, glasses, etc.)
Requirements
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar technical engineering discipline required
- 0–2 years of experience; internships count toward experience
- Relevant backgrounds include test, development, controls development, project, or design engineering
Required Technical Skills
- Hands-on inspection of hardware and instrumentation to diagnose challenging component failure modes and confirm instrumentation is functioning properly
- Strong application of engineering fundamentals to problem-solving
- Proficiency with measurement instruments, including micrometers and surface profilometers
- Setup of data acquisition systems and data recording
- Data reduction and analysis
- Technical report writing, including concise summaries
- Efficient research of historical lessons learned to identify trends and comparisons
Preferred Technical Skills
- Advanced data reduction, including digital filtering, plotting, and engineering analysis
Required Soft Skills
- Self-starter who works independently, proactively identifies project and test needs, and owns execution and reporting
- Proficient communicator and collaborative team member
- Comfortable reaching clients by email, text, phone, and other methods
- Persistent in following up with internal and external team members to keep projects moving efficiently
Preferred Soft Skills
- Team builder who strengthens collaboration across the group
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid Holidays
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Salary expectations: 54,000-57,000 per annual