**Associate Engineer Validation** **Description** * Execution of functional tests for automotive plastic fuel tanks \(refueling, volume characteristics, venting, environmental, \.\.\.\) and Pentatonic Battery Housing \(mechanical, environmental, \.\.\.\)\. * Analyze customers SOW´s for automotive components and definition of DVP/PVP\. * Definition and execution of sample and prototype build up and data acquisition\. * Test planning and set up, coordination, execution, evaluation and documentation of validation and development tests for automotive products\. * Ordering and supervision of external test\. * Creation of generic test standards and specifications in alignment with internal core functions, customer and suppliers considering vDVP\. * Product validation against internal and external specifications\. * Evaluation and interpretation of test results and definition of counter measures\. Creation professional test reports\. * Reporting test results to the customer\. * Calculation of test and validation costs\. * Show robustness of products over lifecycle of development plans\. * Drive the customers buy in to follow generic development and validation \(generic DVP/PVP, vDVP, HALT, \.\.\.\)\. * Technical link between Kautex development teams, validation and the customer\. **Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering \(e\.g\., Electrical, Mechanical, Chemistry, Physics\) from an accredited college or university\. * Testing and Validation Experience * Professional experience in one of the following fields is preferred \- Data acquisition and measurement technology \(LabView, Python,…\) \- Complex mechatronic systems, ideally Automotive \- Statistical mathematics \- Blow\-/ Injection\-/ Compression molding \- Fluid dynamics \- Thermodynamics * Fluid English required * Willingness to travel \(customer visits, test drives, supplier development, testing in plants, exchange with other validation teams, method and equipment development\) **Recruiting Company:** Kautex **Primary Location:** CA-Ontario-Windsor **Job Function:** Engineering **Schedule:** Full-time **Job Level:** Individual Contributor **Job Type:** Entry Job **Shift:** First Shift **Job Posting:** 10/31/2025, 8:39:29 AM **Job Number:** 335595