American Rheinmetall is a leader in the design, development, and production of advanced tracked and wheeled vehicles, vehicle systems, and critical components that support U.S. military modernization. Our expertise spans electronic and mechanical systems, fabricated structures, armored products, rubber solutions, and track systems, delivering reliable innovation to both defense and commercial markets. As part of the global Rheinmetall family, we combine proven heritage with forward-looking technology to provide solutions that defend and feed the world.
Job Summary:
The Test Engineer is a key role within the Product Integration & Test team, under the Engineering directorate, focused on ensuring that internal testing and U.S. Government testing of American Rheinmetall (AR) products is safe, on schedule, and exceeds the customer’s expectation for quality.
Essential Functions:
- Support the PI&T team by managing specification, selection, procurement, calibration, maintenance and retirement of test equipment.
- Develop instrumentation lists to support data collection needs of internal customers.
- Procure, check out and dry run instrumentation.
- Reduce and analyze test data collected and document the results.
- Provide input to engineering to support test data acquisition.
- Assist in the development and standardization of test procedures and methodologies.
- Lead and support both system, subsystem and component level trials.[KK1]
- Write and assist others in the writing of test documentation (test plans, test procedures, test reports, test logs, etc.).
- Support test activities in the field such as DAQ setup, data collection, and test site interface.
- Assist the shipping of vehicles, parts and equipment between AR Sites, Test Sites, government facilities and supplier facilities.
- Write and assist others in the writing of test incident reports, to include distribution, failure analyses, corrective action and management reports.
- Install and monitor test instrumentation during testing of AR vehicles.
- Support and adhere to all company security, safety and environmental regulations & policies.
- Manage relationships with all stakeholders to ensure performance is optimized and be able to manage the political dimensions associated with a high-profile program.
- Lead and mentor training for test engineers in data acquisition, instrumentation and data reduction.
- Ability to work in a highly fluid environment.
- Ability to travel up to 50% of the time. Occasional travel to Europe may be required.
Undertake other duties as determined by the Vehicle Test Manager or his/her delegate.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
No
Minimum Qualifications:
Specific knowledge that can be determined objectively; suggested vocabulary below