Auburn Hills

Test Release Engineer

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.

Your tasks

Leads the planning and execution of test/prototype activities at a project level in accordance with technical agreements with Development Team (DTM, EAK) and counterparts.
Writing of test reports with clear assessments and recommendations, including follow-up (may delegate however responsible for checking and ensuring correctness). Approval of Test Reports created by Test Engineer or Test & Prototype Technician.
Issues formal Test Releases according to project timing (Test Release 0, 1 and 2). Coordinates risk assessments as part of the Test Releases and Release meetings.
Active in acquisition and development stage to ensure the compliance/deviation to specifications/customer expectations. Delivers specification review and identifies risks to team.
Responsible for document control of test data, reports, releases, etc.
Active participation in Development Team Meetings (EAK) represents test conformance according to Brose procedures / standards. Also participates in formal design/engineering reviews (Design Checklist, DFMEA, specification review, etc.), and informal reviews with development team.
Active in customer and supplier visits, and in negotiations regarding specifications, test plans (DVP&R) and test results.
Able to perform all necessary tests on products, in accordance with test plans, procedures, specifications (customer/Brose).
Ensure quality, effectiveness, cleanliness, and keep department area in order.
Provides training to new Design / Customer Team members.
Lead and mentor other test release engineers in best practices, root cause analysis, customer specifications, lessons learned, etc.