Early Career Hardware Test Engineer

Job Description

Cricut is seeking an experienced and versatile Early Career Hardware Test Engineer to join our Hardware Quality Engineering team.

You will be responsible to formulating test strategies, designing and developing test plans for new & existing products based on product requirements, engineering specifications and potential customer use cases.

Job Responsibilities :

As an Early Career Hardware Test Engineer, we expect the successful candidate to be able to perform the following with some oversight and direction, demonstrate solid learning ability, improvement and work-ethic, and have enough experience to work with and contribute meaningfully to the success of the team through learning and delivering appropriate tasks collectively and independently.

• Analyzing materials and data, conducting tests, troubleshooting, monitoring performance, ensuring quality control and creating documentation during product development stages
• Working with others to develop new methods of testing
• Helping to guide and train technicians and lab workers and assist with directing testing
• Maintaining inventories and ordering test supplies and maintaining lab test equipment
• Work to learn and stay up to date on industry standards and new developments in the field
• Help conduct root-cause analysis through Eight Disciplines (8D), etc. to drive corrective & preventive actions (CAPA) through all stages of the product lifecycle
• Work to develop test plans for : thermal, humidity, vibration, shock, drop / tumble, HALT / HASS, accelerated aging, etc.

which will aid in new product qualification

• Learn and utilize quality engineering tools and techniques such as, gage R&R, SPC, DOE, design for reliability to continuously improve and enhance product reliability.
• Communicate and present defect, failure, risk, and opportunity data to cross functional teams
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to validate manufacturing lines and lead continuous improvement initiatives
• Analyze and recommend product’s readiness at EVT, DVT, MPQ and MP gates
• Develop increasing ability to work independently and with cross functional teams globally to develop and deliver Product Risk Analysis (DFMEA, PFMEA, NUDD and Lessons Learned) to ensure high risk items are addressed prior to validating the final design.

Qualifications

Required Qualification & Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical, Material Science or Electrical Engineering
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills with spoken and written English
• Self-starter, capable of working independently while making sound technical / business judgments and building strong cross functional relationships
• Some experience with engineering drawings
• Willingness and ability to commute to and work in our South Jordan, Utah office Monday through Friday each week is required.

Preferred :

• Solid understanding of assembly processes
• Some practical experience with thermodynamics
• Some practical experience with circuit boards and electronics
• Knowledgeable in production control processes, data analysis six sigma tools such as GR&R, Cp / Cpk, SPC, DOE and correlation analysis.
• Experience with any of the following : mechanical parts, gears, castings, plastic parts, injection molding, tooling, jigs, fixtures, or automotive high-volume quality manufacturing engineering
• Working knowledge of UL / ASTM / ISO testing and standards.
• Experience with process and design failure mode effects analysis (DFMEA and PFMEA)
• Experience conducting IPQC, first-article inspections (FAI), site audits at contract manufacturers and suppliers
• Experience with Minitab or other statistical analysis software
• Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Experience with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Experience with GD&T and CAD software
• Experience with infrared thermography
• ASQ Certification
• Project management and people management
• Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Additional Information

This is an in-office role. Willingness and ability to commute to and work in our South Jordan, Utah office Monday through Friday each week is required.

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Cricut® is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

This position is contingent on successfully completing a Criminal Background Check upon hire.

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