Test Engineer / Validation Engineer

Role focus: Plan and coordinate testing activities, manage test samples, support failure analysis, evaluate results, and communicate findings within multidisciplinary project teams and to customers.

Your Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate testing activities using Excel, MS Project, and Smartsheet.

• Manage prototype part procurement, test sample preparation, and test facility coordination.

• Execute development and product validation tests according to customer and internal specifications.

• Analyze test results and support failure investigations in cooperation with Materials Laboratories.

• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and customer-facing test result summaries.

• Monitor project milestones, ensure information flow, and escalate schedule risks when required.

• Support testing cost estimation, quotation preparation, and change management activities.

• Act as technical interface between Testing, Project Management, Quality, and supplier teams.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Automotive, Mechatronics, or a related field).

• Experience in automotive engineering, product validation, or testing activities.

• Knowledge of damper technology and suspension systems is considered a strong advantage.

• Experience in test planning, execution, and technical result evaluation.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret technical data and identify key insights.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain technical findings to different audiences.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel; experience with MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar planning tools is an advantage.

• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary and international project teams.

• Good command of English, both written and spoken.

What we offer

We provide a benefits package designed to support the professional and personal well being of our employees. This includes meal vouchers of up to 945 RON and a 1000 RON referral bonus, along with access to a 7Card membership. Transportation is ensured from over 30 localities around Sibiu, and for colleagues based in Sibiu, we offer a Tursib subscription. We also offer holiday, Christmas and Easter bonuses, and we support participation in some local sports events by covering the registration fees.

In our locations, our colleagues have access to catering services in on site canteens, ensuring a comfortable workplace environment. We continually invest in professional development through training sessions, qualification programs and workshops focused on both technical and soft skills.

If this aligns with what you are looking for in a future employer, we look forward to receiving your application.

We value diversity

Therefore, we welcome all qualified applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/ideology, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity.