R&D Lead Test Engineer

At Trojan Technologies, we believe there’s nothing more essential than delivering clean water to the world. That’s especially true in this critical moment, when the world’s supply of clean water is under substantial stress due to industrialization, increasing demand, and rising biological and chemical contamination. Our mission is to stem that tide: to ensure greater water confidence and environmental stewardship for people, industries, and municipalities, improving the lives of over one billion people globally.

As part of our global team, you’ll work alongside customers from municipalities to pharmaceutical and food and beverage companies to build creative, sustainable solutions. You’ll also find a welcoming and supportive team that listens to your ideas and allows you to follow your strengths. All of us feel privileged to work on innovative technologies that bring clean water to the world—we hope you will, too.

Trojan is proud to be one of Danaher's Water Quality companies. Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of interns, validation testing oversee all technical testing with our collaborative team at Trojan! You will support the testing from general power to the firmware, controls system, HMI, and programming side, making recommendations to our current processes and participating in design reviews to offer ideas and recommendations from tests performed.

Accountabilities

• Assists in development of new test protocols
• Develops operating, maintenance and test procedures based on laboratory standards and safety policies.
• Assists in scheduling, assigning, reviewing and coordinating workflow to assure proper utilization of staff
• Directs the daily activities of designated staff. Advises supervisor on staffing levels, and performance
• Designs, adapts or directs the building of test setups and equipment to new situations, based on analysis of test specifications and engineering department requests and instructions
• Prepares purchase and material requisitions. Recommends solutions to observed test problems
• Participate in root cause analysis and investigations of materials failure and testing issues
• Communicates with department personnel to receive instructions, convey data and resolve equipment availability and with internal clients during test setup and performance to demonstrate or otherwise illustrate equipment test methods and/or discuss test results
• Support and trouble shoot vendor hardware and firmware issues as required
• Build rapid prototypes of product concepts to illustrate design concepts
• Travel is a requirement between our London and Guelph facilities

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering. Minimum of 5 years of related work experience.
• Working knowledge and experience in mechanical/electrical/instrumentation and controls design
• Experience with Electronic Systems, Electronics Troubleshooting, Electronic Testing Design, Project Management, Quality Focus, Creativity, problem solving and attention to detail
• Experience developing laboratory or machine automation software
• LabVIEW software – minimum 2 years’ experience preferred
• Ability to work both independently and as a productive member of a development/sustainment team
• Proficient in using Solidworks CAD software and strong computer skills is an asset
• Hands on skills like soldering and using basic hand tools

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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