Sr. Test Engineer

Akebono Brake Corporation
Farmington Hills, MI
Purpose/Summary
This position is responsible for testing, developing and validating new or improved automotive brake component designs or new applications of existing designs.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities
  • Plans, executes and reports on experimental and validation tests on brake products.
  • Plans and analyzes dimensional measurement of brake components.
  • Analyzes test results and recommends corrective actions in cases of performance non-compliance. Use the problem solving tools such as Six Sigma, Shainin, etc. when necessary.
  • Works with design engineer and project manager to ensure the compliance of product with customer’s specifications and timing requirements.
  • Designs and w rites test procedures .
  • Leads technicians in procedures and technical aspects of test and measurement execution
  • Recommends and implements improvements to test equipment and procedures.
  • Is approved to perform reference calibration on equipment necessary to their assigned task.
  • Organizes test samples. Performs minor modifications to test samples when necessary. Ability to assemble brake products from components.
  • Create fixture drawings using commercial software (Auto-Cad, Solid Works). Use of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing on drawings.
  • Perform other duties as assigned
Education and/or Experience (minimum required for the position)
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (B. S.) from four-year college or university and at least four years of related experience to foundation brake design or testing is minimally required; Master’s Degree in Engineering (M.S.) will receive higher consideration.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
  • Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
  • Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
  • Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
  • Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
  • Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
  • Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None

Physical Demands/Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Requirements
None

Posted 2026-08-05

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