Element has an opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join our rapidly expanding team in Troy, MI. Element Troy provides testing and engineering services to manufacturers and leading suppliers in the passenger car, light truck, bus, off-highway, and military vehicle sectors. Its range of capabilities includes component and system testing, system simulation, engine performance, and full vehicle structural testing.

• Interpret and integrate Design Verification Plans & Reports (DVP&Rs) into comprehensive, actionable test plans involving servo-hydraulic systems and related test setups
• Run single and multi-channel monotonic and fatigue testing, as well as multi-channel simulation systems (MAST, 4-Post, 329, or custom simulators) using MTS RPC Pro software and MTS servo-hydraulic equipment (FlexTest, 458, 407, etc.)
• Use RLDA and strain gage-based instrumentation (loadcell, torque cells, custom transducers) as well as general instrumentation (accelerometers, loadcells, LVDT’s, RVDT’s, pressure transducers, thermocouples, etc.)
• Manage multiple testing programs, track progress and completion status, and provide weekly updates and forecasts to leadership
• Maintain daily customer communication, host weekly project meetings, and document all discussions and deliverables
• Support calibration and development activities to improve data accuracy and testing performance (preferred but not required)

• Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in engineering or testing
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license preferred but not required
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability in resolving technical and operational challenges during test execution
• Strong computer skills, including data acquisition, analysis, and reporting tools

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At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

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