We work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn't believe.  At Roush, you're part of building the future.  Are you someone that has a passion for providing innovated solutions to complex challenges?  Do you want to work someplace where creativity and new ideas are encouraged?  If so, then keep reading.

We fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries.  With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage. 

We offer a full array of benefits to our full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

Job Summary

The Automotive Laboratory Technician II will support engineering testing for research, development or certification of vehicles, products, sub-systems, components or materials. This role is responsible for working independently collecting data using specialized equipment, control software, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems. This role will also lead to the diagnosis of the unit on test, and the complete experimental setup, to ensure operational efficiency and data quality. 

As an Automotive Laboratory Technician II, you will:

• Lead execution of test procedures, while collecting high quality data, using specialized equipment which may include dynamometers, cylinder combustion analyzers, exhaust emissions analyzers, flow meters, force actuators and load cells, environmental chambers or various material property measurement equipment
• Support diagnosis and issue resolution for the unit on test, equipment control software, instrumentation, data acquisition systems, or facilities
• Support installation of test units, mounting fixtures, instrumentation, fluid connections, and electrical connections
• Perform regular maintenance, replace parts, and request shop supplies
• Maintain accurate records of unit on test, tests run, maintenance, and part changes
• Work directly with Engineers to operate at experimental conditions
• Support calibration and maintenance of test equipment for ISO compliance

To be considered an Automotive Laboratory Technician II, you will need:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years experience in an automotive environment
• Minimum of 1 year mechanical, instrumentation, electrical, or fabrication experience in a testing environment
• Good MS Office skills specifically with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and flexibility to learn new skills
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Good knowledge of test procedures, equipment, and data acquisition systems used in testing vehicles, engines, fuels systems, emissions, components, or material properties
• Good ability to diagnose issues with complete test setup
• Ability to interpret collected data to support Engineers

A successful candidate may also have:

Associate degree or technical school certification

4 years of experience testing vehicles, products, powertrains, engines, fuel systems, emissions, chassis components, or material properties

Experience operating or calibrating emissions analyzers, flow meters, or tensile test machines

Experience with in-cylinder pressure measurement and combustion analyzers

Experience with Siemens LMS TestLab or MTS Flextest

Experience with fabrication of metals o