Job Number: 4800

External Description: Requisition ID: 64713

ABOUT WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading kitchen and laundry appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home and inspiring generations with our brands. The company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2023, the company reported approximately $19 billion in annual sales, 59,000 employees, and 55 manufacturing and technology research centers. Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.

This role in summary

Whirlpool is seeking qualified candidates for a Hardware Verification and Validation Engineer to work directly with the innovative technology in our products! This individual will focus on hardware validation and reliability of Electronics controls which include:

• Appliance Control Units (ACUs)
• Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs)
• Next-generation LCD controls
• Interactions of these controls with the rest of the appliance, any use cases.
• Power and control of motors, switches, sensors, etc. (This is case by case basis).

Your responsibilities will include

• Collaborate with the teams across Whirlpool to ensure these products meet high-reliability standards.
• Work alongside Design Teams from initial conceptualization to final sign-off stage of the project with data-driven demonstrated reliability.
• Own and drive hardware validation efforts for Electronic controls programs. Your job is to become a product expert, figure out how it could fail, and collaborate with design partners to drive changes.
• Develop and maintain automation-focused test software to streamline execution, data collection, and data analysis
• Design and build custom test equipment such as test PCBAs, harnesses, and fixtures to make validation efficient, modular, and repeatable
• Manage tests from setup through execution. Coordinate test resources and own validation schedules to communicate status with System Integrators.
• Work with the design partners, reliability team, and suppliers to root cause test failures and arrive at a corrective action
• Collaborate with test technicians to perform component validation by simulating realistic and/or accelerated usage &; environmental conditions

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• 3+ years of electronics product development or electronics product testing
  

Preferred skills and experiences

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with electronics skillset.
• Proven technical experience through internships, industry, passionprojects, academic/ extracurricular activities
• Root cause and recreate failure mode
• Analyze test data and document in test reports, share results with the team to understand failures and improve designs
• Build the appropriate electrical environment for each unit being tested, reaching out to firmware and hardware teams to bring up the device under test
• Excellent grasp ofengineering fundamentals with experience using standard lab equipment (power supplies, electronic loads, o-scopes, DMM's, etc.)
• Genuine curiosity to figure out why something doesn't work; demonstrated experience debugging and troubleshooting technical problems
• You love to be hands-on, understand how to interact with a system and automate repeatable tasks. You thrive on efficiency, and hate to see someone waste their time on something a script, fixture, or robotic system could do
• Knowledge of different sensors, what they do, and how to interact with them
• Embedded firmware / hardware experience
• Experience leading and driving technical projects to completion, especially when multiple teams' input and buyoff are required
• Comfort with balancing competing priorities and timelines, discussing prioritization and alignment of work with external teams when resources are constrained
  
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What we offer

Generous benefits package , Whirlpool employee discount, fitness & educational reimbursement programs, kitchenettes, and more! Saint Joseph/Benton Harbor locations: Beautiful, recently renovated office space, free coffee, biking/walking trails, and access to The Eddy - Early Childhood Center (depending upon availability - additional costs required).

Additional information

Whirlpool's Ways of Working
Our goal is to provide an environment that helps you bring your best to Whirlpool every day. We offer flexibility and industry-leading time-off benefits that will help you balance what's important at work and at home, including:

• Always On Flexibility - You will have the autonomy to manage personal, family, and outside-of-work commitments as needed.
• Two-Week Work from Anywhere - Minimum of one-week increments for a total of two weeks per year.
• Sabbatical - Four weeks paid leave after every five years of service.

Connect with us and learn more about Whirlpool Corporation

See what it's like to work at Whirlpool by visiting Whirlpool Careers . Additional information about the company can be found on Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn , Instagram and YouTube .

At Whirlpool Corporation, we value and celebrate diversity. Whirlpool Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.

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Job Number: 64713

Community / Marketing Title: Hardware Verification and Validation Test Engineer

Location_formattedLocationLong: Benton Harbor, Michigan US