Test Engineer

Our client is a global industrial leader known for designing and manufacturing specialized vehicles and equipment built for the world’s toughest environments. With a strong focus on engineering excellence, safety, and reliability, it serves customers across defense, emergency response, access equipment, and vocational markets. Backed by an innovation‑driven culture and long‑standing investment in its people, the company continues to deliver mission‑critical solutions when they matter most. They are now seeking a Test Engineer to help validate performance, ensure product reliability, and support the development of next‑generation equipment.

Work model:

• On-Site
• 7:00AM – 4:00PM
• Monday – Friday

What you will do:

• Under close supervision, perform basic engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned as well as general industry engineering standards and processes
• Support senior engineers in the preparation of basic plans, designs, computation methods, and/or reporting
• Under close supervision, work on projects of limited complexity in a support role
• Collaborate as needed with other engineering or business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally
• Assist with establishing of requirements for testing of heavy-duty vehicles and associated equipment according to the needs of the project
• Recommend what equipment resources are necessary to accomplish the test.
• Assist in formulating project estimates
• Assist in creating test plans and implementing them via communication to engineers and technicians
• Create plans for fixtures and test apparatuses and supervise their construction and development
• Coordinate, supervise and monitor progress of testing
• Recommend corrective actions needed to maintain schedule and cost targets
• Communicate the status and results of tests as needed
• Ability to travel 10%
• Support Prototype team member safety discussions
• Research, plan, and execute testing related to standard
• Identify opportunities within defined standards to support the projects

What you will need to be successful:

• Must be hands on person who is willing to get involved with vehicle work
• Good communication/writing skills
• Self-starter that is open to team and independent work
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with Internship experience or six (6) or more months of related work experience
• Experience in automotive or heavy-vehicle equipment

Benefits overview: 

• 401k 
• Major health insurances  
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)  
• Click here for a complete list of benefits 

Interested and qualified candidates can Aaron Christner at (319) 449-1200 or email Aaron at achristner@thepalmergroup.com.