Jobs at Instron

• Global Leader: Join a company with more than 75 years of innovation and a reputation for excellence in materials testing solutions.
• Meaningful Work: Partner with engineers, researchers, and manufacturers developing the next generation of products across industries including medical devices, aerospace, automotive, and consumer goods.

• Prior field service experience strongly preferred
• Automation systems experience is a plus

• Developing and maintaining application integration solutions that simplify business processes. 2. Contributes to the definition, the documentation, and the ongoing improvement of internal workflows and processes.
• Application support:

• Robotic specimen handling systems
• Automated material testing cells

• A Global Leader: Join a company with over 75 years of expertise and a stellar reputation for excellence in materials testing solutions.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Represent innovative products and solutions that push the boundaries of mechanical testing across industries.

• Lead feasibility studies and rapid prototyping to establish suitable measurement approaches, defining and building experimental setups and quantifying performance
• Specify and optimize imaging optics and capture configurations (camera/sensor selection, lens choice, working distance, FOV/DOF tradeoffs)

• The preparation and analysis of weekly revenue and variable margin forecasting projections for leadership team
• Analyze actual results versus forecast and budget, identify key variance drivers, and deliver clear, actionable insights to business leaders.

• Build and maintain custom WordPress themes, templates, and plugins
• Troubleshoot and resolve front-end and back-end issues in WordPress

Job Description

Company Information:

Instron is a global organization that designs, manufactures, sells and services mechanical testing systems.

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• Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering with 8+ years of experience in the design, development, and launch of complex electromechanical products.
• Experience in machine design that has incorporated machine elements, structural components, kinematic principles and/or mechanisms, electromechanical component packaging, electromechanical drive systems, sensors, design for cost, and design for manufacturability.

• Develop and mentor a team of applications engineers to their highest potential and as future leaders in the organization
• Manage the daily operations and activities of the Instron Demonstration Laboratory (Demo Lab), including scheduling of customer and field applications test requests and customer demonstrations. Ensure that the laboratory is clean, organized, and maintained in a presentable form. May also assist in product testing, trouble-shooting, and evaluation with equipment in the Demo Lab.

• Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering with 5+ years of experience in the design, development, and launch of complex electromechanical products.
• Experience in machine design that has incorporated machine elements, structural components, kinematic principles and/or mechanisms, electromechanical component packaging, electromechanical drive systems, sensors, design for cost, and design for manufacturability.

• A Global Leader: Join a company with over 75 years of expertise and a stellar reputation for excellence in materials testing solutions.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Represent innovative products and solutions that push the boundaries of mechanical testing across industries.

• Assume ownership of and responsibility for automated engineering projects throughout the entire project lifecycle
• Coordinate project activities, customer interactions (internal and external), design, manufacturing, and testing of custom automated products

• Manage the entire life cycle of products from product definition to launch, upgrades, obsolescence and product refreshes.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop short-term and long-range planning of the department to support strategic business goals. Work with other department leaders to develop and direct the strategic business plans, market opportunities/direction, growth, and product financial plans.

• Follow established ISO procedures for carrying out tasks
• Create and execute detailed test cases for new and existing application features