Job Description
Role: Mechanical Test Technician
Location: Blue Ash, OH
Duration: Full Time
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• Operate commercial and proprietary mechanical testing equipment to perform tensile, compression, torsion, and structural/functional evaluations of medical devices.
• Execute test protocols accurately while ensuring data integrity, repeatability, and compliance with regulated R&D lab standards.
• Partner with R&D and design engineers to clarify test objectives, provide test method input, and support development across product lifecycle stages.
• Conduct troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and failure investigations using strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Apply solid understanding of engineering fundamentals (mechanisms, fixturing, tooling, instrumentation) to support complex test setups.
• Perform a wide range of testing including leak/pressure testing, axial load testing, environmental conditioning, force to fire testing, and laser extensometry.
• Collect, analyze, and clearly document test results using approved lab documentation practices and Microsoft Office tools.
• Work effectively under tight timelines in an evolving, high pressure R&D environment while maintaining safety and quality focus.
• Assist with training and mentoring junior technicians on proper test execution and safe equipment use.
• Support continuous improvement of mechanical testing methods, lab workflows, and equipment utilization; perform other lab duties as assigned.