Introduction

ALFA LAVAL is a Swedish multinational company operating in Italy for over 100 years with several sales offices, manufacturing and research and development.

At Alfa Laval, we always go that extra mile to overcome the toughest challenges. Our driving force is to accelerate success for our customers, people and planet. You can only achieve that by having dedicated people with a curious mind. Curiosity is the spark behind great ideas. And great ideas drive progress.

As a member of our team, you thrive in a truly diverse workplace based on empowerment. You are here to make a difference. Constantly building bridges to the future with sustainable solutions that have an impact on our planet’s most urgent problems. Making the world a better place. Every day.

Our driving force is to accelerate success for our customers, people and planet.

The R&D department is looking for a R&D Test Engineer in Monza site (Regular Contract)

About the job

You will be part of the Product Development Department which is accountable for the development of fuel supply systems and high-speed separator modules for the marine industry. The team is based in Monza (Italy) with offices also in Tumba (Sweden) and Shanghai (China).

The Quality Team is composed of 4 members in Monza and one in Shanghai.

Our vision is to secure that the Quality Department is a valued, strong contributor in designing innovative, reliable, and quality products that exceed industry standards.

Who you are 

We are looking for a person with:

• Creative problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Open mind
• Communication capabilities
• Flexibility
• Ability to build and maintain relationships.

What about the job

In your role you will:

• Support product development and members in projects
• Be required to participate in various project teams, which can be cross functional
• Actively contribute to test prototypes requirement definition
• Coordinate the planning of own activities
• Manage R&D test area facility, equipment and dedicated instrumentations
• Define and update test area procedures
• Guarantee safety procedures are respected by people accessing the test area
• Identify, detail, plan and execute tests
• Define component qualification process though validation test phase
• Collect data and analyze test results
• Draft and issue test reports
• Manage post mortem item/components analysis and inspection identifying root cause of malfunctioning
• Support in prototype testing in factories (internal and external)
• When required support service function in commissioning and troubleshooting in onboard tests
• Identify and contribute to the development/implementation of advanced diagnostic tools
• Participate in quality, peer review process
• Contribute to Lesson Learnt database updating
• Contribute to service documentation drafting and review
• Contribute to field service engineer training and qualification.

What you know 

• Engineer will be an asset
• Background in mechanics, process and automation
• Familiarity with project work and product development
• Understand the basics in the fuel conditioning and separation process on board vessels
• Knowledge of product performance and quality principles
• Knowledge of Safety principles and rules
• Knowledge of Design of Experiment
• Experience in test and troubleshooting, onboard experience will be a plus
• Knowledge of Data analysis
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft ® Windows environments and Office package (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Available for travels upon necessity (about 20% of time)
• Fluent written and spoken English.