Reliability Engineer

at  Daikin Europe HQ

Daikin Europe NV (DENV) is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries Limited, a Japanese outstanding company and worldwide the biggest developer, producer and supplier of HVAC-R (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) solutions, including heating pumps and cooling technology.
DENV is Daikin’s sales, R&D, and production headquarters for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. The headquarter has Belgian offices in Brussels, Ghent and Ostend, as well as 8 production plants, 24 sales subsidiaries and offices and a whole network of independent distributors and dealers across the EMEA region.

YOUR ROLE

As a product validation engineer within our EMEA Development Centre, you will be involved in the development and testing of heat pumps, refrigeration systems and commercial air conditioning products focusing primarily on the quality of the newest products.

YOU CORE TASKS WILL INCLUDE:

• Together with the product department team, analyse the unit requirements, functionalities and potential failure modes to determine which tests and evaluation criteria’s the products must undergo
• Determine the testing schedule autonomously while taking the global planning within and outside EDC into account.
• Execute the validation tests (structure, reliability, performance, sound and safety)Deeply analyse the test results and confirm required criteria’s are met
• Validate and verify the results of FEM simulations
• Discuss the test results with the product development team and have an active role in countermeasure definitions
• Gather data, visualise and officialise the test report
• Discuss your interim results with the management, make diagnoses and ensure the setting up and implementation of action plans to identify and avoid bottlenecks.
  Report and confirm development quality status to senior management in design review meetings