Quality Technician - Design Validation & Lab Testing (m/w/d)

About the Position

Quality Technician - Design Validation & Lab Testing (m/w/d)

Join ista SE as a Quality Technician for Design Validation & Lab Testing. Work in a hybrid role, ensuring the quality and reliability of our metering devices.

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Responsibilities

• Development Support: Accompany the development of our submetering devices through all project phases – from concept and prototype phase to series readiness.
• Test Setup: Plan, build, wire, commission, and document test setups and test benches for hardware, software, mechanics, and hydraulic systems.
• Testing: Conduct and evaluate functional, integration, regression, endurance, and stress tests as well as pre-certification tests according to relevant norms and standards.
• System Verification: Verify system functions across hardware, software, and communication interfaces, including radio protocols, firmware updates, and battery and energy management.
• Component Testing: Commission and test electronic components and prototypes, including electrical measurements, EMC pre-tests, environmental simulations, and error analyses.
• Mechanical Testing: Build and test mechanical prototypes and conduct tests for tightness, dimensional accuracy, and mechanical resilience.
• Calibration and Documentation: Ensure the availability of testing equipment by organizing calibrations, maintaining test documentation, and supporting approval and conformity processes.
• Laboratory and Safety Tasks: Take over laboratory and safety tasks (e.g., ESD coordination, occupational safety, laboratory organization) and work closely with Chapter Lead, Product Owners, and the associated development teams.

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Requirements

• Education: Completed technical vocational training or technical studies, e.g., in electronics, mechatronics, or laboratory technology, or comparable qualifications.
• Experience: Practical experience in setting up and operating electronic, mechanical, and/or hydraulic test setups, ideally in a development environment or in the field of measuring devices or IoT products.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with common laboratory and measurement equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and climate chambers, as well as basic soldering and rework skills.
• Understanding: Good understanding of development processes for embedded hardware and software as well as verification and validation methods for series products.
• Knowledge: Confident working with water and sanitary installations and knowledge of relevant safety and hygiene requirements for drinking water systems.
• Skills: Strong analytical skills, pragmatic hands-on mentality, structured and safety-conscious working style, and a willingness to work in cross-functional, agile teams.
• Collaboration: Ability to collaborate across locations via digital collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and occasional business trips, e.g., to Essen.
• Languages: Good command of German and English in speech and writing.

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We Offer

• Make a Difference: Our services create transparency about energy consumption and support property owners and residents in identifying potential savings.
• Enjoy Many Benefits: Look forward to an attractive compensation package, 30 days of vacation per year, and room for personal exchange and genuine collaboration on joint office days from Monday to Wednesday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Thursday and Friday.
• Secure Good Prospects: We are an internationally successful company with agile working methods and an open corporate culture. Our future course offers you long-term and excellent career opportunities.
• Stay Curious and Develop Yourself: For us, standing still is not an option, which is why we support you in every way in your development – a multitude of learning opportunities await you.
• Experience a World of Work Full of Trust: We all pull together.
• Have Fun in a Motivated Team: Whether it's a barbecue event, an international soccer cup, or ice cream for everyone in the summer – we're always coming up with something new, stay tuned!

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About the Company

Wir bei ista unterstützen Eigentümer:innen und Verwalter:innen dabei, Energieverbräuche ihrer Gebäude zu messen, abzurechnen und transparent zu machen. So helfen wir ihnen, Einsparpotenziale zu erkennen, den Energieverbrauch zu reduzieren und somit ihre Gebäude zukunftsfähig zu gestalten. Daran arbeiten wir mit über 6.600 Mitarbeiter:innen in 21 Ländern. Wir bieten dir die Sicherheit eines erfolgreichen Unternehmens und die Flexibilität einer agilen Arbeitsweise. Gestalte auch du mit uns die Zukunft.

Bei ista sind alle Menschen unabhängig von Alter, Geschlecht, Herkunft, sexueller Orientierung, Religion und Behinderung willkommen. Wir sind stolz, Teil eines vielfältigen Teams zu sein. Wir pflegen ein kollegiales Umfeld und unterstützen uns gegenseitig. Besonders die Vereinbarkeit von Privatleben und Beruf hat bei uns einen hohen Stellenwert. Auch ist uns die Förderung unserer Mitarbeiter:innen sehr wichtig, weshalb wir allen die Möglichkeit bieten, sich weiterzubilden und weiterzuentwickeln.