Test Engineer - Product Development

At Thule Group we develop world-class products designed to encourage and simplify an active lifestyle for you and your family.

At the Thule Test Center™, products go through extreme testing before they can bear the Thule logo. That means exposing them to desert heat and arctic cold, water resistance, drop tests and durability to tensile, shock and crash tests as well as usability.
We take our prototypes and test them in the real world, and try out the functions that will make the equipment safer, easier and more fun to use.
Are you our next Test Engineer? Welcome with your application!

Thule Group continues to grow and we are in the most ambitious period in the company’s history, in terms of product development investments in our traditional categories, Sports & Cargo as well as in our newer categories such as Active With Kids.
To enable this expansion along with newly and top modern investments in our testing facility, we are now strengthening our Engineering team with a Test Engineer.

One of your main tasks as a Test engineer is to make sure we continue to deliver products to the market that are robust, safe, ergonomic and in line with the highest standards and demands from a local legislation perspective.
Moreover, since not every demand is found in standard you will also need to bring attention on usability and customer usages scenarios during the development phase.

Since we have a wide range of products with different technical and usability challenges you will either work with tests related to; -mechanical, -electronic, -mechatronic, -software, -textile or a combination of them – it depends on your experience and skillset.

In your daily work you will balance your tasks by performing practical tests (static, dynamic), environmental, performance etc. of components and complete products with more theoretical tasks like; guide and give input to other functions within R&D during complete product development cycle, analyze and present results, reading standards and writing reports.

For more detailed information about our modern test lab, follow this link: https://www.thule.com/en-gb/about-thule/thule-test-center

The Candidate
We are looking for you who have a B.Sc or M.Sc in Engineering (Mechatronics, Mechanical or Electronics) or similar discipline who are passionate about working with testing and validation.
You either work within testing today or have acquired experience in certification, quality, control and / or product development.
You easily switch between deep analysis of regulation- and standard texts and the hands on approach of testing our products.
You are a good communicator and master English fluently as well as basic knowledge of Swedish.

About our Global Product Development Department
Globally we are over 250 engineers, with the majority working in our Global Product Development Center in Hillerstorp (Sweden). Our cross functional team consists of highly skilled and motivated members with a well-balanced variety of experiences. We are a truly global company with an international and multi-cultural team.
We see a great future with continued passion for product development that is so vital for our growth as a company. We greatly value our working environment and offer great premises designed for product development. In our recently opened Global R&D center in Hillerstorp we have expanded with new offices, landscapes, team rooms, creative areas, and also great prototype areas including cut & sew. In March 2022 we plan for a grand opening of our 3rd big expansion - our world class test center with state of art equipment.

Application
For more information about the recruitment process or the position, please contact the recruiter Fredrik Stigbäck, Fredrik.stigback@thule.com or +46732 360560
Please apply through our website www.thulegroup.com/open-positions with CV and personal letter. Do not wait to show your interest until the last application date as interviews are held continuously during the process and the position might be filled before the last application deadline, which is August 14th.

About Thule Group


Thule Group is a global sports and outdoor company. We offer high-quality products with smart features and a sustainable design that make it easy for people across the globe to live an active life. Under the motto Active Life, Simplified. — and with a focus on consumer-driven innovation and long-term sustainability — we develop, manufacture and market products within the product categories Sport&Cargo Carriers (roof racks, roof boxes and carriers for transporting cycling, water and winter sports equipment, as well as roof top tents mounted on cars), Active with Kids (strollers, bike trailers and child bike seats), RV Products (awnings, bike racks and tents for RVs and caravans) and Packs, Bags & Luggage (hiking backpacks, luggage and camera bags).


Thule Group has about 3,300 employees at nine production facilities and 35 sales offices worldwide. The Group’s products are sold in 140 markets and in 2021, sales amounted to SEK 10.4 billion.


www.thulegroup.com