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R&D Test Technician, Abrasives – Onsite

East Longmeadow, MA

Core Hours: 5AM-5PM (M-Th), 5AM-2PM (F)

Come build something that matters.

This is the career you’ve been waiting for your whole life. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black & Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

The Job:

As a R&D Test Technician, you’ll be part of our Hand Tools & Storage team working as an onsite employee. The R&D Technician will have the responsibility to provide a wide range of technical/testing support for the R&D Product Development Team. This will facilitate the development of new products, improvement of existing products, manufacturing processes and testing methods. The primary focus will be in the assessment of products within the Abrasives category (including Bonded and Coated Abrasives, Wire Wheels, and Diamond Blades) by providing accurate and timely product performance data generated from both automated test rigs and manual test methods. There will be close coordination with the engineering, manufacturing, and sales/marketing teams, as well as our customer base. You’ll get to:

• Set-up and conduct R&D product tests (per ISO procedures) on Industrial abrasive testing equipment and, as Business needs dictate, additional Hand Tool / Power Tool Accessory / Band Saw test machines.

• Ensure the effective capture of all test data (and critical product performance observations) using automated test data collections systems.

• Analyze test data, develop test reports and distribute to cross functional team for review.

• Support R&D Engineering efforts by using basic engineering theory to suggest potential solutions to issues encountered in product development programs – while maintaining strict “company confidential” directives.

• Establish testing prioritization and provide an estimated completion schedule to cross functional teams.

• Conduct product Pre/Post-test measurements as needed using various gages and QC Lab equipment.

• Support the development and revision of test protocols, the building of prototypes and maintain prototyping equipment (i.e. operate prototype equipment).

• Manage R&D test material and product inventories (i.e. Purchasing, inventorying, manipulation/storage of test material using both hoists and hydraulic lifts).

• Provide support, as needed, to Engineering/Sales personnel during customer/associate training sessions.

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Associate degree in technical discipline or equivalent years in an industrial environment.

• Able to contribute both independently and in team environments.

• Possess a technical aptitude, problem solving skills, conflict resolution abilities. prioritization mastery, and demonstrated leadership.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel required) and Outlook email.

• Basic machine, grinding and/or cutting tool knowledge.

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.

• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.

• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

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We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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