Job description
We're Tovala, a food-tech company completely reinventing home cooking to save consumers time. Through an innovative combination of hardware, software, and food, we give our customers a way to enjoy really good, good-for-you meals without sacrificing time to do whatever matters to them. We've amassed a loyal, rapidly growing following in just a few years, radically changing the day-to-day lives of people across the country and successfully creating a new model for the food industry. We're looking for great people to join our team of hard-working, food-loving nerds.
Position Summary
Tovala is a consumer goods company that ships meal kits that cook automatically in our Tovala oven. We also test the oven’s cooking accuracy, repeatability, and uniformity as we make cost and quality changes to the oven’s hardware and software. As a Test Technician at Tovala, you would operate the testing lab where these tests are conducted.
Food packaging and oven testing is more than just running tests; it often involves quick prototyping and a fair amount of creativity. In addition to executing the test plans, you would be responsible for actually designing those experiments, fabricating fixtures necessary for conducting them, and reporting their results to the team, as well as maintaining and improving our growing inventory of test materials and instruments.
Location- Work out of our R&D and prototyping dream shop at The Product Manufactory (www.theproductmanufactory.com) in Urbana, IL.
Fundamental day-to-day focus areas
- Support new product design teams through test development, data analysis, and competitor benchmarking.
- Operate a variety of cooking appliances in representative conditions
- Conduct diverse and complex mechanical and electrical tests to ensure product conformance
- Continuously review and interpret tool sensor data to ensure the accuracy of testing
- Work directly with project teams to design highly detailed appliance and thermal tests
- Prepare test reports to reflect work completed and make recommendations.
- Exercise responsibility for thoroughness, timeliness, and accuracy in preparing technical reports on tests performed.
- Prepare these reports utilizing a PC with word processing, database, spreadsheet, and statistical/graphical software.
- Manage inventory of test materials such as data loggers, thermocouples, and sensors
Required Skills
- 3+ years of test equipment, procedures, and mechanical/electrical principles
- Technical Certificate required, Associates/Bachelors Degree in Engineering preferred
- Knowledge of test concepts in the design and development of products and components
Standout skills- These relevant skills, while not required to take the position, would be nice to see in a new recruit. If you don’t have them, you should be willing to learn them on the job as needed.
- Basic understanding of thermal, electrical, and mechanical engineering
- Electrical fabrication: soldering, wiring, building custom instruments
- Data analysis and visualization using spreadsheet tools, Python, R, or other similar tools
The values we hold dear
Put the team first
We put what is best for the broader team ahead of what is best for ourselves or our immediate department.
Get s#!t done (well)
We celebrate people at all levels for delivering high impact work that expands the bounds of what we’re able to do.
Connect the dots
We engage with curiosity to learn how our work impacts others so that we can problem-solve holistically and work collaboratively.
Be Direct
We share our perspective openly and directly, even when it feels difficult to do so.
Embrace the obstacles
We rise to meet challenges with a sense of urgency, resolve, and optimism.
Champion the customer
We consider and prioritize our customer in all of our decisions
At Tovala we‘re committed to building a workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Everyone is welcome here!
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