Polaris Inc.

Staff Validation Engineer – Powertrain

Polaris Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Wyoming • Minnesota • Wyoming • United States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $158,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead creation, ownership, and refinement of the validation portion of DVP&R, ensuring accurate status reporting to program and leadership teams.
  • Develop new validation processes, standards, and tools while also improving existing ones to advance organizational capability.
  • Identify and close gaps in current validation coverage, correlation, and test methods to better align with customer use and system risk.
  • Translate warranty data, field feedback, and customer insights into targeted validation activities and risk‑based test planning.
  • Provide design and development teams with customer‑usage‑based targets, duty cycles, and reliability expectations.
  • Drive adoption of early‑phase and simulation‑based validation to shorten learning cycles and reduce late discovery.
  • Integrate powertrain module validation with full‑vehicle testing and influence cross‑functional decision‑making.
  • Guide issue‑resolution activities, including structured root‑cause analysis and systemic corrective actions.
  • Lead validation strategy and execution for components and full powertrain modules using data‑driven evaluation of reliability and risk.
  • Conduct competitive benchmarking to inform reliability expectations and validation targets.
  • Participate in and influence DFMEA activities to ensure validation rigor aligns with system‑level requirements and potential failure modes.
  • Mentor engineers and support capability growth within the powertrain validation team.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field; master’s degree preferred.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in system or component validation.
  • Strong understanding of powertrain systems, including engines and transmissions, and their validation requirements.
  • Expertise in reliability engineering, test methods, and confidence metrics.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide technical direction, mentor engineers, and influence cross‑functional alignment.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage priorities and drive data‑based decisions.
  • Comfortable working hands‑on with engines, vehicles, and test equipment.
  • Experience with validation tools.
  • Familiarity with DVP&R and requirements management tools is a plus.
  • Ability to work around running engines, vehicles, and test equipment with proper PPE.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off
  • Gym & personal training reimbursement
  • Life insurance
  • Disability offerings
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • Discounted employee stock purchases plan
  • 401(k) matching contribution
  • Financial wellness education and consultation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
system validationcomponent validationpowertrain systemsreliability engineeringtest methodsconfidence metricsdata-driven evaluationroot-cause analysisDFMEAvalidation processes
Soft Skills
technical directionmentoringcross-functional alignmentanalytical skillspriority managementinfluencecommunicationproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational capability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringMaster’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (preferred)