Product Test Lab Lead – Product Validation Testing

Job Description

Lead Product Test Technician | YETI

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at YETI, located in Chachoengsao, Thailand. YETI crafts high-quality gear for outdoor enthusiasts, and this role ensures that every product meets rigorous standards. The Lead Product Test Technician plays a critical part in validating product performance and durability, directly contributing to customers’ extraordinary adventures.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Thailand – Chachoengsao

• Team: Reports to the Sr. Manager, Innovation, based at the YETI Thailand Innovation Center.
• Mission: Leads hands-on product validation testing and day-to-day lab execution for both new product development and sustaining engineering programs.
• Tech Stack: CAD, statistical analysis

What You’ll Actually Do
• Test Program Leadership: Leads planning, execution, analysis, and reporting for product validation testing across new product development and sustaining programs.
• Test Method & Fixture Development: Translates engineering requirements into clear test plans and methods, then designs, develops, validates, and maintains test fixtures and setups.
• Execution & Analysis: Executes and oversees diverse lab testing, including thermal performance, durability, and environmental exposure, evaluating outcomes and supporting root cause analysis.
• Lab Coordination & Coaching: Coordinates day-to-day lab workload, balancing program priorities and equipment capacity, and provides hands-on direction and coaching to lab technicians.
• Operational Excellence: Maintains high standards for data integrity, safety, and lab organization, while improving lab procedures and supporting new lab equipment integration.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Senior professional in product testing, validation engineering, reliability, or lab operations.
• Experience: 8+ years of progressive, hands-on experience independently planning and leading complex testing in a lab environment.
• Skills: Test-method development, validation planning, failure analysis, root cause problem solving, technical documentation, English proficiency, and personal transportation with a valid license.
• Bonus: Experience with test fixtures, electro-mechanical systems, tooling, CAD, statistical analysis, equipment qualification, or third-party labs; consumer products experience; and working with global teams or suppliers.