Product Development Engineer, Automotive Testing

As a Product Development Engineer, you will work on Vehicle Test System development from concept specification through hardware, firmware, software and mechanical design and development to user acceptance.

The ideal candidate will understand automotive testing against industry regulatory requirement compliance. You will have an opinion on vehicle test procedures and be able to design a test process that captures useful data that gives more insight than just a pass or fail. You will have exposure to brake testing, vehicle dynamics, ADAS validation or something like pass-by-noise.

This is a highly collaborative role with the Product Development Engineer internally driving solutions for customers across the complete life cycle of a product, from conception, specification, user acceptance testing and pre to post sales. You will have a strong engineering foundations and technical understanding of automotive compliance or motorsport performance testing but also skills in project management and customer interaction.

Requirements

Experience in the Automotive sector, preferably within Vehicle testing.

Engineering background, degree or HNC level qualification

Ability to read and understanding technical regulations documentation such as specifications and product data sheets and manuals.

Interest in solving complex engineering problems.

Customer facing with strong communication skills, both oral and written.

Full, clean UK driving licence

GNSS, GPS or INS technology knowledge.