| Employment Type | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Location | Northamptonshire, East Midlands |
| Industry Sector | Automotive |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Salary/Rate | £30k - £35k |
| Reference | GV-005891 |
| Date Advertised | 15-05-2008 - 13:07 |
Senior Calibration Engineer
Our Client is a leading development partner of the automobile and engine industry with a proven and unique system competence in the area of combustion engines and engine peripherals. They are among the top 3 system suppliers for Piston Systems, Cylinder Components, Valve Train Systems, Air Management Systems and Liquid Management Systems.
Our client seeks an enthusiastic Senior Calibration Engineer to carry out dyno and vehicle based calibration development, analyse results to calibrate the Powertrain control system and support the validation and release of the calibrations into production.
The Role:
To develop workload and facility plans to support the calibration project
To carry out engine dyno mapping and control system hardware characterisation
To develop tailpipe and evaporative emissions to meet development targets and legislative requirements
To develop and calibration the vehicle on-board diagnostic system
Driveability development to meet customer objectives
To prepare and perform/lead hot climate/cold climate and high altitude development to meet customer objectives
To prepare reports and presentations as part of the calibration documentation for status reviews and to support sign-off
To carry out validation testing for the release of the Powertrain control system calibration
Progression and reporting of assigned calibration tasks
Requirements:
A Degree in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering or a HNC/D with relevant experience
An appropriate Professional qualification
Torque based EMS experience (ideally including Bosch EMS)
Testing on both test bed and in-vehicle
Calibration and validation ideally including mapping, emissions, driveability and OBD
Model based data optimisation
Good PC / IT literacy
Matlab/Simulink application skills (preferred)
German language skills (fluent preferred)
Effective communicator
Good planning and organisation
Team player
Works effectively unsupervised
Self motivated and confident
| Recruiter: |
|---|
| GenTec |
| Contact Name: |
| Graham Vockins |
| Telephone: |
| 0121 230 1070 |
