Encore Technical Solutions Ltd
Specialist Agency and Employment Business for Permanent & Contract Technical Recruitment
Fuel Economy Engineer - Ref: W0806-03T
Company Profile:
Our Client is a rapidly expanding design and development centre supporting a major automotive OEM.
Job Location:
Midlands
Job Position:
Fuel Economy Engineer
Job Status:
Permanent Staff Position
Department:
Advanced Engineering
Reporting to:
Principal Engineer, Advanced Engineering
Core Requirements:
● Degree qualified or HNC and experience.
● Strong numeracy and literacy.
● Considerable automotive experience is essential.
● Good logical reasoning.
● Capable of leading a project element with support from more senior staff when necessary.
● Effective team member contributing to improvements and high customer service.
● Demonstrates depth of knowledge in a relevant technical specialty.
● Already chartered or working towards chartered status.
● Understanding and appreciation of vehicle systems and their effects on fuel economy, especially powertrain matching.
● Experience of using vehicle simulation tools (AVL Cruise, GT Drive) and MATLAB/Simulink for modelling, simulation and analysis.
● Familiar with performance, economy, emissions and driveability attributes/trade-off’s.
● Understands and uses Systems Engineering process.
Main Activities / Tasks:
● To support CO2 strategy and planning activities:
o Perform fuel economy simulations (in partnership with other departments).
o Compile and maintain corporate CO2 fleet database and prepare executive status reports.
o Support the evaluation and validation of CO2 reducing technologies.
o Specify and conduct vehicle, sub-system and component level test and validation programs.
o Work closely with suppliers (test specification, data requirements).
● To support the implementation of fuel economy best practice for production programs:
o Compatible target setting and competitor benchmarking.
o Powertrain matching methodology.
o Parametric sensitivity studies and vehicle ‘walks’.
o Mentor/train engineers in this respect.
● Write technical reports and present technical information to senior management in the UK and overseas.
Other features of Job:
(Location, shifts, travel, working conditions etc):
● Permanent or Fixed term contract position.
● Must be prepared for frequent worldwide travel.
Salary/Rate:
£20,000 - £40,000 (Senior Engineer level)
Contact: Tim Bees