Testing Engineer - Body & Components

Applus+ IDIADA

Santa Oliva, Spain

Job Description

Reporting to the Testing Coordinator, he/she will be involved in carrying out Testing Projects focused mainly on the study of the structural durability and abuse performance of the vehicles.

The Test Engineer will be in charge of the execution of the testing projects which he/she will be assigned for and will act as interface between the client and the organization. The successful Test Engineer has a self-starting mentality, enjoys working hands-on on a variety of projects simultaneously and understands how to achieve a high level of "customer" satisfaction from technical and quality points of view.

In particular, the Test Engineer will be in charge of the following responsibilities and duties:

Study of client’s test requirements
Create test procedures, plans and test reports to support the test project
Specify instrumentation & equipment on test vehicles and perform test data collection (RLDA) using sensors like wheel force transducers, accelerometers, strain gages, string potentiometers etc.
Design, creation and implementation of automated data analysis scripts to analyse the collected data
Analyse and process the collected test data and check for data integrity
Work in close collaboration with vehicle technicians, instrumentation and design teams
Write test reports to document results of testing and to communicate issues found
Maintain a clean and organized work environment
The role will be based in IDIADA Spain and will require travel based on project characteristics

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
1+ years of vehicle-level testing experience in vehicle-level testing experience in Durability/Reliability
1+ years of road load data analysis experience
Experience in test equipment handling (eg. wheel force transducers, accelerometers, strain gages, string potentiometers, ...) and data acquisition systems (eg. Quantum, eDAQ)
Familiarity with data acquisition software and data collection analysis (i.e. CATMAN, Glyphworks n-Code, Testlab)
Excellent written and verbal communication of status and results, including writing formal procedures, plans and reports
Comfortable leading meetings with customer to communicate test results and data in technical depth.
Proactive – shows eagerness in learning & finding ways to meet deliverables without dependency
Curiously investigate everything – ability to solve problems analytically, creatively and collaboratively
Lead with confidence – thought leaders who empower those around them
Learn by doing – an entrepreneurial mindset that’s driven by hands-on experimentation
Embrace resilience – seeing every challenge as a learning opportunity and invitation to grow