Ride Engineer

Job Overview/ Purpose Of The Role

You will lead the responsible for all vehicle level shock absorber tuning, Valve tuning, Valve Design Rule, Demonstration of New valve technology, Improve Ride and Handling in order to secure the business. The role demands communication and collaboration with multiple Internal team, global teams, supplier partners and may require travelling to other locations based on initiative needs.

• Key Responsibilities
• Performing Damper tuning for all body on frame and monocoque vehicles in Ride and Handling track and optimize the valve settings with compliance of valve calculation tool and design rule.
• Evaluating subjective and objective R&H parameters for benchmark and project vehicles and prepare reports.
• Maintain standard design rules for shock/strut dimensioning, tolerances, characteristics, and valving... (on application level/ noncore component)
• Act as expert in vehicle Dynamics
• Bush Tuning for optimized Ride and Handling in selected test tracks.
• Supports Technical Project Leaders/Application engineering team.
  
  

Note: Technical project leader can perform calculation, gets advice from competence center

• Maintain skills in valving towards vehicle performance on ride work.
• Maintain skills in vehicle dynamics & damper influence in R&H.
• Freeze the valve code within the design rule and customer satisfactory based on R&H
• Support TPL by providing ride work report.
• Maintain ride bus./Equipment's/Tools/Machines etc.
• Continues support to customer requirements in R&H.
• Flexibility on travel (within India) must require.
• Based on need and necessity abroad travel would require.
• Co-ordinate customer specification change request
• Test Track Knowledge:
• Different ride tracks & their influence on R&H
• Selecting ride tracks according to application
• Support TPL if any damping force not matching with sealed damper
• Support TPL for ride kit preparation
• Get knowledge from Global team on new valve technology and provide demonstration to OEM and prove our technology with respect to R&H.
• Support post ride work activities like R&H confirmation on sealed dampers if any
• Drive multiple projects Ride work requirement.
• Involve and paly role in Problem Solving and failure mode analysis.
• Support Warranty concern from OEM or end customer.
  
  

Metrics/ KPI (optional - if applicable)

• Qualifications (Education/ Experience/ Key Competencies)
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automobile Engineering and other technical discipline preferred, or equivalent work experience required. Advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of technical delivery experience with the demonstrated track record of growing responsibility
• Experience facilitating Automotive Product development to solutions on time, on budget and to spec
• Must know the process APQP
  
  

Others (optional - if applicable e.g. travel frequency)

• Need to travel as per the business requirements.