Vehicle Simulation Engineer
Basildon, UNITED KINGDOM
Job description
Department:
Electrification
AVL is seeking a highly motivated engineer with a pro-active attitude as well as excellent problem solving skills and a solid technical engineering background. You will join a very dynamic team working on (amongst other tasks) powertrain system sizing as well as electrification and car connectivity for existing and future products in the automotive industry.
Your Responsibilities:
· Develop, manage and validate predictive models to support system definition and design decisions from concept phase to start of production
· Develop optimization algorithms for electrified powertrain controls using vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communication
· Analyse real-world driving usage and test data, performing statistics and developing simplified models to understand how new technologies will be used in the field
· Participate in data collection initiatives to define project requirements and select appropriate logging systems
· Support report-out and presentations to senior management
Desired profile
Your Profile:
· Essential:
· Engineering/Science Degree (or equivalent)
· Automotive engineering knowledge
· Solid background in mathematics and statistics
· Excellent Matlab programming skills
· Strong Simulink experience for plant modelling and controls
· Excellent time management and communication skills
· Excellent presentation skills
· Willingness and ability to interface constructively with a global team and clients
· Proficient in MS OfficePreferable:
· Relevant work experience in powertrain (electrified and conventional technologies) within the automotive industry
· Systems engineering experience for product development
· Software development experience
· Experience in other programming languages (e.g. R, Python)
· Experience with other powertrain modelling tools (e.g. Dymola)
· Database experience (e.g. Microsoft Access, SQL, Hadoop)
· Calibration / diagnostics tools experience (e.g. Vector Canalyzer, ATI Vision)
A unique opportunity to join our growing, high-tech, international team. We look forward to receiving your details; please send them using our online application form.
AVL United Kingdom Ltd.