Test Equipment Engineer (automotive)

Intellias; Wolfsburg; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellias is seeking experienced Test Equipment Engineers for long-term automotive test infrastructure projects at our Wolfsburg and Ingolstadt sites. You will plan, build, and operate test benches and equipment, working hands-on with internal teams and suppliers to ensure reliable test systems.

Ideal candidates have engineering training or degree, strong knowledge of vehicle electronics, and hands-on experience in commissioning, flashing, coding, and parameterisation.

Qualifications

• Completed vocational training or degree in electrical engineering, automotive engineering, mechatronics or comparable.
• Solid knowledge of vehicle-side electrical engineering, vehicle electronics and ECU technology; confident reading of electronic wiring diagrams
• Hands-on experience in commissioning, flashing, coding and parameterisation as well as soldering and wiring; high-voltage awareness
• German at negotiation level, good written and spoken English
• Strong hands-on mentality, independent and reliable way of working, communication skills and resilience

Responsibilities

• Technical planning of test benches and test equipment in the automotive/connected car field
• Ordering, acceptance, commissioning and management of test benches and test equipment incl. setup of test racks and connected-car test systems
• Integration of ECUs and cable harnesses; configuration of residual bus simulations and network technology
• Commissioning, flashing, coding, parameterisation and teach-in; hardware repairs (soldering, crimping, wiring)
• Planning and execution of regular software and firmware updates as well as functional verification and documentation of hardware/software states per client specification
• Structured root-cause analysis of commissioning issues incl. coordination and tracking of corrective actions; asset and lifecycle management of the test equipment

Skills

Hands-on mindset

Independent and reliable

Strong communication skills

German language proficiency

English language proficiency

Reading wiring diagrams

Vehicle electronics knowledge

Education

Vocational training or degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ODIS

Vector toolchain

WireShark

PuTTY

WinSCP

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Make your impact at Intellias. We offer a clear career path, meaningful work, and structured growth, so you understand your contribution and see it valued.

Project Overview:

For a long-term test infrastructure programme in the automotive/connected car field, we are looking for experienced Test Equipment Engineers. You plan, build and operate test benches and test equipment at our Ingolstadt and Wolfsburg sites – hands-on, self-directed and in close cooperation with specialist departments, software development and suppliers.

Requirements:

• Completed vocational training or degree in electrical engineering, automotive engineering, mechatronics or comparable


• Solid knowledge of (vehicle-side) electrical engineering, vehicle electronics and ECU technology; confident reading of electronic wiring diagrams


• Hands-on experience in commissioning, flashing, coding and parameterisation as well as soldering and wiring; high-voltage awareness


• German at negotiation level, good written and spoken English


• Strong hands-on mentality, independent and reliable way of working, communication skills and resilience

Nice to have

• Understanding of connected-car architecture


• Knowledge of CAN, LIN, FlexRay and Automotive Ethernet bus systems as well as measurement and diagnostic technology


• Awareness of information security (TISAX, ISO 27001) and agile ways of working (Scrum/SAFe)

Tools & technologies:

Diagnostic and measurement technology (e.g. ODIS, Vector toolchain), analysis/network tools (WireShark, PuTTY, WinSCP) as well as Atlassian Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities:

• Technical planning of test benches and test equipment in the automotive/connected car field


• Ordering, acceptance, commissioning and management of test benches and test equipment incl. setup of test racks and connected-car test systems


• Integration of ECUs and cable harnesses; configuration of residual bus simulations and network technology


• Commissioning, flashing, coding, parameterisation and teach-in; hardware repairs (soldering, crimping, wiring)


• Planning and execution of regular software and firmware updates as well as functional verification and documentation of hardware/software states per client specification


• Structured root-cause analysis of commissioning issues incl. coordination and tracking of corrective actions; asset and lifecycle management of the test equipment