Driveline Development and Validation Engineer

Stellantis Financial Services; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis Financial Services in Auburn Hills, MI, seeks a Development Engineer for Transmission, Driveline & Gear Reducer to analyze, develop and validate driveline systems for Stellantis vehicles, including AWD platforms. You will design development and validation plans and execute tests in vehicle and drive simulation environments.

You will collaborate with calibration teams, Chief Engineering, and Vehicle Synthesis to ensure hardware and controls meet vehicle mission profiles, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in engineering with automatic transmission/driveline/electrified powertrain hardware or controls.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.
• Strong motivation, self-directed, able to manage multiple complex projects with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, develop and validate transmission and driveline systems and subsystems for Stellantis vehicles.
• Develop development and validation plans; execute tests in vehicle and drive simulation environments.
• Collaborate with driveline calibrators, powertrain and brake system teams and engineering leadership.
• Support production release and change management processes to ensure validated driveline systems at each vehicle build milestone.
• Assist with benchmarking, data acquisition, and test procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Self-directed

Multi-project management

Positive attitude

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering (preferred)

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

CANalyzer

INCA

N-code

Job description

The Development Engineer for Transmission, Driveline & Gear Reducer is responsible for analyzing, developing, and validating Transmission & Driveline Systems and subsystems and integration into Stellantis vehicles. Driveline systems may include Automatic or Manual Transmission, axle/limited slip devices, prop shaft, half shaft, transfer case, PTU, rear drive modules. Stellantis products include off-road to performance vehicles of all powertrain types including BEV, Hybrid and conventional internal combustion with a significant portion being all-wheel-drive. The Development Engineer is responsible for the driveline system integration into the vehicle and ensuring the driveline system hardware and controls meet the mission profile of the vehicle and maintain the character of the brand. Responsibilities include developing development and validation plans, executing performance development and validation tests in vehicle and drive simulation environments. The engineer will work closely with driveline torque distribution system calibrators, powertrain and brake system calibrators, Chief Engineering, Product Release Center and Vehicle synthesis engineering organizations. The engineer will work within a well-defined production release and change management processes to provide a validated driveline system at every vehicle build milestone from pre-production through post-production phases. The Engineering teams will consist of a network of global vehicle teams and both internal and external suppliers for hardware and software controls. The engineer will also support competitive vehicle benchmarking, measured load data acquisition, driveline system architecture development, control specification development and test procedure development. Travel will include limited low Mu winter, off-road and track development road trips.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in engineering, Automatic Transmission/Driveline/Electrified Powertrain hardware or controls
• Must have excellent communication and presentation skills as well as experience with basic PC software (e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project)
• Candidate must be highly motivated, self-directed, have the ability to manage multiple complex projects, and have a positive attitude.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering and/or have experience in transmission and/or driveline design, development, and testing
• Knowledge of Transmission and all-wheel-drive systems and operation
• MATLAB, Simulink, N-code experience
• Experience in test planning and execution (DVP&R)
• Experience using data acquisition and testing tools including CANalyzer and INCA
• Regulatory/compliance experience