Durability Test Engineer – Proving Ground

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI); California City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zero-premium benefits

Disability and life insurance

Generous PTO

Global environment

Salary range visible

Job summary

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) seeks a durability test engineer to lead full-vehicle testing at our automotive proving ground. You will handle daily incident follow-up, inspections, and field data analysis to guide test mode development and CAE/model correlation.

You will work with cross-functional teams to communicate findings, develop procedures, and ensure test programs meet North American market expectations. A drivers license and strong data skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years of vehicle testing and development experience.
• 2+ years in automotive proving ground environment preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with data analysis tools and sensors.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily follow-up of vehicle incidents reported by test drivers and technicians; escalate as needed.
• Complete periodic static and dynamic vehicle inspections; quantify degradation with subjective and objective measures.
• Coordinate inspections of used vehicles on-site and in-field; report data for test mode development.
• Monitor field durability issues from warranty, FSE, and customer feedback sources.
• Install and configure data acquisition equipment; analyze CAN, thermocouples, sensors; provide high-level results.

Skills

Engineering degree

Vehicle testing

Proving ground experience

Data analysis

Communication skills

MS Office

Data acquisition tools

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MATLAB

Python

R

Job description

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) seeks a durability test engineer to lead full-vehicle testing at our automotive proving ground. You will handle daily incident follow-up, inspections, and field data analysis to guide test mode development and CAE/model correlation.

You will work with cross-functional teams to communicate findings, develop procedures, and ensure test programs meet North American market expectations. A drivers license and strong data skills are essential.