Engine Core Calibration Engineer

Stellantis; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis in Auburn Hills, MI seeks an Engine Core Calibration Engineer to define, improve, and deploy model-based and physics-based calibration methods for gasoline engines.

You will create repeatable workflows, templates, validation criteria, and correlation methods to deliver robust nominal, emissions, off-nominal, and transient calibrations, bridging physics, simulation, and production-quality expectations.

Qualifications

• Experience with gasoline engine calibration and validation.
• Ability to define release-readiness criteria and documentation standards.
• Strong mentoring and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead gasoline base calibration methodology including torque, spark, knock, combustion.
• Define validation/test-planning methods and readiness criteria.
• Develop model-based/physics-based methods with defined inputs and acceptance criteria.
• Standardize toolchain usage across MATLAB, Simulink, ETAS INCA, MDA, dSPACE.
• Mentor engineers and align CoE and cross-functional teams.
• Create structured templates and reusable countermeasures across applications.

Skills

Model-based calibration

Physics-based calibration

Root-cause analysis

Mentoring/leadership

Validation planning

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

ETAS INCA

MDA

dSPACE Automation

ControlDesk

Job description

Engine Core Calibration Engineer - defining, improving, and deploying model-based and physics-based calibration methods for gasoline engine applications. Creates repeatable workflows, templates, validation criteria, and model correlation methods that enable application calibrators to deliver robust SS Nominal, SS Emissions, Off-Nominal, and Transient Calibration, bridging physical system behavior, simulation models, and production-intent quality expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead gasoline base calibration methodology (torque model, spark, knock, combustion, airflow, fuel, boost, VVT, EGR, idle, startability) plus SS Emissions, Off-Nominal, and Transient calibration methods.
• Define release-readiness criteria, checklists, and documentation standards for calibration freeze, software release, and program milestones.
• Develop model-based/physics-based methods with defined inputs, assumptions, limitations, and acceptance criteria; build/guide virtual models to reduce reliance on physical testing.
• Define model correlation methods across vehicle, engine/propulsion dyno, HIL/SIL/MIL, and virtual datasets to close simulation-to-physical gaps.
• Standardize methodology toolchain use: MATLAB, Simulink, ETAS INCA, MDA, dSPACE Automation, ControlDesk.
• Build structured root-cause analysis and issue-resolution templates; capture lessons learned and reusable countermeasures across applications.
• Define validation/test-planning methods (dyno, vehicle, HIL/SIL/MIL, virtual) and maturity/readiness criteria for program reviews and launches.
• Mentor engineers, align CoE and cross-functional teams, and drive consistent documentation and repeatable calibration workflows.