Senior Engine Core Calibration Engineer (Model-Based)

Stellantis NV; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Vehicle Lease Program

Comprehensive Health & Well-being

Generous Paid Time Off

Retirement Savings Plans

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer hours

Job summary

Stellantis NV in Auburn, Alabama seeks an Engine Core Calibration Engineer to define, improve, and deploy model-based and physics-based calibration methods for gasoline engine applications. You will create repeatable workflows, validation criteria, and correlations across dyno, vehicle, and virtual datasets, bridging physics and production quality.

The role requires strong expertise in base calibration areas and hands-on dyno experience, with leadership to mentor engineers and align

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 8+ years in gasoline engine calibration or related areas.
• Experience on dyno calibration for Boosted/TJI engine technologies.
• Strong knowledge of ICE subsystems: combustion, valvetrain, fuel, boost, EGR, aftertreatment.

Responsibilities

• Lead gasoline base calibration methodology (torque model, spark, knock, combustion, airflow, fuel, boost, VVT, EGR, idle, startability).
• 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 virtual models.
• Define model correlation methods across vehicle, engine/dyno, HIL/SIL/MIL, and virtual datasets.
• Standardize methodology toolchain use: MATLAB, Simulink, ETAS INCA, MDA, dSPACE Automation, ControlDesk.
• Build structured root-cause analysis and reusable countermeasures templates across applications.
• Define validation/test-planning methods and maturity/readiness criteria for program reviews.
• Mentor engineers and drive repeatable calibration workflows.

Skills

Gasoline engine calibration

Model-based/physics-based development

Calibration data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

ETAS INCA

MDA

dSPACE Automation

ControlDesk

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

Stellantis NV in Auburn, Alabama seeks an Engine Core Calibration Engineer to define, improve, and deploy model-based and physics-based calibration methods for gasoline engine applications. You will create repeatable workflows, validation criteria, and correlations across dyno, vehicle, and virtual datasets, bridging physics and production quality.

The role requires strong expertise in base calibration areas and hands-on dyno experience, with leadership to mentor engineers and align