Senior Engineer
Leveraging their prior professional experience inside automotive or race industry, the Senior Engineer will support Goodyear's Simulation team with vehicle dynamics performance assessment and elevating Goodyear's vehicle / tire modeling expertise for high performance race vehicles.
What You'll Do :
- Leverage our latest tire / vehicle testing capabilities and modeling / simulation technologies.
- Further develop the creativity and innovation capacity of the team with a focus on virtual tire development.
- Cooperate with vehicle OEMs and / or Race teams to shape our virtual tire / vehicle development process for efficiency, quality and robustness.
- Cooperate with simulation and testing teams on tire force & moment testing, instrumented vehicle testing and simulation.
- Cooperate with tire design team and provide tire characteristic recommendations for tire design tuning to meet tire / vehicle performance objectives.
- Assess / benchmark the performance of tire / vehicle systems through vehicle / tire modeling, testing and simulation.
What We're Looking For :
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Physics, or related field, is requiredMaster's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Physics, or related field, is highly preferredMinimum 5 years of professional experience inside automotive or race industry required (e.g. at a vehicle OEM) or academia for vehicle dynamics and / or vehicle & tire modeling.Experience with numerical methods.Experience with data acquisition / analysis software.Experience with instrumentation and sensor installation is an asset.Experience with vehicle modeling and vehicle dynamics simulation software (e.g. CarMaker, VI-Grade, CarSim, Dymola, etc.).Experience with tire modeling and force & moment prediction software (e.g. MF-Tire, CD-Tire, F-Tire).Experience with assessment / benchmarking of performance of tire and vehicle systems.Experience with driving simulator (e.g. Vi-Grade, MTS, static or dynamic) is an asset.Experience with chassis and / or steering system development is an asset.Experience with tire testing and prototype tire evaluation is an asset.What Will Set You Apart :
Strong background in vehicle dynamics or related area.Knowledge of data acquisition and processing software.Knowledge of functional system development approach (V-model).Proficient computer programming skills. (MATLAB, Python, etc.)Self-motivated individual.Team player with enthusiasm and initiative.Interest in the automotive world, testing activities, virtual development.Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills. English (spoken and written) is a must.Knowledge of other languages (e.g. French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) is an asset.