Prototype
Vehicle Test Specialist
Newark, CA (Onsite)
7 Months Contract
Job Description:
- Test drive and evaluate test
vehicles in “real world” driving situations on test routes and tracks,
conduct safety inspections, perform specialized test procedures, and
document findings on test reports in a clear and concise manner.
- Support in diagnose, maintain,
and repair of vehicles and bench test systems
- Assist the team and work on
installation, upgrade, calibration, configuration of sensors, ECUs,
Software, etc.
- Perform vehicle checks,
maintenance and keep vehicle prepared for field testing daily.
- Vehicle Test Specialist will
be responsible for driving prototype vehicles on various public and
private roads in order to test features, obtain data and troubleshoot
technical issues.
- Manual data collection and
driving including mapping drives and final data verification drives.
- Build and follow process for
the teams, document potential issues and improvements
- Work efficiently within a
multidisciplinary cooperative environment on prototype, pre-production,
show, and production vehicles.
Qualifications:
- Valid US driver's
license
- Minimum 2 years of driving
experience for autonomous driving or automotive OEM companies
- Clean driving record (DMV
record will be obtained periodically)
- Must be able to demonstrate
safe driving in all weather conditions, including rain, snow, etc.
- Safety Sensitive position,
requiring all persons assigned to activity be drug free.
- Able to drive for prolonged
periods routinely exceeding eight or more hours.
- Must be willing to work
flexible hours including weekends and possible overtime.
- Will be able to drive and
travel to other domestic and international locations.
- Must have good vision, hearing
and motor skills. Alertness and good driving instinct to monitor automated
vehicle performance and supervision.
- Basic computer skills to
execute basic scripts for testing and data collection, and to document and
report issues online and offline.
- Must demonstrate the ability
to communicate clearly both written and orally.
- Exceptional ability and desire
to learn new skills and tools. Ability to apply oneself in new problems in
a dynamic lean start-up environment.
Advantageous:
- AA/AS degree, any field; or,
demonstrated communication, analytic, mathematical, and reasoning skills
consistent with AA/AS degree.
- Credentials for operating
vehicles at an OEM/Supplier automotive proving ground highly preferred.
- Enrollment in DMV Pull Notice
Program
- Purpose of this team - As a
Prototype Vehicle Test Operation Specialist, you will help develop and
commercialize state-of-the-art electric vehicle. Our Test specialist are
valuable contributors, providing necessary feedback to our engineering
team in order to advance this cutting-edge technology. This position
requires an experienced professional with clean driving record, rich
experience in driving prototype vehicles, and attention to safety and
details. Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his
or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates should have
demonstrated the ability to learn quickly and work effectively in a
fast-paced, rapidly changing environment and be excellent at
multi-tasking.
- Interaction level with
manager/team – will be able to interact to multiple team members
- Expected working hours – 40
hours with potential for OT
- Location Requirements – Onsite
– Newark CA
- What makes this role
interesting? - Company is unique in its own right, breaking into a future
of sustainable automative industry. Exciting and dynamics environment for
diverse work on futuristic focus.
- Team Culture – Family
Oriented, Collaborative
- Disqualifiers – attendance
issues, unreliable
- Performance Indicators –
standard KPIs
Rohit Rasakthla
Recruiter
Ph: (615) 903-9646
Email: rohit.rasakthla@harveynash.com
