Vehicle Test Engineer / Senior Engineer (DoE)

Reports to:  Principal Engineer – Vehicle Test 

The Vehicle Test team utilise the extensive track facilities at UTAC’s Millbrook Proving Ground to conduct whole vehicle testing on production and prototype vehicles.   

This is a varied role, where you will have the opportunity to gain the unique, yet transferrable skills associated with vehicle testing. Your day would consist of time on-track collecting, verifying and analysing data, as well as time within the office and workshop while you keep your customer projects progressing.  

Test subjects covered by the team include; Vehicle durability, NVH, road load data collection, ADAS, vehicle dynamics, subjective appraisals and many others.  

Working within our Vehicle Test team is unlike other workplaces, so we’re looking for well-rounded professionals that are keen to learn and apply their skills to exciting new challenges.  

Role & Responsibilities 

Plan – Conduct – Review – Collate – Communicate test activities by; 

• Working as a team of Engineers and Technicians to deliver customer programs, 
• Scheduling work and facility utilisation to deliver tests efficiently, 
• Learning to specify and configure data acquisition equipment, 
• Collecting, processing and reporting data for test activities, 
• Learning to make engineering judgements on the performance of test vehicles,  
• Leading issue investigations, coordinating repairs and rebuilds on test vehicles, 
• Compiling progress / incident / certification reports, 
• Liaising with customers in a professional manner, 
• Generating ideas that contribute to departmental growth and improvements, 
• Working with approval authorities on witnessed type-approval testing, 
• Acting in accordance with the behaviours for UTAC staff at all times.