Tesla

Tire Test Engineering Technician

Tesla  •  San Angelo, TX (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

What to Expect

You will serve as part of the Attributes Engineering team, executing objective tire testing. Responsibilities including ensuring vehicle test readiness, organizing and mounting submission tires, and executing on objective Ride, NVH, Steering, Handling and Braking tests with high attention to data quality. Expected travel is ~15%.

What You’ll Do

  • Inventory, sort, label and manage submission and reference tires/wheels
  • Perform tire and wheel changes, including lifting and mounting assemblies up to 75 lbs. using approved equipment, mechanical aids, and proper ergonomic techniques in accordance with safety protocols
  • Safely operate 2-post vehicle lifts in accordance with manufacturer and company operating guidelines
  • Instrument sensors on test vehicles in preparation for Ride/NVH, Handling and Braking testing with utmost quality
  • Execute objective testing procedures with data acquisition systems (e.g. Dewesoft or Siemens LMS/Scadas or similar), ensuring high quality data collection
  • Data handling with basic checks using provided software tools and data upload
  • Support the maintenance and inventory of instrumentation
  • Support vehicle transports, pickup, shipping and other related logistics

What You’ll Bring

  • 3+ years of experience in automotive testing and/or tire testing on a proving grounds
  • Responsible operation of test vehicles or prototype mules
  • Experience in instrumented Ride and NVH vehicle testing is preferable with Dewesoft or similar data acquisition systems is preferable
  • Experience with instrumented handling testing is preferable
  • Experience with vehicle dynamics and tire testing is preferable  
  • Driver training such as TRC Level 2 or above is a plus
  • Ability to mount / balance / road force tires is a plus
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About Tesla

Tesla is accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable abundance. To achieve our mission, we're building a world powered by solar, enabled by battery storage and transported by electric vehicles.

We’re committed to hiring and developing top talent from around the world for any given discipline. Headquartered in Texas, we operate six huge, vertically integrated factories across three continents. With over 100,000 employees, our teams take a first-principles approach to designing, building, selling and servicing our products in-house.

Our world-class teams operate with a non-conventional philosophy of inter-disciplinary collaboration. Each member of the team is expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, and to innovate. We’re tackling the world’s most difficult and important problems—and we wouldn’t succeed without our shared passion for making the world a better place.

Industry
Automotive & Mobility
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Year Founded
2003
Website
tesla.com
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