Calibration Engineer

Role: Calibration Engineer

Location: Prague Czechia

Role ID: 2025-2967

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo plc is a global strategic environmental and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3000 employees in more than 20 countries we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

Based at Ricardos Prague Technical Centre we are seeking a Calibration Engineer to support the delivery of ongoing client projects. Our Calibration team is responsible for the calibration and validation of advanced control systems across a wide range of clean and complex propulsion and energy systems. These include engines transmissions xEV powertrains power electronics electric motors and drives battery management systems advanced thermal systems and fuel cell technologies.

We provide end-to-end calibration development services from initial feasibility studies through to fully validated production calibrations. While this role will primarily focus on propulsion calibration development and validation there may be opportunities to contribute to other technical domains depending on project requirements and team workload.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver client projects as part of a collaborative team
• Develop engine calibration for gasoline diesel and alternative fuels including hybrid electric and fully electric applications
• Support calibration development for engine emissions control systems
• Contribute to On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) and On-Board Monitoring (OBM) development
• Conduct calibration activities on test rigs/testbeds on-vehicle/machine/boat and via remote (desktop-based) methods
• Perform technical analysis with a sound evidence-based approach to meet project objectives
• Take responsibility for delivering assigned tasks on time within budget and to the required quality standards
• Engage directly with clients to address technical matters
• Coordinate with wider project teams to plan and execute project activities
• Report technical progress and findings internally and to external customers

Key Competencies and Experience

• Engineering background with a strong understanding of engine fundamentals
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex technical data
• A passion for solving challenging engineering problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Confident in engaging with both internal and external stakeholders
• Willingness to travel for customer meetings on-site development support and visits to other Ricardo locations

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work whether that is working from home being in the office or as a hybrid worker. Were happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity equality and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture we are a recognised as a disability confident employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team viaif you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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