Senior Test & Product Development Engineer

Employer: BMW of North America LLC

Job Title: Senior Test & Product Development Engineer

Location: 5900 Arcturus Avenue Oxnard California 93033

Offered Wage: $170272.00/year

Duties: Coordinate functional and organizational detailed test plans with a focus on electric/electronics (E/E) aspects. Ensure timely and functionally correct and complete execution of entire vehicle test volumes from Synchro Point (SP) Confirmation Business Plan Derivate to SP market launch (virtual and hardware). Independently test and validate US-specific vehicle systems and characteristics. Plan organize steer and conduct automotive durability and functional test programs within the EG-7 sign-off process under US specific conditions for BMW/MINI/RR projects. Prepare timely communication of US-specific test results from test activities to the respective KIFAs (CoCs) and EG-7x counterparts.

Education & Experience Requirements: Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Automotive Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five (5) years of experience as a Senior Test & Product Development Engineer or related occupation developing products in the automotive industry or alternatively a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Automotive Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus three (3) years of experience as a Senior Test & Product Development Engineer or related occupation developing products in the automotive industry.

Specific skills/other requirements - Must also possess the following (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section):

• Testing and validating US-specific electric vehicle systems characteristics and automotive technologies
• Contributing and prosecuting necessary concept requirements during the development process for the US market
• Configuring and utilizing measurement equipment for system data recordings and analysis of vehicle measurements
• Analyzing evaluating and documenting various test results in problem management systems
• Scheduling planning and preparing necessary test activities and validation processes for test vehicles
• Planning organizing and executing test trips by leading and managing internal and/or external employees
• Developing methods for system validation and features/functions for customer-specific requirements using test-specific processes and requirement catalogues.

Travel Requirement: 16-30% travel required.