Job Title: Vehicle Test Engineer - Engineering Validation Fleets Location: 30700 West Patton Road, Wittmann AZ 85361 Contract: 12+ Months, potential to convert to a permanent position. If offered a permanent position, immediate eligibility for retirement benefits, health insurance, and pay increase. Pay- Rate: $40/hr. Belcan is a leading provider of professional IT, Engineering, Workforce Solutions and staffing in the United States, Canada, UK, Europe, and India. A Vehicle Test Engineer - Engineering Validation Fleets Job in Wittmann, AZ is currently available through Belcan. In this role you will Track, support, and execute field tests across multiple engineering fleets in local and remote locations to identify vehicle level concerns. Responsibilities: · Track, support and execute field tests across multiple engineering fleets in local and remote locations to identify vehicle level concerns. · Fleets may be comprised of one or more of each of the following: · Engineering Voice of Customer (EVOC) · Powertrain Durability · Program Mileage Accumulation · Benchmark Testing · Software, ADAS, and other feature data collection and testing · Assist in execution of high-level timing plans, budget for vehicle resources, staff, and logistics to maximize the up time and maintenance of test vehicle fleet. · Coordinate quotations and purchase orders with external vendors and internal accounting. · Review and distribute test documentation including test instructions, specifications, drawings, inspection intervals and verification plans. · Prepare and update test units (hardware, software) and document condition and performance pre / during / posttest for multiple attributes (NVH, Performance, Body / Chassis Structural Durability, others). · Execution and documentation of full vehicle, sub-systems, and component level testing within the DVP&R. · Drive vehicles at Proving Grounds and other off-sites locations including public drive routes, under varied conditions such as cold/hot weather, off-road, remote urban, overseas, etc. · Perform subjective and objective evaluations to identify system failure modes and potential attribute target risks. · Assist in root cause analysis for failures and issues, including hardware failure and software bug tracking; document and track using JIRA. · Update tracking metrics regularly and communicate to program leads. Qualifications: · Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related science from an accredited university with 5+ years of applicable experience in the automotive or a related industry. · Master’s degree or higher in a related field with 5+ years of applicable experience in the automotive or a related industry preferred. · Thorough understanding of primary vehicle systems, with experience running and maintaining a variety of vehicle level and component level tests · Team first mentality · Innate curiosity about all things automotive · Ability to work autonomously · Proven experience conducting tests at both proving grounds and remote public road test sites with the ability to develop and implement fleet vehicle level validation protocols and procedures · Familiarity with work management systems similar to JIRA, JAMA, or Confluence for test planning, coordination, execution, and issue tracking · Experience with software related to CAD, vehicle level instrumentation, calibration, data logging and data acquisition systems. TECHNICAL SKILLS Must Have: Electric vehicle system knowledge Technical Communication Technical Issue Documentation Vehicle mechanical system knowledge Vehicle Troubleshooting Nice To Have: CAD CAN network experience Fleet test experience - Durability and/or Reliability Vector, Vehicle Spy, other data acquisition SW Job Type: Contract Pay: $40.00 per hour Schedule: 8 hour shift Day shift Work Location: In person