Diagnostic and Safety calibration Lead

The Diagnostic and Safety Calibration Lead ensures the calibration of all the features designed to monitor and control components and systems the vehicle is equipped with, to build a final product that is compliant with emissions regulations, safe, and reliable to be driven in all conditions. This role can be oriented to the engine and its components/subsystems, as well as the electrified portion of the propulsion system.

The Calibration Lead is responsible for supervising and coordinating engines and electrified powertrain calibration activities, ensuring technical quality, resource planning, and compliance with project timelines. The role involves interfacing with Project Managers and overseeing deliverables according to defined objectives.

The main responsibilities related to this job description are listed below:

• Organize and plan calibration activities, ensuring proper execution of tests and validation of parameters according to project specifications.
• Coordinate the calibration team, assign tasks, monitor progress, and solve issues during execution.
• Manage the supply chain of deliverables, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with quality standards.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and other stakeholders to define milestones and resolve issues.
• Supervise technical documentation and reporting, ensuring proper archiving and data transparency.
• Support the development of methodologies and tools to optimize efficiency and quality of calibration activities.
• Participate in test sessions in lab and on-road environments, coordinating logistics and preparation of vehicles and test benches.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Comprehension of the SSTS Sub-System Technical Specifications and deep knowledge of the SW features related to diagnostic software components.
• Support the team manager in building the workload for the activities to be executed to reach the assigned deliverables.
• Equipment and instrumentation of the means used for testing based on the experience and on requirements from upstream teams (like the Aftertreatment team), best practice and guidelines.
• Coordinate and execute the activities with the assigned means and with the potential support of other internal or external resources: capacity to train less experienced people and to delegate activities, collecting results.
• Participate in project synthesis meetings to understand the calibration evolutions coming from other calibration feature teams and support the calibration evolution for his/her assignments.
• Follow up with the external team in case of outsourced activities: give inputs, directions, and timing, set periodical reviews, and collect results.
• Supervision and execution of activities on facilities dedicated to testing: vehicle roller bench, climate chamber, virtual testing properties like SIL, HIL etc. Participation in winter, summer & altitude road trips for the calibration development and validation phase.
• Clear reporting and good exposure capacity of the calibration evolution status to Technical Leadership and the Project Management team.
• Management of the calibration contents: integration coming from a previous project porting or from a pre-development phase, development to meet the emission regulation requirements, and the calibration compliance policies.
• Encourage and promote possible patents to support product innovation.
• Editing and sharing of calibration procedures and contribution to methodologies revision.
• Report the data useful to fulfill the deliverables in the required test report format, like Quality Gate reviews, Director reviews, Synthesis meetings, etc.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor or Master Degree or PhD in Engineering (Mechanical or Automotive preferred).
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Experience in conventional engine applications (System controls or calibration) and hybrid systems technologies.
• Experience in calibration applications, Diagnostic and Safety is the preferred area.
• Good knowledge of MS Office pack. Nice to have: knowledge of Excel Macro.
• Matlab, Simulink and other script languages represent a plus.
• Experience with ETAS INCA and MDA tools; CRETA calibration management tool and AVL Concerto.
• Good communication skills and technical exposure capacity.
• Capacity to work in a team, fostering other colleagues and external resources to be able to execute activities with the expected level of autonomy and delegation.
• Ability to proactively self-organize and to organize the team’s activities, setting short-term targets, prioritizing, and recognizing issues