Automotive Engineering - Job Description

Automotive engineers are involved in the design, manufacture, distribution, marketing, sales and after-sales care of cars (including racing cars), motorbikes and other commercial vehicles. Engineers will work on the aesthetics and technical performance of these vehicles and, increasingly, the electronics and software involved with modern vehicles.

Responsibilities of the job typically include:

• assessing project requirements
• agreeing and negotiating project budgets, timescales and specifications with clients and managers
• developing and implementing test procedures
• building prototypes of components to carry out tests on
• organising and carrying out tests, eg to check whether engines will work in different conditions, such as high temperatures
• interpreting and analysing results and data
• sourcing vehicle components and selecting the best materials to use
• providing technical advice and answering queries from clients
• using specialist computer modelling software to produce designs
• making improvements to vehicles in response to customer feedback
• investigating and solving problems, eg mechanical failures
• working closely with suppliers
• writing reports and documentation
• giving presentations
• undertaking relevant research
• supervising junior staff.