Driveline Development and Validation Engineer

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

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About The Position

The Development Engineer for Transmission, Driveline & Gear Reducer analyzes, develops, and validates transmission and driveline systems and subsystems and integrates them into Stellantis vehicles. Systems may include automatic or manual transmissions, axles and limited-slip devices, prop shafts, half shafts, transfer cases, PTUs, and rear drive modules. Stellantis products span off-road to performance vehicles and include battery-electric, hybrid, and conventional internal-combustion powertrains, with a significant portion being all-wheel drive.

The engineer is responsible for vehicle integration and ensuring driveline hardware and controls meet the vehicle’s mission profile while maintaining brand character. The role develops validation plans and executes performance development and validation tests in vehicles and drive-simulation environments. It collaborates with driveline torque-distribution, powertrain, and brake-system calibrators, Chief Engineering, the Product Release Center, and Vehicle Synthesis Engineering. The engineer works through production-release and change-management processes to provide a validated system at each vehicle build milestone, from pre-production through post-production. Teams include global vehicle organizations and internal and external hardware and software suppliers.

The role also supports competitive vehicle benchmarking, measured-load data acquisition, driveline-system architecture development, control-specification development, and test-procedure development. Limited travel for low-mu winter, off-road, and track development trips is expected.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related degree field.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in automatic transmission, driveline, or electrified-powertrain hardware or controls.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with basic PC software, such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Highly motivated and self-directed, with the ability to manage multiple complex projects and maintain a positive attitude.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Engineering.
• Experience in transmission and/or driveline design, development, and testing.
• Knowledge of transmission and all-wheel-drive systems and operation.
• MATLAB, Simulink, and N-code experience.
• Experience in test planning and execution, including DVP&R.
• Experience using data-acquisition and testing tools, including CANalyzer and INCA.
• Regulatory or compliance experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, develop, and validate transmission and driveline systems and subsystems, and integrate them into Stellantis vehicles.
• Ensure driveline hardware and controls meet vehicle mission profiles and maintain brand character.
• Develop development and validation plans and execute performance development and validation tests in vehicles and drive-simulation environments.
• Work with driveline torque-distribution, powertrain, and brake-system calibrators, Chief Engineering, the Product Release Center, and Vehicle Synthesis Engineering.
• Use production-release and change-management processes to provide a validated driveline system at each vehicle build milestone from pre-production through post-production.
• Coordinate with global vehicle teams and internal and external hardware and software suppliers.
• Support competitive vehicle benchmarking and measured-load data acquisition.
• Support driveline-system architecture, control-specification, and test-procedure development.
• Travel for limited low-mu winter, off-road, and track development trips.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level