Lead Range and Energy Consumption Engineer

Scout Motors • Novi, MI

10h • Onsite

About The Position

At Scout Motors, you don't just design vehicles- you shape the future of the road. Our Engineering team is where bold ideas meet rigorous execution, building machines that are as durable and capable as the people who drive them. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with brilliant minds across disciplines, turning complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, performance, and user experience. This is a place where your fingerprints are found on metal – where what you design gets built, driven, and remembered. If you're hungry to engineer something that matters, Scout Motors is where that ambition finds its highest gear. The CAE Energy Team within Scout comprises a small group of highly qualified engineers responsible for assessing energy consumption in support of component & system specifications, and regulatory / customer focused drive cycles (including range, performance, towing, extremes of temperatures etc.). The Lead Range & Energy Consumption Engineer is responsible for maximizing, validating, and ensuring the accuracy of EV and hybrid vehicle range, fuel economy, and road load performance. This role leads vehicle level testing, develops efficiency roadmaps, and partners with cross ‑ functional teams to ensure program targets are met, and energy saving technologies are effectively integrated.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in a technical engineering field
• 12+ years of experience in an automotive vehicle environment, leading the attribute of EV range / gasoline FE
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong understanding of aerodynamics, rolling resistance, vehicle mass, and their impact on EV/HEV efficiency
• Familiarity with battery management, powertrain controls, and regenerative braking systems
• Strong analytical and cross ‑ functional leadership skills
• Valid driver's license required.
• Passport required.

Nice To Haves

• MATLAB/Simulink Experience, including modeling of vehicle range, fuel economy

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute vehicle development testing to support range, fuel-economy, and road load targets, ensuring all activities align with program milestones.
• Develop test plans, instrumentation strategies, facility schedules, and data ‑ collection processes to verify hardware and software performance and correlate results with CAE projections.
• Build and maintain roadmaps to achieve range and efficiency targets, identifying risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies.
• Maintain vehicle fuel ‑ economy and range label strategy by confirming program content, option take ‑ rates, and volume assumptions.
• Engage with engineering teams to identify opportunities, track risks, and opportunities (R&O), and ensure timely resolution.
• Provide CAE teams with validated assumptions and deliver range ‑ impact assessments for potential hardware and software changes.
• Analyze competitive data and conduct physical competitor testing (dyno, track, bench) to ensure product competitiveness.
• Serve as the voice of the Range & Energy Consumption attribute in program meetings, ensuring alignment across engineering, validation, and leadership teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with an employer match and immediate vesting
• 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO
• 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave

What This Job Offers

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