Ride Engineer 3

Fox Racing Shox•El Cajon, CA

62d

About The Position

FOX Factory designs, engineers, manufactures and markets performance-defining products and systems for customers worldwide. Our premium brand, performance-defining products and systems are used primarily on bicycles, side-by-side vehicles, on-road vehicles with and without off-road capabilities, off-road vehicles and trucks, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, specialty vehicles and applications, motorcycles, and commercial trucks. Some of our products are specifically designed for and marketed to a variety of leading cycling and powered vehicle original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs"), while others are distributed to consumers through a global dealer and distribution network. Fox Factory Holding Corp. is the holding company of FOX Factory, Inc. and is publicly traded (FOXF) on Nasdaq. Not only do we provide competitive wages, you will also have access to great benefits and employee discounts. But more importantly, it's a fun environment where we truly enjoy working as a team and bringing great products to our customers! If this sounds like something you would love to do, and a place you want to be a part of, get in touch with us by submitting your application. We look forward to hearing from you! Position Summary: Develops, creates, and executes shock tuning efforts in the field across numerous vehicle types and shock technologies. Works with design group, project leaders, and test to assist problem solving of new technologies and applications in a matrixed organization.

Requirements

Ability to subjectively evaluate passenger vehicles dynamically and make educated tuning decisions on vehicle setup to achieve project target goals
Ability to perform extensive hands-on work by rebuilding shock absorbers, operating shock dyno's, driving vehicles both on and off road
Detailed on road subjective evaluation skills.
Off road driving/vehicle recovery skills
Ability to manage testing events with external customers
Proficient PC skills required: Excel, Word, Powerpoint, 3D Modeling (Preferred)
Ability to use Matlab, VB, or any other programming language that would benefit data processing and analysis
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
5+ years of vehicle dynamics engineering experience
Automotive field shock absorber tuning experience
On vehicle data acquisition and general wiring/electronics experience preferred
Manual lathe, mill, welding, fabrication experience preferred
Excel and basic CAD experience
Off road driving and vehicle recovery experience
Driving motor vehicles is required for this position along with having an acceptable driving record.

Responsibilities

Manage field tuning exercises and ride performance of various Fox applications spanning from internal aftermarket applications to OE testing with external customers.
Manage external relationships and projects with large OE customers.
Utilize and improve on vehicle data acquisition methods to assist in dynamic vehicle tuning.
Calculate and setup theoretical vehicle starting specifications (springs, damping curves, etc.) for various vehicle use cases.
Drive a wide range of vehicles on and off road safely and consistently
Operate shock dyno's and interpret characterization data to assist with vehicle tuning practices
Rebuild a wide range of Fox shocks