Vehicle Dynamics Engineer

Vehicle Dynamics Engineer - Racing Focused

Location: Akron, OH

Work Environment: Hybrid

Travel: up to 25%

Primary Purpose of the Position

Support Goodyear’s Simulation team with vehicle dynamics performance assessment and elevating Goodyear’s vehicle/tire modeling expertise for high performance race vehicles.

Primary Responsibilities

• Leverage our latest tire/vehicle testing capabilities and modeling/simulation technologies.
• Further develop the creativity and innovation capacity of the team with a focus on virtual tire development.
• Cooperate with vehicle OEMs and/or Race teams to shape our virtual tire/vehicle development process for efficiency, quality and robustness.
• Cooperate with simulation and testing teams on tire force & moment testing, instrumented vehicle testing and simulation.
• Cooperate with tire design team and provide tire characteristic recommendations for tire design tuning to meet tire/vehicle performance objectives.
• Assess/benchmark the performance of tire/vehicle systems through vehicle/tire modeling, testing and simulation.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Physic, or related field, is required
• Master’s degree is highly preferred
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience inside automotive or race industry required (e.g. at a vehicle OEM) or academia for vehicle dynamics and/or vehicle & tire modeling.
• Experience with numerical methods.
• Experience with data acquisition / analysis software.
• Experience with instrumentation and sensor installation is an asset.
• Experience with vehicle modeling and vehicle dynamics simulation software (e.g. CarMaker, VI-Grade, CarSim, Dymola, etc.).
• Experience with tire modeling and force & moment prediction software (e.g. MF-Tire, CD-Tire, F-Tire).
• Experience with assessment/benchmarking of performance of tire and vehicle systems.
• Experience with driving simulator (e.g. Vi-Grade, MTS, static or dynamic) is an asset.
• Experience with chassis and/or steering system development is an asset.
• Experience with tire testing and prototype tire evaluation is an asset.

Desired Knowledge and Skills

• Strong background in vehicle dynamics or related area.
• Knowledge of data acquisition and processing software.
• Knowledge of functional system development approach (V-model).
• Proficient computer programming skills. (MATLAB, Python, etc.)
• Self-motivated individual.
• Team player with enthusiasm and initiative.
• Interest in the automotive world, testing activities, virtual development.
• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• English (spoken and written) is a must.
• Knowledge of other languages (e.g. French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) is an asset.