**Company Description**
**_
Shaping the Future of Automotive Engineering_**
Applus+ IDIADA is a global leader in automotive engineering, offering a dynamic and rewarding career opportunity for professionals passionate about shaping the future of mobility. As a TOP Employer certified company with over 3000 professionals from more than 22 countries, we provide a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters innovation and growth with colleagues from over 57 nationalities contributing to a safer, more efficient, and sustainable vehicles.
**Why join us?**
Enjoy a highly flexible hybrid work model in a company that takes care of the employees’ wellbeing, offering work-life balance benefits such as subsidized canteen, free language courses, transport and coaching services.
Join a company that has a deep commitment to sustainability and push yourself to reach your full potential in a dynamic and challenging setting that values innovation and expertise.
**_ Come & join us on the road to success._**
LI-Hybrid
You will be the responsible for carrying out:
- Vehicle dynamics advanced simulation activities to support attributes development programs.
- Tyre virtual model generation and integration in the virtual chassis.
- Perform complete vehicle and suspension simulations to provide direction to the chassis development programs, while minimizing the need for physical testing.
The main **responsibilities** of this role will be:
- Build chassis and complete vehicle models
- Perform virtual simulations to evaluate suspension kinematics & compliance and complete vehicle handling & ride comfort.
- Optimise chassis parameters in order to meet performance targets
- Define the tyre testing program for tyre modelling purposes
- Generate parametric and physical tyre models
- Support the virtual implementation of the physical tyre models in the full vehicle simulation (either in computer simulation or in driving simulators)
- Prepare/write project reports
- Presentation of project results and support decision making
To support project management and commercial actions:
- Presentation of project proposals and project results to customers
- Management of client communication and reporting
**Qualifications** Profile**
- 1-3 years of experience in automotive chassis development with a focus on Vehicle Dynamics.
- Knowledge of vehicle dynamics theory and contributions from individual components— hardpoints, steering, springs, bars, dampers, tires, bushings, etc.—to suspension K&C; and full-vehicle performance.
- Basic understanding of the performance development process, from target setting and target cascading to validation and sign-off.
- Vehicle dynamics simulation experience with multi-body (ADAMS) and/or lookup tables-based models (VI-CarRealTime, IPG CarMaker, CarSim, etc)
- Data post-processing skills.
- Basic knowledge of programming with Matlab and/or Python.
- Detail-oriented and organised personality
- Great communication and team-working skills
- Hard-working and versátil mindset
**Education**
B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
**Languages**
Fluent in English and Spanish.
**Additional Information**
Applus IDIADA is committed to **equality,** **diversity** and **inclusion**. We don’t put limits on you, so don’t put limits on yourself either. There is a place for everyone.