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Kett Engineering is looking for a Senior Fuel Economy Certification Engineer to help our Automotive Customer and their reliability team in Irvine!
This will be a mostly remote position with some potential onsite work in Irvine
As a Senior Homologation Engineer this role will take responsibility for all interactions necessary to achieve certification and/or homologation in global markets for consumer and commercial vehicles.
- Assist design and engineering teams with interpreting regulatory requirements, including seeking out interpretations from technical services and type approval agencies as needed.
- Monitor the status of applicable global regulations (e.g. FMVSS, ECE, GB) and consumer ratings protocols (e.g. US and Euro NCAP, IIHS, RCAR) as they are updated.
- Communicate current and upcoming requirements to the engineering team, through formal and informal design reviews, and in our requirements management tool – JAMA, JIRA, etc.
- Assist in scheduling and overseeing all regulatory testing for global markets and sign off certification/homologation tests(DVP) in JAMA, JIRA.
- Oversee development and population of all necessary information documents and certificates of conformity for EU WVTA. Prepare compliance document for all FMVSS and CMVSS subjects, including collation of all necessary test reports, drawings, and judgments.
- Monitor product design changes and revise self-certification compliance documents and whole vehicle type approval certificates as needed.
THIS IS WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
- 3 to 5+ years’ experience in homologation at an auto manufacturer/testing lab supporting auto certification testing, preferably on an electric vehicle program.
- A robust understanding of the entire US and Canadian self-certification process and/or the EU/ECE Whole Vehicle Type Approval process.
- A strong understanding of global active and passive safety regulations applicable to electric vehicles.
- Experience with requirements management tool (JAMA, JIRA, etc.)
- Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships across the organization as well as with government authorities and test labs.
- 10-20% travel may be required to support testing at both test sites and third party laboratories.
Established in 1953, Kett Engineering is a leader in the Automotive Test and Personnel Services industry. Our goal is to provide our Automotive and OEM customers with superior service.
The strength and success of Kett clearly comes from the people behind the organization. Our workforce is comprised of dedicated, talented and hard working individuals with years of industry experience.
If you have an interest in automotive technology industry, a passion for excellence and a desire to exceed expectations then, we want you on are our team!
The strength and success of Kett clearly comes from the people behind the organization. Our workforce is comprised of dedicated, talented and hard working individuals with years of industry experience.
If you have an interest in automotive technology industry, a passion for excellence and a desire to exceed expectations then, we want you on are our team!
