Overview

Looking for a career, not just a job? Want to join a dynamic team working for an international industry leader? Enjoy an energetic work atmosphere? Bertrandt US may be just what you have been looking for!

Bertrandt Group is a leading solution partner for all technology trends. Our clear objective is to help shape the digital and electronic future. In the automotive sector, we have organized our expertise across all our sites into four Divisions: Electronics, Product Engineering, Physical, Production & After Sales. In addition, we support customers from numerous other sectors with our comprehensive know-how: from the energy and aerospace industries and mechanical and plant engineering to medical technology. Around 13,000 employees at more than 50 sites worldwide are committed to successfully implementing our customers’ projects every day.

The role is to support the maintenance, update and upgrade of development vehicles, regarding to its mechanics and electronics. This includes adaptation of prototypes and series vehicles, enabling further groups to develop functions within safe and functional vehicles. The job involves working closely with other entities, ensuring an efficient use of resources. It also requires synchronization with different R&D departments at AG in Germany, and with suppliers, allowing quick solutions during the product development process. The job may also require frequent trips to different locations in US and Canada, in order to troubleshoot problems, rework vehicles or for fleet coordination.The vehicles are adapted with multiple development systems while serving multiple internal teams. It is part of the role to help achieving efficiency by finding synergies among the teams (e.g. optimizing test drives, facilitating information flow, …) As secondary task, it is still under employee’s responsibility, the safety of the workshop area, working on the topic together with Security.

Responsibilities

• Adaptation and application of the test fleet
• Assist with ordering and inventory parts and equipment for vehicles required for realizing the project requirements.
• Responsible for installing and evaluating test systems.
• Responsible for the troubleshooting and calibration of tools and measurement systems.
• Responsible for installation of control units, sensors and adaptation according to requirements and specifications.
• Responsible for reworking and adapting the test vehicles in order to prepare them for the planned activities.
• Check and Control the entire test fleet to ensure that they fulfill the customer and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience working with VW or Audi vehicles
• Extensive workshop experience including the use of a wide range of hand tools, being able to demonstrate a high level of technical expertise.
• Comprehensive experience in automotive software including flashing and updating of ECUs, including their parametrization.
• Experience in reworking, assembly and installation of Hardware components for test and research purposes.
• Strong knowledge of vehicle diagnostics.
• Experience with calibration of Driver Assistance Systems, including radar, lidar, camera, etc.
• Experience with vehicle alignment.
• Strong technical and analytical skills as well as a thorough knowledge of the inner workings of motor vehicles and their various components and accessories.
• Know how on vehicle electronics
• Ability to work independently.
• Open minded and empathic work style.
• Excellent team player
• Can demonstrate the ability to work with others to improve safe working practice and the environment. Ensure that follow up actions are taken to remove identified hazards or risks.Desired:
• Familiar with automotive communication standards (CAN, FlexRay and Ethernet), their network architecture and measurement systems
• Know how on tools, like Idex, Odis, CPTool and System42.
• Basic German language skills (written and spoken)

Benefits:

• $95,000 - $180,000/yr
• Flexibility to travel (domestic and international)
• Hybrid On-Site position
• Complete and comprehensive benefits package including Med/Dent/Vision
• Employer paid STD/LTD/Life
• 401k Retirement program
• Generous paid vacation/sick/holidays
• Creativity encouraged in a fun, friendly work environment