Ride Engineer

• Performing Damper tuning for all body on frame and monocoque vehicles in Ride and Handling track and optimize the valve settings with compliance of valve calculation tool and design rule.
• Evaluating subjective and objective R&H parameters for benchmark and project vehicles and prepare reports.
• Maintain standard design rules for shock/strut dimensioning, tolerances, characteristics, and valving… (on application level/ noncore component)
• Act as expert in vehicle Dynamics
• Bush Tuning for optimized Ride and Handling in selected test tracks.
• Supports Technical Project Leaders/Application engineering team.

Note: Technical project leader can perform calculation, gets advice from competence center

• Maintain skills in valving towards vehicle performance on ride work.
• Maintain skills in vehicle dynamics & damper influence in R&H.
• Freeze the valve code within the design rule and customer satisfactory based on R&H
• Support TPL by providing ride work report.
• Maintain ride bus./Equipment’s/Tools/Machines etc.
• Continues support to customer requirements in R&H.
• Flexibility on travel (within India) must require.
• Based on need and necessity abroad travel would require.
• Co-ordinate customer specification change request
• Test Track Knowledge:
  • Different ride tracks & their influence on R&H
  • Selecting ride tracks according to application
• Support TPL if any damping force not matching with sealed damper
• Support TPL for ride kit preparation
• Get knowledge from Global team on new valve technology and provide demonstration to OEM and prove our technology with respect to R&H.
• Support post ride work activities like R&H confirmation on sealed dampers if any
• Drive multiple projects Ride work requirement.
• Involve and paly role in Problem Solving and failure mode analysis.
• Support Warranty concern from OEM or end customer.