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Test engineer Emissions & Fuel Economy

Santa Oliva, TARRAGONA, esFull-timePosted Sep 8, 2026

Job 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 3400 professionals in 24 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 Reporting to the Product Engineer, you will be involved in Emissions & Fuel Economy team of Powertrain Department for all kind of vehicle tecnologies: ICE, PHEV, HEV and EV. The activities to be carried out will consist in:

  • Test vehicles instrumentation
  • Complete vehicle testing and analysis
  • Managing and reporting the related activities of those projects
  • Test equipment control and managerial Responsibilities :
  • Involved in projects related to emission measurements, fuel consumption and energy management
  • Specially involved in European Projects, related with particle emissions from Brakes, particle emissions from tyres, life cycle assestment, Real driving emissions and energy consumption
  • Test and data logging equipment configuration, test supervision, test validation, data analysis and reporting.
  • Test protocol definitions and detection of potential improvements.
  • Master plan project definition and exploding to sub-tasks and milestones.
  • Test equipment control and checking according to quality standards, internal and external
  • Test equipment requirements definition ensuring suitability for tests
  • Daily communications with involved technicians in the team to plan and monitor daily tasks
  • Quality improvements and automation of data post-processing
  • Project Management.
  • Preparation of the quotation for the customers.
  • Preparation of European projects proposals
  • Presentations (commercials and projects) to the customers Profile:
  • Client orientation.
  • Skills on Office pack (Excel etc).
  • Willing to travel abroad for testing and commercial visits.
  • Self-motivated, proactive and good team player role. Added value: Experience in worldwide powertrain standards (ie. EU
  • Euro 7-, EPA, CARB, Japan, China) related to Energy & Emissions. Experience in automotive mechanics Operating measuring instruments and fitting external instrumentation to vehicle/engine INCA and Diadem Experience in project management as well customer services Education:
  • Degree in Mechanical/Electrical or Chemical engineering . (MSc valued). Languages:
  • Spanish and English fluent.

Benefits

-Chance to work in a dynamic and challenging environment where you will be able to reach your full potential. -Constant learning and knowledge sharing with some of the most experienced engineers in the automotive industry. -Shuttle bus from Barcelona and Tarragona and Internal car sharing app, to promote the sustainable transportation.

-We promote the training and constant learning and we offer paid specialized training and subsidized language courses. -Subsidized canteen. 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.

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