
Website Toyota
Job Description:
Toyota’s Performance Analysis and Evaluation Aerodynamic/Thermal group is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Technician
The primary responsibility of this role is to execute evaluations and support the creation and kaizen of new and existing processes, with a strong focus on safety.
Reporting to the Technician Supervisor, the person in this role will support the Performance Analysis and Evaluation Aerodynamic/Thermal groups objective to safely and accurately collect and report data both statically and dynamically to support vehicle development for North American Customers.
Job Responsibilities:
- Instrumentation of test vehicles for thermal evaluations
- Properly setup thermal instrumenting and identify data acquisition equipment needed to ensure data quality and accuracy
- Maintain project milestones with communicating gaps to supervisor
- Complete Job instruction sheets and Risk Assessments
- Perform all necessary mechanical work to prepare for standard evaluations
- Perform safety checks on vehicles to ensure safe operation
- Support evaluation using CATIA to create section
- Work in different evaluation areas to support current and future workload
- Data analysis during real time testing to monitor evaluation KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators)
- Post evaluations, confirm data for accuracy based on KPI’s and organize in graphs and tables to meet standard report needs
- Maintains workplace environment that adheres to safety/5S standards
- Write technical reports to summarize evaluation results and conclusions for standard evaluations
- Write comprehensive weekly reports
- Participate in long term planning, group action plans, and safety initiatives
- Communicate results to related engineers
- Conduct standard chassis dyno thermal evaluations based on test standards
- Operate climatic dyno facility and test equipment for thermal evaluations
Job Requirements:
- Experience with ECU reflash’s for map changes and data acquisition of CAN data through OBD and ECU’s
- Experience to replace, retrofit, Engine Cooling and HVAC components
- Strong machine shop and fabrication experience
- Experience to build, fabricate and standardize new testing equipment
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel for Evaluation data processing and analysis (ex. Data graphing, formulas, and basic VBA)
- Availability to travel 20% of the time both domestic and international and work overtime as required
- CAE modeling experience in ANSA / Star CCM+/ HYPERMESH / HYPERVIEW
- Experience using virtual tools like CAD software (CATIA)
- A motor vehicle record that’s acceptable by company standards is required for this position
- Experience in writing macros in Excel or programing of equipment
- Toyota middle class & T1 Trailer towing driver’s license
- Experience with operating and evaluation using climatic chassis dyno
- Experience with the data acquisition equipment used to collect evaluation data; for example, temperature, pressure, and airflow
- Associates degree (or higher) or equivalent relevant work experience
- Experience subjective and objective evaluation of thermal systems, including Engine Cooling and HVAC performances
Job Details:
Company: Toyota
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Ann Arbor, MI, US
Application Deadline: N/A
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