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Test engineer Emissions & Fuel Economy

Applus IDIADA
Santa Oliva, TARRAGONA, Spain Posted Sep 8, 2026
Full-timeOn-site

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Company 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.

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Job Description

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

Qualifications

  • 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.

Additional Information

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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