NASI - Research & Development Engineer

About Subaru

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ROLE SUMMARY

The Research & Development (R&D) Engineer (ADAS & Vehicle Performance Engineering) researches, analyzes, recommends, implements, inspects, and verifies North American engineering activities as well as the
demands and characteristics of the United States market in order to recommend and define corporate goals and target
performance goals for future products.

Activities include:
-Internal research activities:
-Collaborative research with academia, technical consortiums, and other third-party institutions.
-Testing and evaluating new and/or novel technologies.
-Analyzing market and automotive technical trends.
-Assisting with the development of vehicles that meet the current and future demands of our customers while correlating testing with Japan counterparts and assisting with the development and execution of company infrastructure-related plans to support all aforementioned activities.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Vehicle Evaluation


* Evaluates competitor products and Subaru development mules and near-production and production vehicles to
identify weaknesses and strengths in the areas including but not limited to ride; handling; braking; drivability; stability;
ride comfort; visibility; noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH); heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); usability,
etc.


* Identifies Subaru's strengths and weaknesses when compared with competitors.


* Determines pathways (ways and means) of exploiting Subaru's strengths and counter-measuring weaknesses.

Vehicle Benchmarking


* Coordinates and manages the research, evaluation, and analyses of automotive components as well as competitor
vehicle features and performance to guide benchmark vehicle selection and enhance the customer's safety, experience,
and convenience of using Subaru vehicles, either independently or upon request by Subaru.


* Coordinates and manages benchmarking activiti...