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Department
of Engineering
Automotive
Engineering
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Automotive engineering is a branch of Vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of automobiles, buses and trucks and their respective engineering subsystems.
Automotive engineers are involved in almost every aspect of designing cars and trucks, from the initial concepts right through to manufacturing them.
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Job
Descriptions:
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Product engineer (also called design engineer), that would design components/systems
(i.e brake engineer and battery engineer). This engineer designs and test a part, seeing that it meets all its requirements (i.e. the shock), does it perform as required, material durability and so
on
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Development
engineer, that engineers the attributes of the automobile. This engineer provides to the design engineer what spring rate he requires to provide the "ride" characteristics required for the automobile to perform at the automotive level.
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Manufacturing
engineer, determines how to make automotive products.
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Requirement:
minimum have automotive engineering bachelor degree
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Salary:
varies, depend on company, level entry, and location.
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