VEHICLE PERFORMANCE ENGINEER

Engineering and Technical

Job Description
Vehicle Performance Engineer Requisition ID: 6140 Job

Location:
Modena
- Italy Category: Engineering and Technical

Job Type
Full Time Working Mode: Fully On-Site
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About Us
At CNH, we're driven by a clear purpose: we serve and advance the people who feed and build a growing world. As a global leader in agriculture and construction, we create the equipment, technology, and solutions that help our customers work more productively and sustainably. Our success starts with our people, and we foster a collaborative culture where innovation thrives and every employee has the opportunity to grow. Grow a Career. Build a Future. If you're ready to make an impact and build a career with purpose, there's a place for you at CNH. Vehicle Performance Engineer The Vehicle Performance Engineer applies experimental and engineering methods to integrate, develop, validate, and optimize tractor performance. The role combines vehicle-level testing, mechatronic system calibration, hydraulic tuning, objective data analysis, competitive benchmarking, validation, and homologation support to deliver safe, efficient, productive, comfortable, and competitive products that meet customer, business, and regulatory expectations

Key Responsibilities
• Define vehicle performance targets, KPIs, test procedures, and objective assessment methodologies.
• Plan, prepare, execute, and analyze vehicle, subsystem, and technology tests on proving grounds, in-field environments, and laboratory test benches.
• Optimize mechatronic system performance through software calibration, control-strategy development, and hydraulic tuning.
• Define instrumentation and measurement setups; coordinate vehicle preparation, sensor installation, prototype components, and development modifications.
• Ensure test readiness, data quality, traceability, safety, and compliance with company procedures.
• Analyze data, identify root causes and performance gaps, and produce clear technical reports and recommendations.
• Correlate field, proving-ground, laboratory, and simulation results to support development and validation.
• Perform competitive benchmarking to establish targets and identify product-improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to system requirements, vehicle concepts, control logics, hydraulic architectures, and concept reviews.
• Support validation planning, Functional Safety activities including HARA, and cross-functional engineering decisions.
• Collaborate with Product Development, System Engineering, Vehicle Electronic Integration, Controls, Software, Validation, Homologation, Manufacturing, Quality, Product Support, authorities, and external facilities. Vehicle Performance Focus Areas
• Vehicle dynamics, handling, stability, steering, ride, and comfort.
• Braking performance and stopping capability.
• Traction, drawbar performance, powertrain drivability, and efficiency.
• Productivity, fuel consumption, and vehicle-level integration.
• Benchmarking, validation, verification, and regulatory compliance. Validation & Homologation
• Support validation throughout product development and demonstrate achievement of performance targets.
• Plan and support regulatory and homologation tests involving braking, steering, stability, visibility, noise, and other applicable requirements.
• Support type approval and certification activities under applicable international, regional, and local regulations.
• Investigate non-compliance, support corrective actions, and prepare engineering documentation and compliance evidence.
• Optimize solutions to achieve compliance without compromising performance, safety, durability, or customer satisfaction. Required Technical Competencies
• Vehicle dynamics; braking, steering, traction, stability, ride, comfort, and powertrain behavior.
• Hydraulic systems, automatic controls, and fundamentals of electrical and electronic systems.
• Mechatronic integration, calibration, testing, validation, and performance assessment.
• Experimental methods, data acquisition, data analysis, root-cause analysis, and technical reporting.
• Sensors and measurement systems, including speed, steering, load, pressure, temperature, acceleration, GPS/inertial, and fuel-flow devices.
• Instrumentation installation, data loggers, and data-quality assurance. The candidate shall demonstrate to be able to use the following tools and sofwares:
• ETAS INCA, Vector CANape, and Vector CANalyzer.
• MATLAB/Simulink and basic C programming knowledge.
• Concerto, Dewesoft, DIAdem, AVL DRIVE tools, or equivalent platforms.
• Vehicle simulation or Model-Based Development environments are a plus. Key Skills
• Master's degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Vehicle, Mechatronics Engineering, Applied Mechanics, or a related discipline.
• Initial experience in vehicle testing, validation, calibration, vehicle dynamics, or related development activities.
• Strong analytical, experimental, and proactive problem-solving mindset.
• Accountability, autonomy, hands-on attitude, project planning, prioritization, and time management.
• Strong teamwork, communication, interpersonal, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Results-oriented approach, customer focus, and good technical English.
• Experience with agricultural tractors or off-highway vehicles is a strong plus.
• Availability for domestic and international travel related to testing, benchmarking, and homologation. Pay Transparency The annual salary for this role is EUR €39,000.00
- €44,000.00 plus any applicable bonus (Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as skill, experience and qualification for the role.) For roles open across multiple locations, the salary range indicated refers to the primary location. If a different location is considered, the applicable salary range will be communicated to candidates prior to the first interview.

What We Offer

We offer
dynamic career opportunities across an international landscape. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to delivering value for all our employees and fostering a culture of respect. At CNH, We Understand That The Best Solutions Come From The Diverse Experiences And Skills Of Our People. Here, You Will Be Empowered To Grow Your Career, To Follow Your Passion, And Help Build a Better Future. To Support Our Employees,

We Offer
Regional Comprehensive Benefits, Including:
• Flexible work arrangements
• Savings & Retirement benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Fertility & Family building support
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Charitable contribution matching and Volunteer Time Off
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Our Engineering & Technical Team Explore the exciting and rewarding career opportunities in our engineering and technical departments, where you can grow your skills and experience, advance your career, and meet customer needs with innovative solutions. discover more about engineering & technical view audio description Technology Creates New Opportunities to Feed the World We partner with customers and listen to their needs, using their feedback to innovate technology that utilizes connectivity, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. view audio description CNH: A HISTORY OF FIRSTS We have shaped the history of agriculture with pioneering firsts spanning over three centuries. view audio description BUILD A CAREER DOING MEANINGFUL WORK (SPEECH)[MUSIC PLAYING] (DESCRIPTION) Breaking New Ground: Innovation Sustainability Productivity (SPEECH) TIM ROSZHART: Farmers have a really important job, not just helping to grow the food that feeds all of us but to do it in a way that’s sustainable for us as a people and us as a planet. DAN ESLINGER: CNH partners with our customers to enable their business to operate. That’s through the use of technology, deployment of capital, dealer and support networks, and everything that’s required for them to operate their business successfully. TIM ROSZHART: So for those workers that were blessed enough to get into the ag industry into farming, it’s really around how do we amplify or expand the capabilities of what they can get done. MATT AMES: It’s an exciting time for the tractors and for the farmers as these technologies mature and these designs are put into use and are going to be rolled out to our customers. TIM ROSZHART: With technology, we’re able to make decisions that care for every square foot of ground. It’s a great way to take interest in connectivity and mobile apps, artificial intelligence, and computer vision, these things that we see in other industries, in automotive, even in the gaming industry, and others and how to– can actually bring those interests and those passions and those skills and use it for this great purpose to help feed the world. That’s pretty cool. (DESCRIPTION) Text, Innovate with Us, www dot CNH dot com Strips of metallic red, silver and gray whoosh, Logo, C N H I, Industrial (SPEECH)[MUSIC PLAYING] (DESCRIPTION) Sunrays Beaming Down Over a Wheat Field. (SPEECH) SPEAKER: The pace of change has always been fast. (DESCRIPTION) Tractors Plow Through a Field. (SPEECH) CNH and our brands have never stood still. (DESCRIPTION) Black-and-white Photographs Of Equipment From Days Gone By. (SPEECH) Our legacy is farming’s progress. (DESCRIPTION) Text, 1869, First steam engine tractor. 1892, First gasoline-powered tractor. (SPEECH) We have written the history of agriculture for over 180 years, (DESCRIPTION) 1904, First All-steel Thresher. (SPEECH) always innovating for the farmer, our customer, (DESCRIPTION) 1917, World’s First Mass Produced Tractor. (SPEECH) helping generation after generation get the job done, (DESCRIPTION) 1923, Farmall. First all-purpose implement tractor. 1940, First self-tying automatic pick-up baler. (SPEECH) an endless dedication that has led to more firsts than any other agriculture company. (DESCRIPTION) 1943, First commercial mechanical cotton picker. 1952, Europe’s first self-propelled combine harvester. (SPEECH) We revolutionized and kept reinventing for the industry, (DESCRIPTION) 1960, First Self-propelled Windrower. (SPEECH) making operations more efficient, (DESCRIPTION) 1964, First Mower-conditioner. (SPEECH) more effective, (DESCRIPTION) 1974, World’s First Twin Rotor Combine. (SPEECH) more profitable. (DESCRIPTION) 1975, First self-propelled grape harvester. 1977, First single rotor combine. 1980, First in-cab automatic sprayer control system. (SPEECH) Utilizing precision technology to drive higher yields. (DESCRIPTION) 1995, First commercial use of integrated precision farming. 1996, First tractor with four-tracked system. (SPEECH) And in changing times, we are working to make our world more sustainable. (DESCRIPTION) 2009, First wireless services to sync field to office. 2009, First zero emissions hydrogen-powered tractor. (SPEECH) Our concepts challenge the status quo. (DESCRIPTION) 2016, First autonomous row crop tractor concept. 2017, First smart application system with individual nozzle control. (SPEECH) Introducing the future today, (DESCRIPTION) 2019, First contactless camera system to navigate row crops. 2019, First production 100% methane-powered tractor. (SPEECH) paving the way with electrification and alternative fuels (DESCRIPTION) 2020, First Commercial Autonomous Solutions For Agriculture. (SPEECH) we stand with the world’s farmers (DESCRIPTION) 2022, First Electric Tractor Prototype With Autonomous Features. (SPEECH) doing the hard yards, (DESCRIPTION) 2022, First Autonomous Spreader. (SPEECH) carrying the banner of progress, (DESCRIPTION) 2022, World’s First Liquefied Natural Gas Tractor. (SPEECH) forever breaking new ground. (DESCRIPTION) Logo, CNH. Breaking New Ground. Innovation, Sustainability, Productivity. (SPEECH)[MUSIC PLAYING] (SPEECH)[UPBEAT MUSIC] (DESCRIPTION) Title, Working at CNH. A worker, framed by construction equipment, tends to crops in a field. A farmer oversees the growth of verdant plants. Text, Grow Together. A diverse group of young women at work in a number of office settings. Text, Diverse. Workers in a warehouse. People hard at work in office settings. Text, Inclusive. A team works together in collaboration. A worker walks through an office. Workers assemble machines. Text, One Team. Text, Flexible. A sports team; construction workers on the job; men working as a team. Text, At the forefront of Precision Technology. Images of technology and agricultural equipment in the field. Using technology to modernize a wheelchair and modify a vehicle. Text, Digitalization. Text, Electrification. Alternative fuels. Text, Well Being. A dad with his baby on an outdoor swing. A couple of surfers head into the ocean. Text, Our people make the difference. The faces of a diverse group of smiling people. Text, Join us on our journey. Careers at CNH dot com. similar Engineering & Technical Jobs Senior Embedded Software Engineer Oak Brook, US Vehicle Performance Engineer Modena, IT CFD Analysis Engineer Modena, IT Test Technician Wichita, US Engineering Team Lead Oak Brook, US Search all jobs

Job Description
Vehicle Performance Engineer Requisition ID: 6140 Job

Location:
Modena
- Italy Category: Engineering and Technical

Job Type
Full Time Working Mode: Fully On-Site
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• Start applying with LinkedIn
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Key Responsibilities
• Define vehicle performance targets, KPIs, test procedures, and objective assessment methodologies.
• Plan, prepare, execute, and analyze vehicle, subsystem, and technology tests on proving grounds, in-field environments, and laboratory test benches.
• Optimize mechatronic system performance through software calibration, control-strategy development, and hydraulic tuning.
• Define instrumentation and measurement setups; coordinate vehicle preparation, sensor installation, prototype components, and development modifications.
• Ensure test readiness, data quality, traceability, safety, and compliance with company procedures.
• Analyze data, identify root causes and performance gaps, and produce clear technical reports and recommendations.
• Correlate field, proving-ground, laboratory, and simulation results to support development and validation.
• Perform competitive benchmarking to establish targets and identify product-improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to system requirements, vehicle concepts, control logics, hydraulic architectures, and concept reviews.
• Support validation planning, Functional Safety activities including HARA, and cross-functional engineering decisions.
• Collaborate with Product Development, System Engineering, Vehicle Electronic Integration, Controls, Software, Validation, Homologation, Manufacturing, Quality, Product Support, authorities, and external facilities. Vehicle Performance Focus Areas
• Vehicle dynamics, handling, stability, steering, ride, and comfort.
• Braking performance and stopping capability.
• Traction, drawbar performance, powertrain drivability, and efficiency.
• Productivity, fuel consumption, and vehicle-level integration.
• Benchmarking, validation, verification, and regulatory compliance. Validation & Homologation
• Support validation throughout product development and demonstrate achievement of performance targets.
• Plan and support regulatory and homologation tests involving braking, steering, stability, visibility, noise, and other applicable requirements.
• Support type approval and certification activities under applicable international, regional, and local regulations.
• Investigate non-compliance, support corrective actions, and prepare engineering documentation and compliance evidence.
• Optimize solutions to achieve compliance without compromising performance, safety, durability, or customer satisfaction. Required Technical Competencies
• Vehicle dynamics; braking, steering, traction, stability, ride, comfort, and powertrain behavior.
• Hydraulic systems, automatic controls, and fundamentals of electrical and electronic systems.
• Mechatronic integration, calibration, testing, validation, and performance assessment.
• Experimental methods, data acquisition, data analysis, root-cause analysis, and technical reporting.
• Sensors and measurement systems, including speed, steering, load, pressure, temperature, acceleration, GPS/inertial, and fuel-flow devices.
• Instrumentation installation, data loggers, and data-quality assurance. The candidate shall demonstrate to be able to use the following tools and sofwares:
• ETAS INCA, Vector CANape, and Vector CANalyzer.
• MATLAB/Simulink and basic C programming knowledge.
• Concerto, Dewesoft, DIAdem, AVL DRIVE tools, or equivalent platforms.
• Vehicle simulation or Model-Based Development environments are a plus. Key Skills
• Master's degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Vehicle, Mechatronics Engineering, Applied Mechanics, or a related discipline.
• Initial experience in vehicle testing, validation, calibration, vehicle dynamics, or related development activities.
• Strong analytical, experimental, and proactive problem-solving mindset.
• Accountability, autonomy, hands-on attitude, project planning, prioritization, and time management.
• Strong teamwork, communication, interpersonal, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Results-oriented approach, customer focus, and good technical English.
• Experience with agricultural tractors or off-highway vehicles is a strong plus.
• Availability for domestic and international travel related to testing, benchmarking, and homologation. Pay Transparency The annual salary for this role is EUR €39,000.00
- €44,000.00 plus any applicable bonus (Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as skill, experience and qualification for the role.) For roles open across multiple locations, the salary range indicated refers to the primary location. If a different location is considered, the applicable salary range will be communicated to candidates prior to the first interview. At CNH, We Understand That The Best Solutions Come From The Diverse Experiences And Skills Of Our People. Here, You Will Be Empowered To Grow Your Career, To Follow Your Passion, And Help Build a Better Future. To Support Our Employees,

We Offer
Regional Comprehensive Benefits, Including:
• Flexible work arrangements
• Savings & Retirement benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Fertility & Family building support
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Charitable contribution matching and Volunteer Time Off
• Apply Now
• Start applying with LinkedIn
• Please wait...