Also called: Ride & Handling Engineer, Chassis Engineer
Tunes how a vehicle steers, rides over bumps and handles corners.
You spend the day at a proving ground driving the same curve over and over, changing shock absorber settings each lap. Your goal is a car that feels sporty on twisty roads but comfortable on potholes.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in mechanical engineering; master's common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering.
Growing much faster than average (about 9% over 10 years). Tracks mechanical engineers (BLS 2024-34).
Low risk for 10 years. AI simulation speeds setup tuning; driving prototypes and judging how a car feels stays human.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, Auto shop, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2141.
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