Automotive Brake Dynamometer Supervisor

Position Summary

The Automotive Brake Dynamometer Supervisor leads daily operations of brake dynamometer testing activities, ensuring safe, accurate, and timely execution of performance, durability, NVH, regulatory, and validation testing. This role supervises test personnel, coordinates laboratory resources, maintains equipment readiness, and works closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and customers to deliver reliable test results.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise brake dynamometer technicians, test engineers, and laboratory personnel.
• Plan, schedule, and prioritize dynamometer testing according to project requirements and development timelines.
• Review test requests, procedures, specifications, and acceptance criteria before testing begins.
• Ensure brake dynamometers, instrumentation, fixtures, environmental systems, and data-acquisition equipment are operational and properly calibrated.
• Oversee testing of disc and drum brake systems, friction materials, rotors, drums, calipers, and related components.
• Support testing such as:
  • Friction and effectiveness testing
  • Noise, vibration, and harshness testing
  • Wear and durability testing
  • Fade and recovery testing
  • Environmental and temperature-related testing
  • Corrosion and contamination testing
  • Regulatory and customer-specific validation
• Verify test setups, instrumentation, data quality, and adherence to approved procedures.
• Investigate test deviations, equipment failures, abnormal results, and safety incidents.
• Analyze test data and prepare technical reports, summaries, and presentations.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance, repairs, calibration, and laboratory improvements.
• Maintain accurate records of test schedules, equipment status, results, nonconformances, and corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, laboratory procedures, quality systems, and applicable automotive standards.
• Train, coach, and evaluate laboratory employees.
• Promote a strong safety culture, including proper handling of high-temperature components, rotating equipment, hydraulic systems, noise exposure, and brake dust.
• Collaborate with design, materials, product development, manufacturing, quality, and program-management teams.
• Support customer visits, technical reviews, audits, and troubleshooting activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve test capacity, repeatability, cost, turnaround time, and data integrity.
• Vehicle monitoring test support
• Leading audit and document preparation for IATF 16949 and ISO 14001