Job profile: Automotive engineer

As an automotive engineer, you would play a key role in every stage of the motor manufacturing process, from the initial vehicle design through to the final production phase.

What is the work like?

In this kind of career, you would work on:

- body, chassis and engine systems (known as 'powertrain')
- electrical and electronic instrumentation and control systems
- thermodynamics, aerodynamics and fluid mechanics
- fuel technology and emissions.
- You would have overall responsibility for managing projects, supervising technical teams, writing reports - and negotiating with clients. Your specific duties would fall into three main areas: design, development and production.

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