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Overview
Automotive engineers design vehicles, mechanical parts and engineering systems, and help oversee manufacturing, modifications, testing and operation of motor vehicles.
In job descriptions, look for vehicle design, technical drawings, virtual models, test data, manufacturing processes, automotive diagnostics, safety, energy performance and cost constraints.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Automotive engineer work can sit between design, testing and production. Tasks may include modelling vehicle parts, adjusting engineering designs, reviewing technical drawings, recording test data and resolving problems in vehicle systems.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes automotive engineering, electromechanics, precision mechanics, model-based systems engineering, manufacturing processes, diagnostic equipment and virtual product models. Specialization may focus on safety, energy, drivetrains, structures or production methods.
Salary context
Pay discussions usually reflect the system area, responsibility for design decisions, validation workload, production impact and whether the role leads testing, suppliers or manufacturing changes.
Career paths
Experience can grow from mechanical design, test engineering, diagnostics or production engineering. Later moves may lead toward system ownership, validation leadership, manufacturing engineering or research on safety, energy and environmental performance.
Good to know
Read adverts for the vehicle system and project phase. A role developing virtual models differs from one troubleshooting production issues or using diagnostic equipment on prototypes.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for automotive engineer work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Engineering activities and related technical consultancy
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include rolling stock engineer, aerospace engineer and container equipment design engineer.
Explore this activityTechnical testing and analysis
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include rolling stock engineer, welding engineer and aerodynamics engineer.
Explore this activityManufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
Another possibility is this activity. Another occupation there is mine ventilation engineer.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Automotive Engineers
17-2141.02
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
71.12Engineering activities and related technical consultancy71.2Technical testing and analysis29.1Manufacture of motor vehicles29.2Manufacture of bodies and coachwork for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers30.91Manufacture of motorcycles29.32Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
Alternative labels
coach production process engineer
ACES engineer
automotive design specialist
vehicle production production process engineer
bus production process engineer
automotive designer
auto engineer
motorcycle designer
motorcycle production process engineer
vehicle production designer
automotive design expert
bus designer
car production process engineer
motor vehicle designer
lorry designer
coach designer
motor vehicle engineer
truck production process engineer
lorry production process engineer
Occupation group
mechanical engineer (2144.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8d410283-865d-4cbb-acae-ac7f69d9cf26 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2144.1.3 |
| ISCO group | 2144 |
| Concept type | Occupation |