Shaping the Future of Automotive Engineering

Applus+ IDIADA is a global leader in automotive engineering, offering a dynamic and rewarding career opportunity for professionals passionate about shaping the future of mobility. As a TOP Employer certified company with over 3400 professionals from more than 20 countries, we provide a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters innovation and growth with colleagues from over 50 nationalities contributing to a safer, more efficient, and sustainable vehicles.

Why join us?

Enjoy a highly flexible hybrid work model in a company that takes care of the employees’ wellbeing, offering work-life balance benefits such as subsidized canteen, free language courses, transport and coaching services.

Join a company that has a deep commitment to sustainability and push yourself to reach your full potential in a dynamic and challenging setting that values innovation and expertise.

Come & join us on the road to success.  

As vehicle architectures evolve towards increasingly integrated and software-defined systems, IDIADA is building new capabilities to address future engineering challenges. The Integrated Motion Control (IMC) initiative is one of these strategic projects, bringing together multiple engineering domains to develop new approaches to system integration, validation and collaboration.

MISSION

IDIADA is looking for a highly motivated engineer to join the Integrated Motion Engineering (IMC) team, a strategic innovation project taking place during 2026 and 2027.

The position is focused on supporting the development of a new cross-domain engineering capability, bringing together expertise from braking systems, powertrain, electronics, system engineering, vehicle dynamics, simulation, validation, functional safety and certification.

You will contribute to defining requirements, architectures, engineering processes and validation approaches, while helping different technical teams work together towards a common system-level objective.

This is an ideal opportunity for engineers who enjoy connecting disciplines, learning continuously, and helping transform ideas into engineering reality.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Support the definition and management of system requirements and engineering artefacts
• Contribute to the development of system architectures and integration concepts
• Facilitate collaboration between different technical domains and stakeholders
• Support alignment between requirements, architecture, models and validation activities
• Coordinate technical inputs from multiple departments involved in the project
• Help identify gaps, dependencies and integration risks across domains
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes and methodologies
• Support engagement with external partners, OEMs and suppliers when required
• Promote knowledge sharing and lessons learned across teams
• Contribute to building a reusable engineering framework for future projects

Profile Requirements

We are looking for engineers who enjoy working at the intersection between disciplines.

The ideal candidate should have:

• A good overall understanding of vehicle systems and automotive engineering
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of at least two of the following areas:
  • Vehicle Dynamics
  • Braking Systems
  • Powertrain Systems
  • Automotive Electronics
  • Control Systems
  • Systems Engineering
• Interest in understanding complete vehicle behaviour rather than a single subsystem
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills
• Proactive attitude and willingness to work in a continuously evolving environment
• Ability to work with uncertainty and help shape new processes and ways of working
• Interest in collaboration and coordination activities across multiple departments

Previous experience in systems engineering, integration activities, simulation, validation, functional safety or architecture development will be considered an asset, but is not mandatory.

Soft Skills

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Systems thinking mindset
• Curiosity beyond their own technical domain
• Ability to build trust across teams
• Strong collaboration and facilitation skills
• Initiative and ownership
• Pragmatic decision-making
• Learning agility and adaptability

Education

• University degree: Bachelor or Master Degree in Engineering.
• Specialisations such as Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Telecommunications or similar will be considered.

Language Skills

• Fluent Spanish
• Other languages will be considered an asset.

We offer the opportunity to be part of one of IDIADA's most strategic innovation initiatives, helping define future capabilities in cross-domain vehicle engineering.

You will work alongside specialists from multiple technical areas, gain exposure to emerging SDV-related challenges, and contribute to building new engineering methodologies that may be applied across future customer projects.

This role offers a unique opportunity to combine technical engineering, systems thinking and organisational innovation within a growing and highly visible initiative.

Applus IDIADA is committed to equality,  diversity and inclusion. We don’t put limits on you, so don’t put limits on yourself either. There is a place for everyone.