{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"7f1d401dcaefd6c4faba1e4e","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7f1d401dcaefd6c4faba1e4e","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7f1d401dcaefd6c4faba1e4e","title":"Test Driver - Engineering (Akron, Ohio)","description":"This range is provided by Embakire Workforce. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.\r\nBase pay range $100,000.00/yr - $161,000.00/yr\r\nJob Summary\r\nResponsible for managing and executing tire vehicle testing within North America for Kumho America Technical Center (KATC). This includes scheduling, obtaining quotes, acquiring test vehicles and wheels, ordering necessary benchmark tires, collecting test data, creating official test reports, and communicating results back to the requested tire engineer. Ability and willingness to travel within North America to test sites as programs dictate. Working with other KATC test drivers as well as other OEM test drivers to correlate testing procedures and evaluations. Collaborate with KATC tire engineers to continuously improve data collection process. Communicate with KATC warehouse technician to assist with shipping desired tires and or wheels.\r\nDuties/Responsibilities\r\nManage North America internal vehicle testing primarily Ride and Handling\r\nSchedule test tracks and obtain quotes through Proving Grounds\r\nAcquire test vehicles (rent/lease) and wheels (rent or KATC inventory)\r\nArrange tire/wheel mounting and shipment to and from Proving Grounds\r\nCollect test data at Proving Ground, create reports and communicate results\r\nManage North America external testing with third party test evaluators\r\nManage and schedule snow handling and traction testing\r\nCollaborate with tire engineers to improve data collection process\r\nAlign with other Kumho test drivers for consistent test procedures and evaluations\r\nAbility and willingness to travel to proving grounds as programs dictate\r\nRequired Skills / Abilities / Education\r\n4-year Bachelors Degree in a technical field\r\nPrior tire test driver experience for vehicle testing (3+ years)\r\nComputer (Microsoft Office) skills in data acquisition and analysis.\r\nAble to work independently as well as in a team.\r\nMotivated, engaged, communicative and willing to learn new methods and technology in testing.\r\nDesired Skills / Abilities / Education\r\nPrior experience with Automotive OEM tire testing\r\nWorking knowledge of tire engineering\r\nExperience with Tire mounting equipment operation\r\nSeniority level Mid-Senior level\r\nEmployment type Full-time\r\nJob function Management and Manufacturing\r\nIndustries IT Services and IT Consulting\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Embakire Workforce","rawCompany":"embakire workforce","city":"Akron","state":"OH","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-06-25T01:21:33.512Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-3027.01","title":"Automotive Engineering Technicians","slug":"automotive-engineering-technicians"},{"code":"17-2141.02","title":"Automotive Engineers","slug":"automotive-engineers"},{"code":"17-2112.02","title":"Validation Engineers","slug":"validation-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"326211","title":"Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading)","slug":"tire-manufacturing-except-retreading"},{"code":"441340","title":"Tire Dealers","slug":"tire-dealers"},{"code":"326299","title":"All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-rubber-product-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Test Driver - Engineering (Akron, Ohio)","description":"This range is provided by Embakire Workforce. 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