Dataset Engineer at DAF

The Dataset Engineer is responsible for creating, verifying, and releasing datasets within the DSM Team. The DSM Team has a key role in ensuring that our stakeholders have access to reliable datasets. By creating and maintaining these datasets, the team supports development, testing, production, and service divisions across the organization. The Dataset Engineer assembles datasets based on calibration inputs provided by several internal and external stakeholders.

These stakeholders include calibration engineers, software developers, test organizations, production and service departments, and external suppliers. Throughout the dataset creation and release process, the Dataset Engineer ensures the required datasets are available in accordance with planned release schedules in cooperation with the Release Officer. The Dataset Engineer is responsible for integrating the delivered inputs into the datasets, ensuring that software, calibration data, and description files are correctly processed and aligned.

To support this process, the Dataset Engineer organizes and facilitates calibration review meetings with the relevant stakeholders to align dataset content. A key aspect of the role is ensuring quality of the datasets. The Dataset Engineer verifies completeness, consistency, and correctness of processed changes and dataset content, identifying and resolving inconsistencies. As multiple projects, vehicle variants, and software versions are handled simultaneously, the position requires a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and the ability to maintain overview in a dynamic engineering environment.

The role is primarily focused on dataset creation, verification, and quality assurance. Technical understanding of automotive control systems and calibration processes is considered a strong advantage.

Key responsibilities include: creating datasets consisting of software, calibration data, and description files; processing and integrating calibration changes provided by stakeholders; organizing and facilitating calibration review meetings; ensuring datasets are complete and consistent; verifying the correctness of processed dataset changes and dataset content; ensuring compatibility between software, calibration, and description file components; identifying and resolving dataset related inconsistencies and data quality issues; preparing and maintaining dataset documentation and release records; releasing datasets for development, testing, production, and service purposes; and contributing to the continuous improvement of dataset quality, working methods, and supporting tools.

Profile: bachelor's degree (HBO level) in a technical discipline or an equivalent level obtained through experience; strong administrative and organizational skills; knowledge of the structure and composition of automotive datasets; technical insight and affinity with calibration activities and automotive control systems; experience working in a project based environment; strong analytical and problem solving skills; accurate, quality minded, and detail oriented; able to work with multiple projects, configurations, and software versions simultaneously; proactive and self-driven; strong communication skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders; able to perform under pressure; good command of both Dutch and English; proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel; experience with Teamcenter and Vector vCDM is considered an advantage.

Company and Team Description: DAF Trucks N.V. is an international truck manufacturer based in Eindhoven and part of PACCAR Inc., one of the world's leading truck manufacturers. With production facilities in Eindhoven (The Netherlands), Westerlo (Belgium), and Leyland (United Kingdom), DAF designs and manufactures vehicles for customers around the world. This vacancy is within PACCAR Electronics Europe (PEL EU), the organization responsible for developing and supporting electrical and electronic systems, software, and control functions for PACCAR vehicles.

PEL EU develops solutions for PACCAR brands worldwide, supporting both European and North American vehicle programs. Within PEL EU, this vacancy is part of the Support organization and specifically the Dataset Management (DSM) Team within the Quality & Release Office. The DSM Team is responsible for creating, verifying, and releasing datasets for vehicle control, engine management and aftertreatment systems. Objective is to ensure accurate, complete, and consistent datasets are available to support development, testing, production, and service activities throughout the product lifecycle.