Tire Tester (m/f/d) Car Magazine

AUTO BILD, Europe's largest car magazine, offers weekly current, passionate, and surprising facts about cars. With numerous driving reports, comparison tests, and service articles, AUTO BILD provides practical decision-making aids for all drivers.

For our tire testing department in the Tech & Mobility competence center, we are looking for a test driver with expertise in car tires and their purchase advice. Join the AUTO BILD team.

What you will be doing:

• You will be responsible for conducting tire tests under real conditions on our test tracks, in various weather conditions.
• You will evaluate the test data and document the test results.
• You will compare tires from different manufacturers regarding performance, driving comfort, safety, durability, handling, and fuel efficiency.
• You will take care of the entire logistics - from tire transport to storage.
• You will support the creation of test reports and inspection protocols.
• You will keep track of the latest developments and trends, maintain contacts with tire manufacturers, and visit relevant trade fairs.

What you bring:

• You impress with your technical understanding from your completed technical degree (e.g., mechanical engineering, automotive engineering) or a comparable education.
• You have experience in testing vehicle accessories, ideally in the field of car tires.
• You possess extensive driving experience and are familiar with handling vehicles even under extreme driving conditions - as a test driver or racing driver.
• Your passion is cars, technology, and tires: you are familiar with terms like tread depth measurement, aquaplaning, rolling resistance, and snowflake symbol.
• You use your analytical skills to understand technical details, measurement procedures, and test methods.
• You possess a valid Class B driver's license, ideally also Class C; test track licenses or racing licenses are a clear plus.
• You are open to travel; our test drives take place throughout Germany and occasionally abroad.

What we offer:

• An exciting and interesting job at Germany's largest media brand.
• Never stop learning! Use our diverse learning content and offers for your personal development.
• Lunch subsidy: digital meal voucher via Hrmony for your lunch.
• 30 days of vacation.
• Diverse health offers for all life situations: from sports courses (Wellhub) to preventive check-ups to professional coaching with renowned partners (PME Family Service).
• Your discounts: Deutschlandticket, JobRad, various online shops, selection of insurances, and VwL subsidy.

BILD is Germany's largest media brand and offers outstanding digital and print journalism around the clock with news, politics, entertainment, sports, and guides. The BILD group includes BILD, BILD am SONNTAG, B.Z., SPORT BILD, AUTO BILD, BOOK-Family, as well as Axel Springer Regio and the Axel Springer Academy within Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH.

Like BUSINESS INSIDER, MORNING BREW, POLITICO, and WELT, BILD belongs to Axel Springer, a transatlantic family-owned media company with locations in Berlin and New York. The portfolio is complemented by the marketing companies Awin, Bonial, and Idealo, as well as the digital market research institute Emarketer. With more than 10,000 employees, Axel Springer is active in over 25 countries.

Questions and Answers about the Application Process

The most frequent questions and answers can be found in our FAQs: career.axelspringer.com/de/faq

To facilitate readability, we limit ourselves to masculine designations in the text. Nevertheless, diversity is an essential part of our corporate culture! We welcome all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, worldview, disability, age, and sexual orientation and identity.

Information on the severely disabled representation at Axel Springer can be found here: career.axelspringer.com/de/ksbv

Contact person for this position (Reference number REF2355G) is: Bianca Böttcher #LI-BB1