How do people become testers for new and pre release cars?

Zip · 2 Mar 2006 at 02:16

Ive always wonderd this and google is not my friend when ive searched for it and doesnt help at all.
So how do those lucky people get jobs to test pre release, concepts and new cars for manufactures?
Has anyone got any info on this topic :confused:

penski · 2 Mar 2006 at 05:35

Depends what you mean exactly; you could work for an independant testing organisation or authority such as MIRA (If memory serves me correctly, Flat6 works for them...) or for the manufacturer directly.

Either way, it would be a case of joining the development team and hoping you display the right aptitude.

*n

233 · 2 Mar 2006 at 07:31

get a job with a car company then get the pick of the internal vacancies

i work for ford and you should see some of the wierd and wonderful roles that come up

Zip · 2 Mar 2006 at 07:47

sormicoft said:
get a job with a car company then get the pick of the internal vacancies

i work for ford and you should see some of the wierd and wonderful roles that come up

Whats your job at ford?

Thanks penski. I enquired to MIRA about whats involed and how you get a job

233 · 2 Mar 2006 at 07:55

if i told you i'd be here all week

bit of a mish mash of different roles

Zip · 2 Mar 2006 at 07:57

sormicoft said:
if i told you i'd be here all week bit of a mish mash of different roles

Do you find it fun and intersting?
Whats your pay like

saitrix · 2 Mar 2006 at 08:19

Do an Auto Eng course at uni, most seem to offer a week at MIRA testing cars out.

I suppose you could get into it that way, but its the slow way.

Zip · 2 Mar 2006 at 12:02

saitrix said:
Do an Auto Eng course at uni, most seem to offer a week at MIRA testing cars out. I suppose you could get into it that way, but its the slow way.

Im not really into the slow way of doing things and i never finished high school so that would count uni out

Thanks for the sugestion though