Stuart Saunders Email & Phone Number

An established automotive engineer with over 25 years of international vehicle development experience at OEM's & race teams offers expertise in the following areas:Team Management – Motivating & leading, providing feedback, reviews & maintaining communication to ensure all employees are involved team members who ‘own’ the project. Capable of managing projects, budgets & people.Accomplished Engineer - Wide experience in both race & development engineering with a sound knowledge of engineering principles practiced in the design and development of both production vehicles & formula cars.Vehicle Development - Vehicle development experience from target setting to post job one with specialist knowledge of vehicle dynamics development & tuning practices. Research, development & introduction of new technologies.Vehicle Testing – Experienced in objective data collection & analysis & subjective evaluation on road, test & race track. Test session planning, creation of test procedures, metrics & attribute ‘DNA’. Use of K&C, shaker & 7 post rig including interpretation of data. Expert level vehicle evaluator for high speed, low mu & limit handling.Business Acumen- Working with other business functions, translating complex engineering issues. Delivering results & presentations to all levels, both internally & externally. Communication with outside agencies. Other Areas - Competent expert witness. Reasonable German & basic French language skills. US green card holder.Specialties: • Specialist in vehicle dynamics development - 25+ years• Nűrburgring industry pool approved driver• Aston Martin performance driving course instructor• Ford tier 4 driver• HPC & IAM trained driver• Reasonable German & basic French language• Excellent hands on mechanical ability • Objective data collection and analysis • Computer literate & knowledge of specialist software• Experience of litigation and depositions • Licensed for many EU & US proving grounds/race tracks

Listed skills include Vehicle Dynamics, Chassis, Engineering, Automobile, and 18 others.