Engineer Certification

# Engineer Certification

Junior / Senior / Master / Chief tiers. Unlike Dealer Certification (which has a real prior
`` source to build from), no engineer-tier curriculum exists anywhere in this
project prior to this pass — the tier *structure* is new organizational design; every piece of
*content* inside each tier still traces to real project documentation (``,
``, ``, ``, ).

## Junior Engineer

**Topics:** Foundation Course + DSP/Amplifier/Speaker Master Courses (concept modules only, not
Advanced/Expert modules) + Installation School Lessons 1-2 (DSP, Amplifier).

**Required knowledge:** every real spec field in ``; FP-8A/FP-12A
signal flow, time alignment, EQ, crossover ranges; FX-4 power/impedance tables.

**Skills:** read a Master Data spec sheet fluently; explain the difference between RMS and Max
power using the real FX-4 pairing.

**Evaluation:** written exam only (30 questions minimum, drawn from `` DSP +
Amplifier categories). PENDING VERIFICATION — no formal practical-bench evaluation exists in this project.

## Senior Engineer

**Topics:** all Junior topics + full Installation School (all 5 lessons) + Troubleshooting
School (all 14 lessons) + Vehicle Audio Course.

**Required knowledge:** the complete FX-4 wiring procedure including the unreconciled AWG
discrepancy (must know BOTH figures exist and why); all 10 real troubleshooting symptoms;
Mercedes-Benz W206 MBUX installation constraint.

**Skills:** diagnose a real symptom from the Troubleshooting School lessons without
improvisation; correctly tell a dealer when a question falls outside verified project knowledge
(the single most important Senior-level skill given how much of this catalog is PENDING).

**Evaluation:** written exam (50 questions minimum) + practical (resolve 4/5 real troubleshooting
scenarios). PENDING VERIFICATION pass threshold — training coordinator to confirm.

## Master Engineer

**Topics:** all Senior topics + full Reference Matrix (``) +
Knowledge Gaps (``) fluency + AI Dataset citation structure
(``/``).

**Required knowledge:** every documented conflict in this project (FP-6A-V2 power-output
internal inconsistency; FDK-165/FPK-165/FPX-165 slug hyphenation; 3 unresolved Accessories
product-code references; VF8 Eco/Plus speaker-count mismatch; FX-4's two different AWG figures)
— a Master Engineer must be able to explain each one and why it was flagged rather than silently
resolved.

**Skills:** author a new PENDING-VERIFICATION-safe knowledge article for a topic this project
doesn't yet cover, following the same sourcing discipline used throughout –009.

**Evaluation:** PENDING VERIFICATION — no formal Master-tier evaluation process exists; this project
recommends (not mandates) a portfolio review of authored knowledge articles by a Chief Engineer.

## Chief Engineer

**Topics:** all Master topics + full ownership of what remains PENDING VERIFICATION
platform-wide (``, ``, all `master-pack/` validation/
audit files).

**Required knowledge:** the platform-level production-readiness gate (86% Public-Beta score,
Production NO-GO pending real IdP / published TRC / warranty / live error tracking / backup
restore drill — ``, Cursor's domain, read-only reference here).

**Skills:** prioritize which of the 16 consolidated knowledge gaps (``) to
close next, and route each to the correct owner (Manufacturer / Dealer-field / Engineering /
Structural — the same 4 categories `` already uses).

**Evaluation:** PENDING VERIFICATION — this is inherently a role-based, not exam-based, designation in every
organization; no exam is proposed for this tier.

## Tier progression note

Tiers are cumulative (Junior ⊂ Senior ⊂ Master ⊂ Chief in required knowledge). No time-in-role
minimum is specified anywhere in this project — PENDING VERIFICATION, HR/management decision.