Video: 2023 Best Young Tech inside tips with Brandon Steckler

April 19, 2023
Brandon Steckler, Motor Age technical editor, offers inside tips for new and young automotive repair technicians entering the industry.

Brandon Steckler, technical editor of PTEN and Motor Age, offers inside tips for new and young automotive repair technicians entering the industry.

Are you a technician aged 35 or under who is committed to training, community involvement, and stands out from the rest? Or do you know someone who is? Nominate yourself or someone you know for the 2023 Best Young Tech Award program!

The 2023 Best Young Tech Award program honors those technicians aged 35 or younger who are moving the service repair industry forward, excel in their current role, and are passionate about their work.

For more information, click here.

To nominate, click here

About the Author

Brandon Steckler | Technical Editor | Motor Age

Brandon began his career in Northampton County Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was a student of GM’s Automotive Service Educational program. In 2001, he graduated top of his class and earned the GM Leadership award for his efforts. He later began working as a technician at a Saturn dealership in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he quickly attained Master Technician status. He later transitioned to working with Hondas, where he aggressively worked to attain another Master Technician status.

Always having a passion for a full understanding of system/component functionality, he rapidly earned a reputation for deciphering strange failures at an efficient pace and became known as an information specialist among the staff and peers at the dealership. In search of new challenges, he transitioned away from the dealership and to the independent world, where he specialized in diagnostics and driveability. 

Today, he is an instructor with both Carquest Technical Institute and Worldpac Training Institute. Along with beta testing for Automotive Test Solutions, he develops curriculum/submits case studies for educational purposes. Through Steckler Automotive Technical Services, LLC., Brandon also provides telephone and live technical support, as well as private training, for technicians all across the world.

Brandon holds ASE certifications A1-A9 as well as C1 (Service Consultant). He is certified as an Advanced Level Specialist in L1 (Advanced Engine Performance), L2 (Advanced Diesel Engine Performance), L3 (Hybrid/EV Specialist), L4 (ADAS) and xEV-Level 2 (Technician electrical safety).

He contributes weekly to Facebook automotive chat groups, has authored several books and classes, and truly enjoys traveling across the globe to help other technicians attain a level of understanding that will serve them well throughout their careers.