Responsibilities
- Offering expert technical guidance across system / hardware design, component selection, feasibility analysis and resolution of complex engineering issues
- Supporting programme delivery, ensuring supplier milestones and engineering deliverables are met in line with the customer's internal expectations and gateway process
- Managing supplier technical reviews, design validation activities, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and customer requirements
- Conducting technical analysis, documentation support, component readiness tracking and risk assessments
- Acting as the primary interface for day-to-day delivery support, providing regular status updates, escalation management and coordination between the customer's engineering sub‑teams
- Ensuring that all activities are carried out in alignment with the customer's Cockpit Electronics technical roadmap, ensuring consistency of approach and reuse across vehicle programmes
Key Activities and Deliverables
- Technical assessments of Cockpit Electronics components (clusters, displays, HUD, HMI modules, domain controllers, input devices)
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br>Deliverable : Technical Assessment Report
- Creation and maintenance of component specifications, interface documents, and engineering change documentation
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br>Deliverable: Released documentation of MTS, DFMEA, DVP, 2D Drawings, 3D data within SAP, DFM, ECL
- Support for build phases — including prototype, mule and VP builds — ensuring parts, software and configurations are validated and issues tracked
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br>Deliverable: RAT update, Phased Releases in SAP, PRs as required, BDRs, RRLs
- Supplier coordination, including design reviews, technical sign‑off, 8D problem solving, and validation evidence collection
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br>Deliverable: RFI/RFQ, Hardware Specifications, Software Specifications, Supplier DFMEA, Design Reviews, Timing Plans, 8D Reports, QCR, DVP&R, Open Issue List, Boundary Diagrams
- Preparation of engineering documentation, including test reports, risk registers, technical summaries and decision‑making packs
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br>Deliverable: Decision Matrix, DVP&R, ECRs
- Tracking and reporting of delivery readiness, ensuring alignment with programme milestones and gateway deliverables
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br>Deliverable: BDR, ER/RRL, ROR
- Conducting technical benchmarking, technology assessments, and recommendations for Cockpit Electronics improvement or harmonisation
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br>Deliverable: Benchmarking Reports, Commodity Strategy Documentations
- Supporting cross-functional integration (UX/UI, Systems, Software, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Body Electronics, Chassis teams) as needed
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br>Deliverable: Open Issues List and Tracking Documentation including minutes of meetings.
The Company is open to considering alternative engagement arrangements, including a self‑employed basis, subject to mutual agreement.
Requirements
- Engineering degree 2:1 or above
- Ability to overcome cultural barriers
- Demonstrate strong customer, team & supplier management skills
- An ability to work effectively and calmly under pressure and to manage time effectively under tight and rigid deadlines
- Have 5+ years of programme delivery experience in automotive electronics or mechatronics, including delivery across multiple development gateways
- Be capable of end‑to‑end component & commodity software / feature delivery, covering requirements, supplier coordination, prototype build support, validation tracking, and launch readiness
- Demonstrate strong abilities in issue management, including root‑cause analysis with suppliers, risk escalation and driving cross‑functional closure plans
- Be proficient in planning and coordination, including BoM management, DFMEA creation and monitoring, DVP status tracking, commodity releases, change management and document control
- Understand the interaction between mechanical, electrical, software and validation teams, ensuring alignment of timelines
- Have demonstrable experience in working with tier‑1 suppliers across global locations, ensuring technical alignment and traceability and managing design & development from concept through to delivery.
- Have experience managing offshore/nearshore engineering activities and ensuring consistent communication and quality outputs
- Be strong in administrative rigour — meeting notes, actions, technical reporting — aligned to the customer's templates and compliance expectations
- Have a working knowledge of systems (JIRA, TCM, JAMA/DOORS, SAP, Enovia / 3DX ) and internal processes for gateway readiness and deliverable handover
- Mircosoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Project, Visio
Benefits
- Health cash plan, following successful probation
- 5% employer pension contributions
- Hybrid working
- 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Generous absence cover
- Cycle 2 Work scheme
- Octopus EV scheme
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