Team UK After Sales team and dealership network
Languages: Mandarin and English
Company Details
You will be joining one of the fastest growing automotive export businesses in the world at a key moment in the transformation of the sector. This is a very exciting role in which you will work for this passenger car business which has experienced stunning growth in the last 2 years. This role as a Vehicle R&D Project Manager plays a central role in ensuring that vehicles developed for the UK and European markets meet technical, regulatory, and customer requirements. The role leads programme coordination for assigned car-lines, managing prototype builds, engineering change control, and homologation readiness. This role is a bridge between UK R&D and headquarters engineering teams overseas, ensuring effective global collaboration in which you will manage prototype build activities including specification control and configuration management.
DUTIES
- Coordinate vehicle development programmes from prototype through to production readiness.
- First point of contact between UK R&D, After Sales, Product Planning and headquarters engineering teams.
- Manage prototype build activities including specification control and configuration management.
- Coordinate engineering change requests (ECRs), software updates and validation activities.
- Support UK and EU vehicle homologation programmes and coordinate with regulatory bodies such as VCA and DVSA.
- Work closely with the After Sales team to integrate field feedback, service insights and quality improvements.
- Track programme milestones, risks and deliverables across engineering, validation and product teams.
- Lead programme review meetings and provide status reporting to UK leadership & headquarters.
- Support the transition from development vehicles to certified production models.
- Facilitate clear communication across international engineering teams.
REQUIREMENTS
- Degree in Engineering, or related.
- Experience in OEM vehicle development or automotive R&D.
- Experience working with UK or EU regulatory approval bodies.
- Knowledge of vehicle homologation processes (GB WVTA, EU WVTA, UNECE regulations).
- Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering teams.
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