Customer Ref: 37072610

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

CFD Engineering - Automotive - £27.21/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire (hybrid potential) - 12 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Duties:
The Thermal CFD team provides specialized skills in fluid dynamics through computer modelling techniques. This covers full vehicle thermal analysis to ensure the components and systems are robust to their thermal environment.

Responsibilities include:
- Supporting the Lead Engineers to managing their projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision.
- Managing and maintaining the simulation models for completeness and quality.
- Communicating issues, developing and supporting their resolution.

Skills:
- An excellent understanding of thermal CFD analysis and thermal processes ideally using StarCCM+.
- Excellent report writing and communication skills.
- The ability to lead technical issue resolution with the support of the test team, CAE teams, Technical Specialists and any external parties.

Desirable skills required:
- Climatic Wind Tunnels and Hot Environment Testing
- Whole vehicle thermal validation.

Education:
Degree level in a technical subject.

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 37130087

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

EDS 3D CAD Design Engineer - £30.80/hr (Inside IR35) - Coventry (hybrid potential) - 6 Months

Job Description:
As an EDS Design Engineer within PVO Team, you will be involved at all stages of the design and development process. You will liaise directly with customers, and the cross-engineering teams, to provide and deliver effective engineering solutions. Responsible for the inception, development and release 3D Harness design and packaging across a broad range of company prototype projects.

Role Attributes
Key Aspects of the role
 Create 3D CAD for LV and HV Harnesses (CATIA V6) Electrical and Electronic installations collaborating closely with Electrical, Chassis, and Powertrain design teams.
 Design and package EDS, Wire Harnesses and associated components to required electrical modeling standard.
 Prepare documentation for internal and customer use for electrical installations
 Support virtual build events and packaging activities to ensure the harness meets cost & weight targets while ensuring design robustness
 Oversee the release of parts and assembly structures into the bill of materials, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
 Support harness design reviews, prototype builds and test boards for EDS system issues.
 Ensure project documentation is correctly managed, maintained and released in accordance with processes and standards.
 Take Responsibility to ensure harness design meets customer design requirements e.g. design manual, Electrical & Electronic
 Distribution System (EEDS) guidelines, SDS.
 Manage project level engineering change control activity.
 Generation and control of project engineering electrical BOMs.
 Delivery of engineering tasks in line with project milestones.
 Lead prototype builds and provide engineering support for vehicle/system commissioning, fault finding and diagnosis.

Technical Summary
To have an excellent knowledge of general automotive engineering vehicle technologies covering:
 Experienced and certified using Catia V5 and Teamcenter
 Experienced in part Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance
 LV Electrical systems.
 Connection systems, distribution, harnessing, cabling & data communication systems.
 Sound knowledge of electrical principles, materials selection and manufacturing techniques.
To have a good knowledge of Electric and Hybrid vehicle technologies, including:
 HV batteries, contactors, fuses, distribution, HVIL, PDU's
 Motors, inverters, chargers, converters. Health, Safety & Environmental
 Ensures Environmental Health & Safety policy is always adhered to.
 Promotes Environmental Health & Safety awareness.
 Responsible for adhering to EHS procedures & policies to ensure compliance.

Qualifications,
Functional Experience & Skills
 A degree or similar in an electrical engineering discipline
 A minimum of 8 years'; experience from an automotive background
 Previous proven experience with designing/draughting All types of Harnesses (HV, 48V, 12V and comms).
 Excellent knowledge of harness assembly processes.
 System design from concept to delivery, with a good understanding of electrical design requirements.
 Experience in automotive electrical systems design and prototype development.
 Experience in HV and LV EDS development; 3D Wiring harness routing
 Proven track record in the effective delivery of technical objectives to quality targets and milestones.

System Knowledge
 Advanced capabilities in Microsoft Office and applications.
 Experience of electrical system Capital software

Personal Attributes
 Self-motivated, creative and adaptive team player.
 Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
 Able to Prioritize and organize project workloads, schedules and tasks.

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 37081303

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Vehicle Architecture Lead Engineer - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire & Hybrid - 12 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Duties

The position is responsible for the engineering integration process for vehicle architectures.

Responsibilities include:

- Design and develop the vehicle technical specifications and attributes across vehicle architectures

- Lead and resolve complex multifunctional engineering problems. Be able to balance competing attributes and requirements to define the optimum engineering solution.

- Analysis of current and future technologies and competitor products to ensure the future competitiveness of vehicle products by influencing client strategies

- Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower level professionals.


Skills and Experience

Essential:

- Knowledge of whole vehicle engineering and cross-functional vehicle systems

- Enthusiasm for vehicles and their development

- Strong communication skills and ability to interpret technical information

- Good IT literacy e.g.. ability to create and manage presentations and spreadsheets

- Full UK driving licence



Desirable:

- Previous experience of whole vehicle development and validation

- Previous experience of problem solving tools, e.g.. Six sigma methods

- Previous experience of leading technical issue resolution


Personal Profile

Essential:

- An individual who is results driven with the ability to deliver operational plans in a demanding environment

- An individual with the ability to prioritise their work load and that of others

- A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas

- An effective team player who supports team members

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
Hybrid working: The team is in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, plus others as and when required/agreed. A typical working week would be >50% in the office including all day Tuesdays and Thursdays.


The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 37091354

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Gaydon (hybrid potential) - 10 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

This role is part of the Off-Cycle Projects arm in the VAVE team. As a Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer, you'll be responsible for generating CAD schemes to support the generation of the upper body and/or under body package layout in the Concept phase (pre-CS to KO) across all new vehicle products, in order to meet the Engineering, Manufacturing and Design requirements. As a Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for whole vehicle package layout and your key interactions will be mainly but not exclusively with VAVE (Forward Model Architectures, Pre-KO VEM, TGLs, ZI Technical Specialists and SMEs, Human Factors, VE Attribute teams including Weight, TASE, Vehicle Efficiency), Body and Chassis Concepts, Studio Feas, Design, Body Structural Integration & Advanced Powertrain.

Skills Required:
Essential:
- Competency in laying out Upper body hard points: Occupant Positioning across all seats, IP & Console, steering column, base of screen, pedals, ingress / egress, trunk dimensioning and useability.
- And/or Competency in laying out Underbody hard points: Groundlines, Attitude planes, running clearance, approach/departure, front & rear end length for Vehicle Safety / SI Requirements, key Axle points, Tyre Envelopes and EDU/ICE Dynamic motion wraps.
- Understands the interdependencies between Upper body & Underbody requirements (including Legals).
- Fully competent in CAD creation and visualisation preferably Catia V6.
- Self-starter able to sustain a high, multitask workload. Combine Engineering with business skills.
- Ability to work within a team or alone with exceptional organisation skills and attention to detail.
- Must have good presentation skills with the ability to clearly communicate to all levels within the company (production line to director level).

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 36943499

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Vehicle Engineering & Integration Technical Group Leader £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Gaydon (hybrid potential) - 11 Months (potential for renewal)

The Opportunity:
Vehicle Engineering & Integration Technical Group Leader driving the development of new and existing vehicle architectures.
- Drive and lead the engineering integration of new and updated technologies within a vehicle zone(s) into new and existing vehicle architectures.
- Drive functional and attribute target delivery, acting as the voice of the customer to lead any arbitration required within the development process.
- Develop vehicle level end-to-end technical delivery plans for key systems, identifying inter-dependencies and maturation versus customer requirements, throughout virtual and physical test phases.
- Lead Technical Problem Resolution cross-Squad / cross-Zone including escalation as required.

Key Performance Indicators
- Architecture and / or Programme bandwidth & definition underpinning next generation vehicles and able to deliver compatible attribute, customer & business targets
- Support major project delivery through the allocation of appropriate toolsets, operations and team resources.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Accountable as the leader and final technical arbitrator, integrating and delivering the engineering for the given vehicle zone whilst ensuring compatibility with target vehicle package layout, the commodity/system strategies and functional targets.
- Lead Group functional integration within the given zone, to drive out complexity and deliver the most efficient technical solutions.
- Work closely with Vehicle Attribute teams to deliver to targets
- Drive Zonal Group coordinated technical data progression (CAD, DV, commodity/system design freeze & releasing) with squads & interfacing team leads.
- Oversee delivery into both virtual and physical verification and validation.
- Drive Zonal cross squad obstacle resolution, ensuring timely escalation to the Vehicle Engineering Manager as required.
- Ensure prompt escalation of Zonal technical blockers/incompatibilities to Vehicle/Chapter/Enterprise leadership via the Obstacle process
- Support study & Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems

Knowledge & Skills
Essential:
- Automotive technical knowledge and extensive experience of complex interactions, including technical analysis & decision-making.
- Excellent written and verbal technical communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Experience in leading teams of people to solve complex technical issues using a structured approach e.g 8D and/or Six Sigma
- Project Management experience of delivery against a complex set of Programme technical deliverables.

Desirable:
- Knowledge of Vehicle attributes, target setting & cascade
- Experience of end-to-end vehicle development

Personal Profile
- An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable.
- Progressive thinking individual who takes a keen interest in new ideas / technologies and key industry developments
- Ability to embrace the Agile model and work effectively as a champion of Agile principles in practice.
- A resilient individual who has strong influencing and engagement skills, is comfortable challenging all stakeholders and can build credibility and trust through experience and personal style
- A highly self-motivated and proactive individual who can demonstrate exceptional capability in leadership and management skills, who can motivate, develop and lead cross-functional engineering teams

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.