Customer Ref: ETL075(Now ETL068)

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job Purpose:

Deliver Electrical and Electronics application commodities and represent platform commodities in the programme team

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Business Planning:
• Define the Electrical & Electronics Function’s change content in response to the Strategic Evaluation Letter. Work with Product Cost Estimating to set commodity Financial targets based on defined archetypes & strategic suppliers.
• Support Programme Manager and Concept Leader to balance performance and cost targets.
• Define programme’s Electrical & Electronics engineering resource requirements (internal and external).

Engineering:
• Work with Concept Leader to ensure that platform commodities and functional archetypes are applied, and that Function commodities integrate effectively with other commodities to achieve overall vehicle targets.
• Use external engineering partners as required to deliver non-platform commodities in line with the functional archetypes and engineering guidelines, using Electrical & Electronics Performance Engineers to ensure system level targets are achieved.
• Ensure platform commodities are delivered (by platform engineers) to achieve the programme’s cascaded system level targets.

Delivery:
• Co-located with Programme Manager, collaborates with cross-functional programme team including application engineers from other Functions, Vehicle Performance & Concept, Purchasing, Manufacturing & Quality to deliver the programme QCWFT (quality, cost, weight, function and timing) requirements.
• Plan Electrical & Electronics Function programme delivery to achieve the VPP.
• Ensure that platform engineers & external engineering partners achieve the plan (with their component suppliers), creating & managing recovery plans as required. Includes releasing application components & driving ETRS for platform components.
• Monitor internal & external resource utilisation to identify potential efficiency improvements for the next programme

Validation:
• Creates & manage the Function’s virtual & physical DV plan.
• Ensures effective report writing to identify potential efficiency improvements for the next programme.
• Ensure that all concerns are robustly resolved. First port of call for build issues. Includes resolving concerns on application components & driving concern resolution for platform components.
• Complete FESO documentation for application commodities, drive completion for platform commodities.
• Guarantees the functional & technical delivery of the system to the project.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
• Engineering Degree or equivalent
• Proven record of delivering Electrical or Electronics commodities, including quality, cost, function, weight and timing.
• Extensive knowledge of automotive development systems e.g. releasing, concerns, containments, gateways and sign off documentation.
• Experience of leading a cross functional team, including complex issue resolution.
• Proven management of outsourced projects
• Supplier management experience
• Complete knowledge of Product Development cycle from concept to launch completion
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels
• Confident presenter
• Analytical
• Excellent financial management skills
• Must be able to manage large workloads in a high pressure environment and prioritise accordingly.
• Must be able to project manage and work collaboratively with a cross-functional team
• Ability to lead and inspire a team
• Able to communicate confidently and clearly
• Able to set and deliver targets
• Strategic thinking and decision making skills
• Resilient and driven to succeed; goal orientated
• Strong technical focus, high quality mind-set.
• Clean driving license
• Travel may be required, UK & overseas.

Desirable:
• Preferably Chartered Engineering status or equivalent
• Experience of more than one of the following commodities is preferred: infotainment, audio, cluster & displays, tracker & e-call, antennas, switchgear, lighting, camera & PDCs, body electronics, power management, EDS
• Excellent technical engineering background and a comprehensive knowledge of using calculation and analysis to drive design.
• Excellent knowledge of automotive quality tools and processes.
• Extensive knowledge of the manufacturing processes to create the components or systems.
• Microsoft project experience is desirable

Location: Warwickshire

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

Customer Ref: ETL023

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job Purpose
Create & maintain strategy for electrical architecture to support the client's product & business plans ensuring full cross-functional buy-in to that strategy. Lead technical relationship with client's Electrical and Electronics partner & support commercial activities relating to Electrical and Electronics.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
• Manage >5 year electrical architecture strategy, ensuring that it supports all R&D feature development plans, budget, resource & timing.
• Work with application engineer & Product Cost Estimating to set programme Financial targets based on Electrical and Electronic strategy.
• Define the Electrical and Electronic concept for each vehicle application based on the strategy & the programme’s cascaded system level targets & features, supporting Concept reviews as required.
• Work with Electrical Systems Architects to develop solutions for any new requirements, challenging to ensure that the best Quality Cost and Delivery approach is applied.
• Lead the technical relationship with the client's Electrical and Electronic partner. Includes running weekly technical reviews with the partner, working with the application engineers to identify critical programme issues & ensuring that those technical discussions are well supported by the Electrical and Electronics team.
• Manage information flow & document storage between the Electrical and Electronic partner & client teams.
• Run change management meeting with Electrical and Electronics partner.
• Lead the technical relationship with Engineering Service providers for electrical and electronic integration on a new Electrical and Electronics. Support second application activities.
• Represent Electrical Research and Development in weekly project reviews, create material for quarterly Vice President cooperation committees & support contract negotiations as required.

Qualifications and Experience
• Electrical / electronics engineering Degree or equivalent
• Preferably Chartered Engineering status or equivalent
• Proven record of vehicle level system integration in terms of hardware and Software). Experience of software development processes and managing sw delivery.
• Understanding of processes involved in delivering Electrical or Electronics commodities, including quality, cost, function, weight and timing, e.g.: body electronics, lighting, switchgear, audio, infotainment, connected car, electrical distribution systems.
• Experience of leading a cross functional team, including complex issue resolution.
• Experience of leading a small engineering team of direct reports.
• Supplier management experience
• Complete knowledge of Product Development cycle from concept to launch completion
• Excellent technical engineering background and a comprehensive knowledge of using calculation and analysis to drive design.
• Excellent knowledge of automotive quality tools and processes.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels
• Confident presenter
• Analytical
• Microsoft Sharepoint experience is desirable
• Excellent financial management skills
• Strategic thinking
• Must be able to project manage and work collaboratively with a cross-functional team.
• Knowledge of Can and CAN based tools
• Understanding of German business culture
• Able to manage large workloads in a high pressure environment & prioritise accordingly
• Able to communicate confidently and clearly
• Able to set and deliver targets
• Strategic thinking and decision making skills
• Clean driving license
• Travel may be required, UK & overseas.


Location: Gaydon

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

Customer Ref: PTN155

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job purpose:
Expert in engine thermal and cooling simulations.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:
• Lead the designers in the development of the cooling jacket architecture, lubrication system and fuel system
• Support the engine system in the development of the cooling system of the current and new models
• Support the performance engineers in the fuel consumption analysis
• Lead the interaction with design and experiment to understand the requirements of the models
• Develop, implement and maintain numerical models
• Contribute and lead methodology

Qualifications and Experience:
Essential:
• Master of Science Degree in Engineering
• Experience in cooling system simulations
• Experience in engine heat exchange simulations
• Experience in automotive and powertrain applications
• Coaching and mentoring subordinates
• Experience in 1D simulations
• Able to produce reports for department
• Quality driven and understanding of build
• Able to maintain a confidentially with sensitive company information

Desirable:
• Experience in engine lubrication system simulations
• Experience in engine fuel system simulations
• Capability of working in a matrix organisation environment
• Manage different parallel open tasks and identify the priority

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

Customer Ref: CHS049

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job Purpose
Support design, simulation and integration of Chassis systems from concept through to production

Key Responsibilities & Tasks:
 Support Chassis benchmarking activities at system and component level
 Generate and maintain Chassis Performance targets documentation
 Report out Chassis system status versus targets to support Concept Platform and Application requirements
 Generate and maintain Chassis hard point tracking and release documents
 Support initial definition of tuneable suspension components for early build phases
 Support characterisation of Chassis component parts via rig testing to generate data for Chassis Simulation team and Vehicle Attribute functions
 Document tuneable part requirements and cascade to Component Engineers.
 Generate and maintain Chassis tuneable part trackers
 Support integration of Chassis system archetypes into concept vehicle platform
 Support early (X0/X1) Chassis vehicle build and test planning
 Create and maintain interface control documentation for joints and fixings
 Support continual improvement processes and assist with investigations into ride, handling and steering issues during development
 Support problem solving / Quality teams as directed by management.
 Support Chassis Innovation strategy by keeping abreast of relevant technical developments within the industry
 Support creation of internal processes, standards and test procedures for Chassis Performance area
 Assist with IPR searches for Chassis systems and components
 Work with Vehicle Attribute areas to ensure Chassis concepts are compatible with vehicle level targets
 Liaise with Manufacturing, Aftersales and L&C functions to ensure specific requirements are captured

Qualification & Experience
• Engineering Degree in appropriate discipline
• Experience gained within Chassis design.
• Experience working within Chassis / Vehicle Dynamics in an OEM
• Experience of setting and maintaining Chassis system targets
• Good understanding of Chassis & Vehicle Dynamic properties and tuning
• Worked as a Chassis Component Engineer for at least 2 years
• Competent with Chassis CAE software (ADAMS/CAR, SHARK, VI-Grade Car Real Time)
• Good working knowledge of Excel
• Working knowledge of Altair Hyperworks, nCode, Matlab
• Working knowledge of automotive suspension, braking, and steering systems
• Knowledge of Mission Product Development process or equivalent (GPDS, FPDS)
• Strong time management, accuracy, diligence, ability to balance and prioritise multiple tasks to meet customer needs
• Competent in all Microsoft Office applications

Location: Gaydon

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

Customer Ref: PTN119

Our client who is an iconic luxury sports car manufacturer, is currently recruiting for the following role:

Job Purpose
To deliver future Cooling Systems on a broad range of Applications, from Concept through to Series Production.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
- Ownership of Cooling System across multiple Vehicle Platform and Applications including:
* Base Engines and Air Induction.
* Transmission and Driveline.
* Powertrain Electronics.
* Battery.
- Define from first principles: future platforms and archetype definition and design standards.
- Lead/support concept system selection and application definition and design standards.
- Lead/support CAD activities within the Powertrain cooling systems team.
- Lead/support application engineer with the delivery of final engineering sign off activities.
- Create, maintain, and deliver System & Component Timing Plans.
- Maintain Benchmarking & Research of related technologies.
- Lead Quality History Reviews and Design Failure Modes & Effects Analyses for Design Verification Plan generation, and Adjustment of client Test Procedures.
- Lead/Support achievement of Functional Targets through collaboration with Attribute Owners.
- Lead/Support achievement of Financial Targets through collaboration with Procurement, and Product Cost Estimating.
- Lead cross-functional meeting with Suppliers, Procurement, and Quality.
- Identify & Assess Intellectual Property Rights Risks & Opportunities.
- Ensure CAD designs incorporate all Design for Manufacture & Service requirements.
- Ensure achievement of all Legal & Certification, Environmental, and Logistical Requirements.
- Generate Cooling System Bill of Materials
- Lead/Support Virtual Verification activities, including Packaging, 1D & 3D Analysis.
- Liaise with System Engineers & Suppliers to ensure System & Component delivery is achieved.
- Supervise, Check & Approve Engineering Drawings for Tooling & Component Creation as per client Drafting Standards.
- Create Prototype & Production Engineering Releases (Submission of Engineering Drawings & Supporting Information).
- Support Prototype & Production Builds (Virtual & Physical)
- Ownership of Concerns & Containment Actions (Virtual & Physical)
- Lead/Support Testing of Components & Systems (Virtual & Physical)
- Perform Data Analysis & Judgement in line with Final Engineering Sign-Off Requirements.

Qualifications and Experience
- Ideally educated to Bachelor's degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
- Experience of Automotive OEM Cooling, at Component and System level (Including Specification, Design, and Development).
- Strong theoretical knowledge of Cooling & Thermal Management.
- Flexibility to work on multiple tasks to a tight timescale, accurately, without detailed supervision.
- Competent with MS Office.
- Good Communication and Presentation skills.

Perm role Location: Wellesbourne

Due to the significant growth our client has experienced in recent years it now benefits from being a true multi-site organisation, and as such this role could be based at a number of sites, including Warwickshire, Wellesbourne and Milton Keynes

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