Customer Ref: PTN111

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

Job Purpose
This role is to define Air Intake system strategy and components for the next decade, covering both large and small pressure charged engines in both front and mid-engine positions. The Project Engineer will initially report directly to the PTSE Manager, however, the longer-term objective is to have a management grade PMST leader building and leading a team

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
• Working with the Base Engine team to determine cross platform Air Intake System requirements for all future product including:
o Total Vehicle integration of Intake system
o Airflow requirements including management of CFD analysis and system pressures
o Filtration requirements including dirty air duct design for clean
o Mass airflow measurement
o Intake package within multiple vehicles with maximum commonisation
o Turbo entry including bypass and flow optimisation
o Cabin noise systems (Symposer) and work with NVH department for Sound Quality.
• Lead/support CAE investigations into system layout/selection.
• Lead/support general QCWF activities for intake systems (quality, cost, weight, function).
• Generate/present technical papers/ presentations to support/drive programme and product decisions.
• Liaise with system engineers and suppliers to determine component and system requirements.
• Co-ordinate packaging schemes to meet component requirements and corporate standards.
• Produce information to support package reviews, including consideration from all affected areas including production (DFA), certification, environmental, service and logistics.
• Identify CAD requirements and check Model and 2D details to client drafting standards for release.
• Release components in time to meet CMM dates for programme timing gateways.
• Support supplier selection, parts procurement for both prototype and production builds including RFI and RFQ.
• Generate BoM information.
• Lead DFMEAs and DVP generation to including the setting of corporate test procedures/standards.
• Design should be optimised for component and system performance, strength, material selection and weight through experience, hand calculations and the use of analysis tools.
• Support the development of in house design test and development standards and procedures.
• Support component and vehicle development/validation through the use of Dyno testing and vehicle testing including Vehicle Ingress and Environmental

Qualifications and Experience
• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience of automotive OEM Air Intake Systems, at component and system level, including specification, design and development.
• A flexible ability to work on multiple tasks to a tight timescale, accurately, without detailed supervision.
• Competent with MS Office.
• Good communications and presentation skills.
• The successful candidate may, on occasion, be required to travel to other Aston Martin Lagonda sites to assist with maintenance issue

Location: Wellesbourne

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Customer Ref: PTN130

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

Job Purpose
Define and steer engine sub-system design and specifications by innovating and evolving engine concepts into production design solutions, enabling power units to fulfil attribute targets defined by the product cycle plan across all vehicle platforms.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
• Leadership: Steer the project teams to develop the engine sub-system design architecture of concepts and lead the sub-system design activity to deliver power units into production.
• Quality: Provision that all QHR directives are captured in the concept design process to ensure robust production solutions to achieve targets.
• Cost: Drive design schemes that enable programme cost targets to be realised. Including efficiencies of modular systems and manufacturing processes.
• Weight: Drive design schemes that enable programme mass targets to be realised.
• Function: Define engine sub-system architecture to enable engine components to fulfil the functional target specifications of the power unit attributes and the vehicle applications.
• Package: Steer design engineers to achieve engine assembly static and dynamic clearance targets.
• Assembly and Manufacturing: Engage and collaborate with manufacturing engineering to ensure that engine assemblies and auxiliary systems are designed to be built, and installed into vehicles, repeatedly and within required cycle time, quality and cost.
• AM-Mission: Support the project leaders with design aspects for programme gateways and checkpoints.
• Timing: Establish and execute virtual series plans commensurate with engine programme timing, including build phase and checkpoint deliverables.
• Concerns and Change Management: Influence and verify concern design solutions.
• Meetings: Chair engine sub-system design reviews and represent the sub-system in whole engine design reviews.
• FMA: Technically advise to the engine sub-system DFMEA timetable and guide output actions through the sub-system design process.
• FESO: Support the Project leaders to deliver FDJ and FESO checkpoints.
• Benchmarking: Evaluate competitor power unit information and conduct concept studies of appropriate established and emerging technologies.
• IPR: Create, protect and harness design and innovation IP

Qualifications and Experience
• Educated to Degree level or higher in an engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate technical expertise in gasoline engine design, with complete competence in at least one engine sub-systems to take full ownership of the sub-system design from concept to production.
• Recognised as an expert in the field of engine product development and production delivery.
• Extensive experience in engine product development.
• Previous delivery of engine component and system designs into production.
• Prior demonstration of virtual series disciplines.
• CAE competency in system simulation and/or component analysis tools
• Electrified powertrain and propulsion knowledge.
• Vehicle engineering and packaging.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills; with peers, seniors, project and functional teams.
• Advanced gasoline internal combustion engine technical knowledge
• Competent CAD user (preferably including Unigraphics NX)
• Confident presenter of technical information to management level internally and within external organisations.
• Able to prioritise, delegate and deliver multiple tasks on a consistent basis
• Be flexible and identify the necessity for extraordinary application.
• Ability to communicate appropriately at all levels.
• Must be self-motivated and driven to achieve results.
• Providing engineering support at prototype workshops, build locations and production lines as required.
• Visits to suppliers (UK and worldwide) or engine manufacturing plants when relevant to support specific issues or events.
• Full Driving License & medical clearance to use high speed tracks and hot and cold environmental chambers if required to support development activities.

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

Customer Ref: ELE802

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

Job Purpose

The purpose of the role is to design & develop new and existing vehicle electrical distribution systems (Harnesses, Battery cables, Fuse boxes and Ground leads).

Key Responsibilities & Tasks
The key responsibilities and tasks of the role include:

• Ownership of design and development of Electrical Distribution Systems (harness etc.) components from concept to production to meet program deliverables.
• The Electrical Distribution Systems engineer will be responsible for leading the Programme Module Sub Team (PMST) covering: -

 Functionality.
 Costs.
 Timing.
 Quality.
 Weight.
 DVP status.
 Meeting all legislative requirements.
 Supplier Liaison

• Manage a team of supplier Electrical Distribution Systems engineers based on site in Warwickshire.
• Work closely with the circuit engineer to manage the circuit instructions (DT’s) and circuit changes through prototype build phases.
• Component releasing and change control management.
• Control engineering concerns through Electronic Change Management System and report out to the line manger as part of a weekly commodity review.
• Completion of Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.
• Support sub-system/supplier Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis reviews.
• Control of Design Verification Plans and Sign off Report for owned components.
• Prototype parts procurement.
• Support prototype vehicle builds and vehicle launches (supervision of build technicians and supplier).
• Work closely with the Quality team and supplier to solve any problems (8D Process).
• Ability to think outside the box and generate new and better solutions for Electrical Distribution Systems.
• Ensure latest materials and technology are kept up to date and implemented at the earliest possible opportunity.
• Cross functional liaison is essential working with: -

 Manufacturing.
 Purchasing.
 Service.
 Quality.
 Logistics.
 Program Teams.
 Prototype Operations.
 Legislation.

The post holder will undertake other duties as may be required to achieve the Company’s objectives, commensurate with the grading of the post.

Qualifications & Experience
The successful applicant will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Engineering Degree or engineering qualification or equivalent experience gained
• Experience gained within automotive electrical design and development.
• Extensive knowledge of Electrical Distribution Systems and how it is manufactured.
• Ability to re-work vehicle harnesses.
• Ability to interrogate vehicle circuits.
• Good experience and knowledge of vehicle electrical systems.
• Experience of project management.
• Project managed new or modified Electrical Distribution Systems successfully into production (Programme Module Sub Team Leader).
• Working knowledge of Relevant Regulations and approvals.
• Experience of leadership or clear evidence of leadership ability.
• Manage a large workload in a high pressure environment.
• Ability to analyse data from supplier testing and work to timely solutions when required.
• Must have good report writing skills.
• Must be proactive and trust their initiative using minimum supervision to produce practical solutions.
• Ability to support and input at Design Failure Modes and Effect Analysis reviews.
• Ability to support prototype builds.
• Good IT skills with the ability to generate metrics through Excel spread sheet management.
• Must have a clean and valid driving license.

The successful candidate must be able to hit the ground running within a well-established team under significant daily pressure of work. The candidate must show strong character attributes as well as the necessary knowledge and experience above. The best candidate will be open-minded and lateral thinking in the face of stiff timing and product targets. The candidate must be proactive and trust their initiative using minimum supervision to produce practical solutions.

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

Customer Ref: ELE059

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

Job Purpose:
EE Systems Engineer to work on a Variety of hardware and software based control Systems.

Responsibilities include:
System requirements definition, Functional specification, On Board Diagnostic, simulation, systems integration, system validation and verification.

Tasks:
- Use architecture input to define technical requirements for system Design.
- Supplier management, test and validation.
- Produce validation Plans and Provide Verification.
- Produce system requirements for system/sub- systems.
- Produce System Boundary diagrams.
- Produce Input and output requirements for ECU’s.
- Produce Signal requirements.
- Produce and author Diagnostic Requirements and creation of subs system repair.
- Lead Fault/Product Investigation on electrical systems.
- Develop Engineering tools to validate systems.
- Manage Supplier Software reviews and Process.
- Responsible for System FMEA.
- Produce and author functional Safety Requirements/Goals.
- Produce Technical specifications/Requirements.

Systems:
- Start Authority.
- Electronic Steering Column lock.
- Brake Control Module (BCM) and Sensor Clusters.
- Adaptive damping.
- Electronic Park Brake.
- Steering ECU.
- Roll Control.
The post holder will undertake other duties as may be required to achieve the Company’s objectives, commensurate with the grading of the post.

Qualifications & Experience:
- Engineering Degree or Equivalent Qualification.
- At least 3 years’ experience in Automotive Electronics related design or test work.
- Extensive Experience and development of Chassis Control or ADAS systems.
- Working knowledge of Relevant Regulations and approvals.
- Project managed a Hardware and Software project.
- Extensive experience of vehicle diagnostics, Developing, authoring, validation
- Experience of applying Functional Safety Standards and authoring Functional Safety documents.
- Experience of Software development, Software testing techniques, Configuration Management
- Can use Vehicle Network Tools to analyse Vehicle data bus. (CANalyser/CANoe)
- Use and adapt vehicle diagnostic tool.
- Be able to obtain electrical traces for analysis.
- In Depth knowledge of FMEA/FTA Hazard analysis.
- Review and Conduct Software assurance reviews.

A successful candidate must hit the ground running with a well established team under significant daily pressure of work. The candidate must show strong character attributes as well as the necessary knowledge and experience above. The best candidate will be open-minded and lateral thinking in the face of stiff timing and product targets. The candidate must be proactive and trust their initiative using minimum supervision to produce practical solutions.
Must have a clean and valid driving license.

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

Customer Ref: 29543

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

Division:
Electrical Engineering.

Position Description:
This exciting new role, based within the cross-functional Motion Control Systems team, will work with a number of client System teams including ADAS, Chassis and Powertrain to help deliver a strategic new technology. The role will focus initially on developing the control system and software interface specifications through a Model Based Design process. You would be responsible for the design and test of your allocated domain working with a small and highly technical systems team working to a research based process. This team works across functional and organisational boundaries to deliver technologies that link and integrate control systems across the vehicle.

3 Key Skills:
- Model Based Control System Design & Test (Matlab/Simulink)
- Hardware in the Loop (HIL) ECU control System/Interface testing
- IBM DOORS Requirement definition & test

Education Required:
- Failure Model Analysis (FMEA or equiv).
- Matlab/Simulink control system Model Based Design & Test.
- DOORS Requirements Definition & Management.
- Full UK Driving License.

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