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

Vehicle Integration Senior Engineer - Large SUV (37097233) - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire - 12 months (potential for yearly renewal)

Job Description:
Vehicle Integration Leader required to drive the development of new and existing vehicle architectures. Responsible for driving and leading the integration of new technologies within that zone into new and existing vehicle architectures. Drive functional and attribute target delivery, acting as the voice of the customer to lead any arbitration required.
Responsibilities:
- Accountable as the leader and technical arbitrator, integrating and delivering the engineering for the whole vehicle whilst ensuring compatibility with GRID, the commodity/system strategies and functional targets
- Lead Group functional integration for given vehicle, to drive out complexity and deliver the most efficient technical solutions
- Work closely with Vehicle Attribute Robustness team to drive delivery of embedded design quality, service and manufacturing requirements
- Drive vehicle technical data progression (CAD, DV, AIMS, Build, Test & Releasing etc..) with groups & interfacing team leads
- Oversee alignment on, and subsequent delivery of, Minimum Viable Product into both virtual and physical verification and validation through life of Programme
- Drive cross group obstacle resolution, ensuring timely escalation to nameplate and / or Architecture VEM as required
- Ensure prompt escalation of technical blockers/incompatibilities to Vehicle/Chapter/Enterprise leadership via the Obstacle process
- Support study & Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems

Skills / Experience Required:
- Automotive technical knowledge and extensive experience of complex interactions, including technical analysis and decision-making
- Demonstrated understanding automotive technology with an advanced level of technical depth into vehicle, system and component detailed design, development and delivery, ability to interrogate and ratify incoming technical standards, system and component assumptions.
- 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
- 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 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
- An individual who can demonstrate exceptional capability in leadership and management skills, who can motivate, develop and lead cross-functional and functional teams

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
Warwickshire, office based full time, travel to other sides maybe required.


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.