
Exterior Lighting Specialist – Luxury Automotive
Posted 5 days ago by Tiro Contracts - Contract & Interim Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
Summary: As an Exterior Lighting Engineer for a luxury car company, you will be responsible for delivering vehicle lighting functions and associated hardware, ensuring specifications, testing, integration, and validation meet project targets. The role requires engineering signoff for lighting systems and functions within deadlines. You will work in a hybrid arrangement, primarily on-site for meetings and testing. The position is expected to last until January 31, 2026, with a likelihood of extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver vehicle lighting functions and associated hardware.
- Specify, test, integrate, and validate lighting systems to meet cost, weight, timing, and quality targets.
- Achieve engineering signoff for lighting systems and functions.
- Collaborate with project management and supplier management control.
- Utilize CATIA V5 for product design and independent data interrogation.
- Apply knowledge of automotive lighting regulations and directives.
- Understand plastic mould capabilities and vehicle electrical architecture.
- Manage complex plastic injection moulding tooling and optical design.
Key Skills:
- Engineering degree qualified.
- Exterior lighting design expertise with a vehicle manufacturer or 1st tier supplier.
- Knowledge of automotive lighting regulations and directives.
- Experience with CATIA V5 for product design and data interrogation.
- Project management and supplier management skills.
- Understanding of plastic mould capabilities and vehicle electrical architecture.
- Experience with complex plastic injection moulding tooling and optical design.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Cheshire East
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
As Exterior Lighting Engineer with this luxury car company, you will deliver vehicle Lighting Functions and Associated Hardware. You will be responsible for the specification, test, integration and validation to achieve the cost, weight, timing and quality targets for the project, achieving engineering signoff for lighting systems & functions to deadlines.
What’s on offer: Competitive hourly rate (can be outside IR35) Hybrid - required onsite for Meetings/testing (usually 3 days pw but flexible) 35 hours per week Current end: 31/01/2026 - likely to extend
What will make you successful: Engineering degree qualified with exterior lighting design expertise gained with a vehicle manufacturer or 1st tier supplier (lighting design experience within aviation or defence will also be considered) Detailed knowledge of: automotive lighting regulations and directives. independent data interrogation CATIA V5. product design using CATIA V5 Project management and Supplier management control. Good understanding of: plastic mould capabilities and applies this in designs vehicle electrical architecture, function and integration complex plastic injection moulding tooling FuSi requirements optical design and the distribution of light
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