Lead Engineer - Door Trims & IP Console

Role: Lead Engineer - Door Trims & IP Console

Work location (City): Gaydon, UK

Duration of the contract: 1 year Fixed term employment

Salary: 45k/year

No of positions: 1

Hybrid work model: Min 4 days from client location

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Good in Interior and Exterior Plastics Design & product development.
• Must have experience in product design & development of plastic parts like instrument panel, cockpit, console, door trims, pillar trims. Well versed with automotive Design for Interior and Exterior components.
• Project management of Int trim updates on model year programmes, ensuring timely releases for virtual series and Production.
• Experience in Int Trims Integration, Exterior trims (Vehicle/System design Specifications, Modelling). Well versed with automotive Design for Int & Ext trim components.
• Experience of Various Plastic manufacturing methods & Material Selections.
• Lead completion of PE owned APQP deliverables and support delivery of Phased PPAP for owned components on time.

Responsibility includes

• Oversee the Creation of Concept CAD geometry, using assigned CAD resource
• Lead design progression in line with the programme timescales and deliverable cadence
• Ensure all geometric & non-geometric data is up to date and reflects the required levels of maturity at any given point in time
• Manage component cost and weight and deliver to agreed programme targets
• Manage the Design Verification Plan, liaise with the Core Testing and Validation team to ensure full compliance with risk prevention and detection controls.
• Resolve engineering Issues and complete Engineering releases in a timely manner
• Lead the cross-functional module teams and supplier reviews to ensure any roadblocks to change implementation are understood and resolved. Escalate as appropriate
• Support manufacturing during introduction of updates in pre-production builds

Experience in DFMEA, DVP, DFA, DFM

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Design experience in automotive industry
• Experience: 4 to 7 years’ experience in Automotive Industry
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
• Experience in delivering Production intent design and Drawings
• Experience in creating designs using CAD tools such as CATIAV5, V6, 3D Experience
• Good verbal and written Communication Skills
• Experience in Agile Methodologies added advantage.