Senior Product Design Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Futura Design
£34 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
Gaydon
Summary: The Senior Product Design Engineer role at an OEM Client in Gaydon involves designing, developing, validating, and introducing cabin components into vehicle programs. This contract position requires managing the full product development life cycle and ensuring component delivery meets quality, cost, and time standards. The engineer will lead the technical integrity of components and systems across various programs. The role is classified as inside IR35 and is set to last until March 31, 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, validate, and introduce cabin components into vehicle programs.
- Manage the component delivery plan to ensure quality, cost, and time targets are met.
- Lead on the technical content and integrity of specific components and systems across programs.
Key Skills:
- Previous experience managing resolution of business, technical, and process issues.
- Understanding and experience in the new product development life cycle.
- Experience with problem-solving tools and techniques.
- Understanding of Digital, CAD, CAE tools for developing component system geometry.
- Skilled in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Previous experience within an engineering discipline.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
- Understanding or working knowledge of the Agile Process.
- Degree qualified or strong equivalent experience preferred.
Salary (Rate): £33.64 hourly
City: Gaydon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Senior Product Design Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position until 31st March 2026.Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour.
Duties:
The purpose of this role is to design, develop, validate and introduce Cabin Components into Vehicle Programmes. Cabin component commodities are pre-dominantly 'Make to Print' enabling full responsibility of the development process to be managed.
The role requires the individual to:
- Have a good understanding of the full product development life cycle.
- Manage the component delivery plan to quality, cost and time.
- Lead on the technical content and integrity of specific components and systems across specific programmes.
Skills:
- Previous experience of managing resolution of business, technical and process issues.
- Understanding and experience in new product development life cycle.
- Experience of problem-solving tools and techniques.
- Understanding of Digital, CAD, CAE, etc. tools to develop component system geometry.
- Skilled in key software applications such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Previous experience within engineering discipline.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
- Understanding or working knowledge of the Agile Process.
Education:
Degree qualified or strong equivalent experience is preferred.