Vehicle Integration Lead Engineer
Posted 2 weeks ago by Emotiv Technical Recruitment
£33 Per hour
Undetermined
Undetermined
Gaydon, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Vehicle Integration Leader will oversee the integration of new technologies into vehicle architectures, ensuring compatibility with engineering and functional targets. This role involves leading cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions and resolve complex engineering challenges. The leader will act as the voice of the customer and drive the progression of vehicle technical data throughout the program lifecycle. Strong communication and project management skills are essential for success in this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accountable as the leader and technical arbitrator for vehicle engineering integration and delivery.
- Lead Group functional integration to drive out complexity and deliver efficient technical solutions.
- Collaborate with the Vehicle Attribute Robustness team to ensure design quality and manufacturing requirements.
- Drive vehicle technical data progression with interfacing team leads.
- Oversee the delivery of Minimum Viable Product into verification and validation phases.
- Resolve cross-group obstacles and escalate technical blockers as necessary.
- Support study and Agile spike activities to address complex engineering problems.
Key Skills:
- Extensive automotive technical knowledge and experience with complex interactions.
- Advanced understanding of automotive technology and detailed design processes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
- Experience in leading teams to solve technical issues using structured approaches.
- Project management experience with complex technical deliverables.
- Customer-first mindset with a focus on personalized and dependable experiences.
- Progressive thinking with an interest in new ideas and industry developments.
- Ability to embrace Agile principles and champion their practice.
- Strong influencing and engagement skills with the ability to challenge stakeholders.
- Exceptional leadership and management capabilities to motivate cross-functional teams.
Salary (Rate): £33.00/hr
City: Gaydon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Vehicle Integration Leader - 37098250
Location: Warwickshire
Overview
You’ll be a Vehicle Integration Leader driving 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
Essential:
- 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