Warwickshire - Hybrid working £40,000 - £60,000 DOE | No sponsorship available

VIQU has partnered with an established specialist vehicle engineering and manufacturing business to recruit an Automotive Systems Design Engineer. This is a hands-on role working across the full systems engineering life cycle as increasing vehicle complexity drives greater focus on systems architecture and integration.

You'll work from stakeholder requirements and high-level systems definition through electrical architecture, supplier integration, validation, commissioning and fault-finding.

Key Responsibilities of the Automotive Systems Design Engineer

Develop systems engineering solutions for vehicle platforms Capture stakeholder functions, features, regulations and standards Develop and document system requirements Create vehicle systems architectures and topologies Lead integration across communication, electrical and mechanical systems Integrate Tier 1 supplier components into vehicle platforms Produce electrical interconnection schematic diagrams Support vehicle start-up, commissioning and fault-finding Contribute to DVP&R and system acceptance requirements Support rig and vehicle-based validation and verification Review test outputs against system and vehicle requirements Produce supporting documentation for production and aftermarket teams

Key Requirements of the Automotive Systems Design Engineer

3+ years' relevant industrial engineering experience Degree in a relevant engineering subject Strong working knowledge of automotive systems End-to-end experience across the full V-model Requirements capture and management experience Vehicle systems integration and electrical architecture experience Strong electrical engineering fundamentals Ability to produce electrical interconnection schematics Practical rig and vehicle testing experience DVP&R and validation experience Strong commissioning and fault-finding capability Able to work independently and make engineering decisions Strong technical communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Experience with heavy vehicles, yellow goods, off-highway products, automotive control systems, CANbus, Functional Safety or ISO 26262 would be advantageous.

This Automotive Systems Design Engineer position would suit a generalist systems engineer who enjoys taking ownership across design, integration, validation and commissioning rather than specialising in a single stage of development.

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