Vehicle Integration Engineer

7 months Contract (until end of March)

Gaydon

INSIDE IR35 Rate - up to 33.88 Umbrella PAYE

Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility to work full time in the UK and travel within the EU.

About the company

I am currently recruiting on behalf of a Luxury Automotive OEM, based in Gaydon, who are seeking a Vehicle Integration Engineer to join their team

Responsibilities:

• The Integrated Energy Management Lead Engineer will take a leading role in:
• Supporting the Efficiency Product Owner in the delivery of data-driven, intelligent, optimised energy nodes (sources of energy conversion) in pursuit of Vehicle Efficiency attributes (eg. real world and homologated driving range and energy consumption) befitting modern luxury.
• Collaborating with a wide range of business stakeholders and Engineers to deliver vehicle programmes against the teams Quality Operating Schedule (QOS; the Clients' framework for attribute delivery).
• Identifying risks and opportunities in a robust data-driven manner with the purpose of informing and influencing business decisions and engineering direction related to vehicle energy nodes.
• Reporting to the Vehicle Architecture's Efficiency Product Owner and working within the Clients' Agile operating model, responsibilities will include:
• Supporting squads to plan and share work through facilitating focused and engaging scrum events
• Conduct daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
• Identifying and facilitating in the removal of impediments and risks
• Facilitating stakeholder collaboration wherever required
• Coordinating and contributing towards Vehicle Efficiency attribute verifications and data analysis
• Supporting effective Vehicle Efficiency attribute governance throughout vehicle programmes, identifying and making recommendations for how to handle risks and opportunities as they arise
• Collaborating with tools and methods teams to support development of Vehicle Efficiency attribute
• Where programme delivery imperatives allow, contribute and add value to continuous improvement project work
• Undertaking any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

• Knowledge and/or experience of working with Agile operating principles
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Evidence of a methodical, structured approach to problem solving
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to use data and visualisations to articulate complex risks, opportunities and recommendations in an easily digestible way
• Educated to Degree level (ideally with a focus on Mechanical or System Engineering)

• Technical engineering background
• Experience of Vehicle attribute and/or vehicle system delivery

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