Position Title: Interior Systems Project Engineer
Duration: Contract
Location: Remote
Essential Criteria:
- 7+ years of automotive design experience in Interior systems within Cockpit, Cabin, Restraints or HVAC
- Low volume vehicle experience
- Supplier interface experience
- DVP and testing delivery experience
- Strong leadership of a team of high performance engineers.
- Self-motivated to deliver excellence and excellent communicator.
- Catia V5 literate
Nice to Have Criteria:
- Low volume manufacture experience desirable
Additional Information:
- 12 weeks an initial period and highly likely to be extended.
- Interfacing with suppliers
- Supporting on systems and components and the release process within the Client
- Develop and review designs
- Supervise and coordinating the development of systems and components
- Manage adherence to technical and safety requirements across components
- Support Testing and supporting the resolution of issues identified during all stages of the development lifecycle.
- Support engineering release engineer
- Supporting the management of the Clients' vehicle programs, working alongside the Program Management function and balancing cost, quality and timing variables with appropriate, timely KPI's.
- Breakdown of high-level program targets to detail functional and commodity targets; obtain buy-in for achievement and report against achievement
- Program costed Bill of Materials maintained + cost change control
- Work with Cost Engineering to support nomination process and specific cost reduction initiatives.
- Support in preparing KPIs and presentations for regular milestone reviews with external project customers
- Ad hoc projects to support the Project Controller and members of the Clients' team, e.g. material cost escalators
- Manage and drive resolution of Engineering and Build Change Requests