Component design and release Engineer

​Duties: 

• Component design and release role for suspension mechanical and hydraulic components.

• Responsible for working with multiple potential suppliers to develop components from concept selection through to launch.

Duties will include:

• Collating and agreeing requirements with internal stakeholders, and agreeing/negotiating these design requirements with potential suppliers

• Co-ordinating internal/supplier development activities to finalise product specifications

• Work with Procurement to manage supplier selection processes

• Managing chosen suppliers towards delivering quality products on-time and to cost and attribute targets

• Working within the JLR PCDS process, deliver Gateway requirements for components owned

Skills:    

Essential:

• Experience of working with automotive suppliers for mechanical and/or hydraulic components

• Experience of component development and design verification planning and management

• Experience of JLR on-cycle product and programme delivery processes

• Excellent communication skills and team player

Desirable:

• Knowledge of hydraulics principles and underlying physics

• Experience in using Matlab for data analysis

• Experience of using quality toolset e.g. DFMEA

Education:           

• Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent