Prototype Test Engineer

Profile:

• The Body Test Operations (BTO) team is responsible for planning and managing physical prototype test properties that support the development and approval of body components for company programmes.

• These properties, often referred to as 'rigs', typically consist of a painted body shell equipped only with the parts necessary for a specific test, rather than a fully assembled vehicle, and a number of supporting ‘kits’ of parts. 

• For some of the new models currently in development we're also planning, building and managing a large number of Instrument Panels & Floor Consoles (IP&Cs) assemblies to support development and sign-off testing. 

• You will be leading the activities relating to these IP&C properties. 

Responsibilities will include (but not limited to);

• Overall end-to-end coordination and responsibility for two models worth of IP&C assemblies from planning through to delivery

• Gathering and consolidation of the requirements from the engineering customers

• Planning and management of Bills of Materials (BoM) for these assemblies, aligning them to the required build level and part maturities

• Coordination and management of parts ordering, rate and flow, part shortage meetings and issue resolution related thereto, particularly for content not yet released by engineering

• Coordination of (build planning, rate and flow etc) and support for property build, resolving issues and coordinating logistics of the properties into test

Skills:   

Essential Skills:

• Robust and demonstrable Excel Skills with understanding of Bills Of Materials (BoMs) and CAD visualisation

• Engineering and testing background

• Project Management with Robust Cross-Functional Working

• Automotive engineering build and/or test

• Education:          

• Degree level desired, but not essential.