Suspension Engineering - Engineer

Duties: 

• Apply engineering theories and principles to perform complex work in research and development of suspension engineering systems, including the design, characterization, and iterative refinement of suspension devices.

• Work within an Agile Squad to develop industrialized products.

Responsibilities typically include:

• Deliver the commodity plan to quality, cost and time, including maintaining the Worldwide Engineering Release System

• Deliver the Engineering Advanced Product Quality Planning deliverables

• Assist in the Management of Change Requests, expenditure forecasting and the relevant supplier teams in support of delivery of the programme milestones

• Work on spring and damper module test plans, including detailed planning of test and development stages through to sign off and support Engineering test teams with rectification of issues

• Assist in the resolution of issues with supplier component engineering and vehicle attribute teams to develop designs that meet targets

• Ensure all appropriate Jaguar Land Rover standards are met through-out design maturation

• Meet programme targets for cost and weight

• Legal regulations and Requirements Management & Design Verification documentation

• Keep all Module documentation up to date including meeting records

• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

Skills:    

Essential:

• Previous experience of managing resolution of business, technical and process issues within a Project Team environment

• A good working knowledge of product creation & delivery, change control, product definition and change management processes

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong influencing and engagement skills

Desirable:

• Previous experience within engineering or programme planning departments

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and understand GD&T notation

• CAD / CAE design and analysis experience preferably with Dassault toolsets

• Some experience of delivering suspension damper, coil spring and air spring technologies

• Experience of working within agile scrum methodology

Education:           

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred.