System Integration Lead Engineer

Location Warwickshire
Discipline: Automotive Engineers
Job type: Contract
Salary: ££35.80 p/h INSIDE IR35
Contact name: Keeley Atkinson

Contact email: katkinson@select-engineering.net
Contact phone: 01245 403 560
Job ref: 37149170
Published: 14 days ago
Duration: 12 Months (rolling)
Expiry date: 29 Jun 2026 23:59

Duties:

·        The Central Systems Integration Team are accountable for the integration of all customer features and functions into our customer products.

·        The team ensures that seamless cross-functional working happens to execute all phases of feature, systems and software delivery - creation of design requirements and specifications, requirements exchange and agreement, network design finalisation and test case execution, to introduce features and software in the target electrical architecture(s) in a planned and controlled way.

·        Within the CSI team, the System Integration Lead Engineer is accountable for the maturation and delivery of customer features into current and future Vehicle programmes to sign-off level in line with programme gateways.

·        Working across the business functions, all cross-functional delivery steps to deliver the features must be understood and communicated to domains as time-based goals to co-ordinate their integration into vehicles and test assets.

·        Working with the delivery domains in Agile methodology, System Integration Lead Engineer ensures that all elements of feature and system implementation happen in a timely manner, spotting any threats that arise, removing roadblocks and resolving any cross-functional disconnects to allow the plan to succeed.

·        To support transparency of status to the wider business, the System Integration Lead Engineer is responsible for maintaining the Mainline Integration Plan (MIP) within the JIRA toolset, co-ordinating inputs and producing the weekly consolidated Integration Report.

·        Together these provide all stakeholders with full view of plans for feature and function availability and maturity, so that functionality for vehicles and test properties is continually understood.

·        The progress of the Integration Report is presented out via bi-weekly Showcases to company leadership and senior stakeholders which the System Integration Lead Engineer supports.

 

Key responsibilities:

·        Manage bring up of feature and systems on test assets.

·        Support the Technical Group Lead in delivery of integrated SW to Vehicle Programmes

·        Participates and lead cross-functional teams to solve complex integration problems (timing and technical)

Skills:

·        Thorough understanding of the Systems Design Life Cycle - system definition, system architecture development, requirements specification, design reviews, systems integration, system assessment and acceptance;

·        Excellent technical project management skills, with ability to deliver complex mechatronic systems at a whole vehicle integration level.

·        Excellent interpersonal skills, able to collaboratively influence delivery teams across the engineering function;

·        Understanding and experience of using CANalyser, Wireshark, Diagnostic Tools etc

 

Education:

·        Preferably degree level

·        Experience of engineering product delivery using project management techniques;

·        Experience of programme and project delivery processes under Agile methodology and JIRA;

·        Experience in the integration and delivery of electrical, electromechanical or software systems;