Vehicle Engineering & Integration Technical Group Leader

​POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Vehicle Engineering & Integration Technical Group Leader driving the development of new and existing vehicle architectures

• Drive and lead the engineering integration of new and updated technologies within a vehicle zone(s) into new and existing vehicle architectures.

• Drive functional and attribute target delivery, acting as the voice of the customer to lead any arbitration required within the development process.

• Develop vehicle level end-to-end technical delivery plans for key systems, identifying inter-dependencies and maturation versus customer requirements, throughout virtual and physical test phases. 

• Lead Technical Problem Resolution cross-Squad / cross-Zone including escalation as required.

Key Performance Indicators

• Architecture and / or Programme bandwidth & definition underpinning next generation vehicles and able to deliver compatible attribute, customer & business targets

• Support major project delivery through the allocation of appropriate toolsets, operations and team resources.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Accountable as the leader and final technical arbitrator, integrating and delivering the engineering for the given vehicle zone whilst ensuring compatibility with target vehicle package layout, the commodity/system strategies and functional targets.

• Lead Group functional integration within the given zone, to drive out complexity and deliver the most efficient technical solutions.

• Work closely with Vehicle Attribute teams to deliver to targets

• Drive Zonal Group coordinated technical data progression (CAD, DV, commodity/system design freeze & releasing) with squads & interfacing team leads.

• Oversee delivery into both virtual and physical verification and validatio.

• Drive Zonal cross squad obstacle resolution, ensuring timely escalation to the Vehicle Engineering Manager as required.

• Ensure prompt escalation of Zonal technical blockers/incompatibilities to Vehicle/Chapter/Enterprise leadership via the Obstacle process

• Support study & Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems

Knowledge & Skills

Essential:

• Automotive technical knowledge and extensive experience of complex interactions, including technical analysis & decision-making.

• Excellent written and verbal technical communication, influencing and negotiation skills.

• Experience in leading teams of people to solve complex technical issues using a structured approach e.g 8D  and/or Six Sigma

• Project Management experience of delivery against a complex set of Programme technical deliverables.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Vehicle attributes, target setting & cascade

• Experience of end-to-end vehicle development

Personal Profile

• An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable.

• Progressive thinking individual who takes a keen interest in new ideas / technologies and key industry developments

• Ability to embrace the Agile model and work effectively as a champion of Agile principles in practice.

• A resilient individual who has strong influencing and engagement skills, is comfortable challenging all stakeholders and can build credibility and trust through experience and personal style

• A highly self-motivated and proactive individual who can demonstrate exceptional capability in leadership and management skills, who can motivate, develop and lead cross-functional engineering teams