Location
Gaydon, Warwickshire
Position
Lead Engineer
Vacancy Type
Contract
J37091354

Job Description

Job Title: Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer 

Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire

Rate:  £33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £25.26ph on a PAYE basis

Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until March 2027)

Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week

Reference: J37091354

Position Description:

 

 WHAT TO EXPECT

Our client is seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join our team as a Whole Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer.

This role is part of the Off-Cycle Projects arm in the VAVE team. As a Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer, you’ll be responsible for generating CAD schemes to support the generation of the upper body and/or under body package layout in the Concept phase (pre-CS to KO) across all new Products, in order to meet the Engineering, Manufacturing and Design requirements.

As a Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for whole vehicle package layout and your key interactions will be mainly but not exclusively with VAVE (Forward Model Architectures, Pre-KO VEM, TGLs, ZI Technical Specialists and SMEs, Human Factors, VE Attribute teams including Weight, TASE, Vehicle Efficiency), Body and Chassis Concepts, Studio Feas, Design, Body Structural Integration & Advanced Powertrain.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Essential:

Competency in laying out Upper body hard points: Occupant Positioning across all seats, IP & Console, steering column, base of screen, pedals, ingress / egress, trunk dimensioning and useability.

And/or Competency in laying out Underbody hard points: Groundlines, Attitude planes, running clearance, approach/departure, front & rear end length for Vehicle Safety / SI Requirements, key Axle points, Tyre Envelopes and EDU/ICE Dynamic motion wraps.

Understands the interdependencies between Upper body & Underbody requirements (including Legals).

Fully competent in CAD creation and visualisation preferably Catia V6.

Self-starter able to sustain a high, multitask workload. Combine Engineering with business skills.

Ability to work within a team or alone with exceptional organisation skills and attention to detail.

Must have good presentation skills with the ability to clearly communicate to all levels within the company (production line to director level).

 

** THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35**

 

Do not miss out on your chance of interview – APPLY NOW!

Our Clients are unable to provide sponsorship for Visas; therefore, only candidates eligible to work in the UK need apply!

Caresoft Global Talent Solutions operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency. 
We are an independent highly-experienced recruitment consultancy dedicated to specialist markets within the Automotive, Aerospace, Agricultural & Construction Industries. 

No terminology within this advert is intended to unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race or disability and we welcome all applications.

 

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