Job Title: Vehicle Integration Leader
Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire
Rate: £33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £25.36ph on a PAYE basis
Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until March 2027)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J37094218
Position Description:
WHAT TO EXPECT
You’ll be a Vehicle Integration Leader driving the development of new and existing vehicle architectures. Responsible for driving and leading the integration of new technologies within that zone into new and existing vehicle architectures. Drive functional and attribute target delivery, acting as the voice of the customer to lead any arbitration required.
WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Accountable as the leader and technical arbitrator, integrating and delivering the engineering for the whole vehicle whilst ensuring compatibility with GRID, the commodity/system strategies and functional targets
- Lead Group functional integration for given vehicle, to drive out complexity and deliver the most efficient technical solutions
- Work closely with Vehicle Attribute Robustness team to drive delivery of embedded design quality, service and manufacturing requirements
- Drive vehicle technical data progression (CAD, DV, AIMS, Build, Test & Releasing etc..) with groups & interfacing team leads
- Oversee alignment on, and subsequent delivery of, Minimum Viable Product into both virtual and physical verification and validation through life of Programme
- Drive cross group obstacle resolution, ensuring timely escalation to nameplate and / or Architecture VEM as required
- Ensure prompt escalation of technical blockers/incompatibilities to Vehicle/Chapter/Enterprise leadership via the Obstacle process
- Support study & Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Essential:
- Automotive technical knowledge and extensive experience of complex interactions, including technical analysis and decision-making
- Demonstrated understanding automotive technology with an advanced level of technical depth into vehicle, system and component detailed design, development and delivery, ability to interrogate and ratify incoming technical standards, system and component assumptions.
- 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
- 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 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
- An individual who can demonstrate exceptional capability in leadership and management skills, who can motivate, develop and lead cross-functional and functional teams
Key Interactions
- PGL (Program Group Lead) for the given zone
- PGL/TGL for interfacing zones
- STGL & VEM
- Engineering Delivery Director
- Technology Center Leads
- Architecture & Vehicle Programme Product Owners (POs)
- Lead Engineers
- Engineering Delivery
- Design
- External supplier / partner specialist technical collaboration as required to develop complex strategic technical proposals.
** THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35**
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