Job Purpose:
A self-starter and recognised expert in field, you’ll set the standard, inspire and drive your team to deliver class leading technical solutions for complex thermal management systems.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Setting high standards, you’ll lead your team to deliver thermal management solutions to Aston Martin’s ambitious product strategy
2. You’ll lead and develop a technology roadmap for ultimate performance ICE, Hybrid and BEV platforms - we see a real opportunity for thermal management systems to provide a differentiator in class, enhancing and enabling the full performance to be extracted from our ultimate performance powertrains
3. Look ahead to the continually changing legislation landscape and make your technology roadmap robust enough to navigate through it
4. With expert level know-how you’ll drive a system-based approach, ensuring system interactions are understood and cascaded into robust component specifications
5. Delivery of programmes on time is key to our success, and with real attention to detail you’ll make strong technical decisions to keep the team on track
6. Recognise the power in the team, delegate with real trust, foster cross functional collaboration with openness and honesty
7. You’ll drive data evidenced technical decision making - probing and challenging - encouraging Design, Simulation and Test teams to understand, evolve and develop world class processes
8. Inspire quality in your team’s culture, with strong DFMEA and Design Reviews celebrated as symbols of a right first time approach
9. You’ll strive to eliminate late stage fire-fighting, but when the need arises, you’ll have the calm determination, ability and leadership to guide your team to solve complex problems in a high pressure environment
10. With a keen eye for detail, you’ll be responsible for approval of engineering releases, checking drawing detail, BOM actions and production readiness
11. Ultimately you are accountable for a rigorous Final Engineering Sign-off, and together with your team you’ll robustly align all deliverables to accomplish this on time
12. Developing strategic relationships with external technical partners, and suppliers, you’ll create a network of trusted resource to fulfil your technology road map
13. Using your extensive experience of delivering thermal management systems, you’ll support Aston Martin’s business planning, providing accurate forecasts for Engineering, Tooling and Headcount
14. You’ll define project teams capable to deliver platform specific thermal management systems using a combination of internal expertise, supplemented with external support to effectively manage workload
15. As an experienced people manager, you’ll enjoy guiding, coaching, and developing individuals on an informal daily basis as well as in a structured Performance and Development process
Qualification & Experience:
16. Extensive experience in technical leadership roles of thermal management systems, including electrified powertrains
17. Proven delivery of thermal management systems from concept to production within an OEM or tier 1 environment
18. Management of engineering design teams
19. Proven track record in coaching and development of team members
20. Working across functional teams
21. Deep understanding of high and low volume manufacturing processes eg casting, injection moulding, machining, fabrication, forming, elastomer extrusion
22. Problem solving using structured industry standard processes
23. Managing and developing external engineering resource
24. Following and supporting a production launch
25. BOM management
26. Driving optimisation through CAE
27. Close collaboration with test teams, understanding instrumentation and data analysis
28. Formal releasing procedures and design change management
29. Teamcentre PLM or similar
30. Industry standard vehicle validation procedures
31. Developing design standards
32. Lessons learned and continuous improvement processes
33. Engineering Degree
34. Industry related courses – Project Management, Leadership, FMEA
Behaviours:
35. A confident communicator that can inspire immediate credibility amongst seniors and team members alike
36. Able to inspire and motivate an engineering group
37. Expert level understanding of thermal management systems from an engineering fundamental basis
38. Creative thinking and problem-solving
39. Understand the link between the technical specification and the component cost
40. Independent, proactive, able to identify the priority action from the noise and drive it to completion
41. Open and honest communication
42. Have the strength and determination to deliver on commitments
43. Flexibility to adapt to changing needs
44. Naturally assumes ownership
45. Accountable for the team’s deliverables and responsible to delegate tasks appropriately
Belong at Aston Martin
We understand that the incredible beauty, craft and art that defines an Aston Martin comes from the inclusion of our amazing people.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different.