Electrical Update Engineer – Flamingo
Position Title: Electrical Update Engineer – Flamingo
Location: Crewe, Cheshire
Contract: Outside IR35, 35 hours per week
Work arrangement: On‑site
Applicants must have proof of immediate, ongoing and valid eligibility to work full time in the UK and travel within the EU.
I am currently recruiting on behalf of a premium automotive manufacturer who are looking for an Electrical Update Engineer to join their team on a long‑term rolling contract basis.
Responsibilities
* Provide a technical lead for scripting, testing and delivering update packs to the wider business using the automated update tool, Flamingo.
* Attend the EE‑Change Control Board (CCB), liaising with project teams to understand specifics, generate a bespoke test script and confirm suitability to associated baselines and System 42.
* Liaise with the CP‑Tool Manager and highlight any discrepancies found when using D2C2.
* Generate Beta and Final update packs for requested project vehicles.
* Identify and create the test requirement for each Flamingo Work Package in line with the changes (severity).
* Prove out the Flamingo updates on the allocated fleet vehicles, identifying integration dependencies and checking compatibility.
* Perform back‑end analysis on the allocated Flamingo results, oversee resolution of issues preventing the rollout of these updates.
* Work with Aftersales, Quality and Version Management to ensure compliance with UNECE regulations relating to the update of vehicles to baselines.
* Attend ICCB meetings to obtain advance information on new parts, ZDCs and software required in Flamingo.
* Work with the test and build support team to understand physical updates of a vehicle in advance of Flamingo scripts.
* Perform and analyse Flamingo traces.
* Understand failures during ZDC development.
* Participate in the resolution of ZDC failures using UDS error codes.
* Liaise with engineers within the department to ensure fixes are put in place to prevent failures experienced by customers (shadow fixes).
* Provide Flamingo‑related support and EE recommendations to the Durability, Quality, Press & Special, and Aftersales functions when required.
Qualifications / Skills
* Understanding of country matrix to assign standard and option PR codes to ECUs within the part structure for each project.
* Knowledge of ZDCs, their purpose, structure, and how to resolve coding errors with users and engineers.
* Full understanding of UNECE 155 and 156 and its application to CP TOOL.
* Proficiency with VAG diagnostic tool.
* Experience with multi‑network dataloggers and vehicle configuration tools.
* Significant experience in specifying and validating complex integrated vehicle systems.
* Proven track record in electrical fault finding and vehicle diagnosis.
Why work through Contechs?
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