Job Title - Body In White Design Principal Engineer
Location - Cranfield
Pay Rate - £27.94 via PAYE (inside IR35)
Length of contract - 12 months
Working patten - Minimum 3 days in the office / 2 days at home- ( this may change depending on workload)
Must have experience in:
1. BIW (Body In white)
2. Catia
3. GD (Grade Delay)
Key Responsibilities
4. The person will be expected to carry out design activities related to innovative technologies / cost optimisation / break through ideas related to BEV (Battery EV) vehicles - focusing on future vehicles as well as current production.
5. Scope covers platform commodities: Body in white (BIW) and trim components (acoustic and aerodynamic related parts).
6. Study technical solutions (benchmark, FMEA, design parts and systems etc), build business case (cost analysis), lead validation and adoption of the new design.
7. Leading/supporting communication and negotiation with internal and external stakeholders including other design sections, suppliers, manufacturing plant, test group, product planning group, project management group etc
8. Collaboration with broad range of entities across Nissan organisation: Nissan Technical and Business centres in Europe as well as Nissan Japan R&D and Nissan India support centre.
Qualifications, Skills and Training
9. Minimum HNC/HND or international equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering discipline. Degree level qualification preferred.
10. Experience working with metal pressings and assembly and/or trim parts is necessary (experience in both commodities is preferred but not mandatory)
11. Extensive experience in automotive design, minimum Tier 1 supplier, OEM preferred.
12. Experience of supplier management is necessary
13. Experience working with other automotive OEMs is highly desirable
14. CAD skill is highly preferable but not mandatory (preferably NX)
15. Driving licence valid in the UK/EU is necessary
English language skills must be sufficient to carry out the work required.
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