The Opportunity
Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Technical Group Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position with a proposed end date of 31stMarch 2027.
Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.
Responsibilities
* The technical arbitrator, integrating and delivering the engineering for a defined group as part of the whole vehicle development whilst ensuring compatibility with GRID, the commodity/system strategies and functional targets.
* Support 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 squads & 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 squad resolution, ensuring timely escalation to Technical Group Leader.
* Support study & Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems.
Essential Skills Required
* Automotive technical knowledge and experience of complex interactions, including technical analysis and decision-making.
* Demonstrated understanding automotive technology with a level of technical depth into vehicle, system and component 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.
Key Interactions
* PGL (Program Group Lead) for the given zone.
* PGL/TGL for interfacing zones.
* STGL & VEM.
* Engineering Delivery Director.
* Technology Centre 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
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