Job Title: Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer
Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire
Rate: £33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £25.26ph on a PAYE basis
Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until March 2027)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J37091354
Position Description
WHAT TO EXPECT
Our client is seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join our team as a Whole Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer.
This role is part of the Off-Cycle Projects arm in the VAVE team. As a Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer, you’ll be responsible for generating CAD schemes to support the generation of the upper body and/or under body package layout in the Concept phase (pre-CS to KO) across all new Products, in order to meet the Engineering, Manufacturing and Design requirements.
As a Vehicle Concepts Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for whole vehicle package layout and your key interactions will be mainly but not exclusively with VAVE (Forward Model Architectures, Pre-KO VEM, TGLs, ZI Technical Specialists and SMEs, Human Factors, VE Attribute teams including Weight, TASE, Vehicle Efficiency), Body and Chassis Concepts, Studio Feas, Design, Body Structural Integration & Advanced Powertrain.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
Essential:
* Competency in laying out Upper body hard points: Occupant Positioning across all seats, IP & Console, steering column, base of screen, pedals, ingress / egress, trunk dimensioning and useability.
* And/or Competency in laying out Underbody hard points: Groundlines, Attitude planes, running clearance, approach/departure, front & rear end length for Vehicle Safety / SI Requirements, key Axle points, Tyre Envelopes and EDU/ICE Dynamic motion wraps.
* Understands the interdependencies between Upper body & Underbody requirements (including Legals).
* Fully competent in CAD creation and visualisation preferably Catia V6.
* Self-starter able to sustain a high, multitask workload. Combine Engineering with business skills.
* Ability to work within a team or alone with exceptional organisation skills and attention to detail.
* Must have good presentation skills with the ability to clearly communicate to all levels within the company (production line to director level).
THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35
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Our Clients areunableto provide sponsorship for Visas; therefore, only candidates eligible to work in the UK need apply!
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