Senior Development Engineer – Shrewsbury (Hybrid)
Job Description:
The role will focus on the verification and validation needs of powertrain products for primarily the defense land systems segment. The successful incumbent will play a leading technical role in areas such as component resourcing validation, post design services reporting, inline 6 product development and much more.
Ideally experience in powertrain or something comparable
Supporting planning of engineering programs
Assisting testing
Reviewing data from testing
Senior role so expectation of someone with a number of years experience and able to guide and direct less experienced engineers
Willingness to travel to customer locations in UK
Good to have experience of:
Background working in powertrain component testing (putting transmissions etc on to test rigs, testing them and then reporting the findings internally)
Worked in turbo charger testing, transmission testing (NPI)
What You Will Do:
• Support to planning (resource profiling and costing of verification and validation) engineering programs.
• Creating detailed test plans (DVP&R) to validate complex components / assemblies
• Run rig / dyno tests on components / assemblies and produce technical reports covering findings.
• Conduct complex data analysis on test results using hand calculations and / or relevant simulation software as needed.
• Engage in stakeholder reviews, presenting to colleagues of all levels across engineering and other associated departments.
• Provide guidance and direction to less experienced engineers as needed within the team.
• Communicate complex technical information to customers, team members, suppliers and other business units as needed.
What You Will Bring:
• An accredited engineering degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in a development engineer role, ideally with engine, transmission, or driveline development experience.
• Experience in product testing of either components or complete assemblies.
• Extensive troubleshooting experience on complex products or systems.
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to build effective relationships.
• Proven ability to deliver work to clearly defined plans within tight timescales.
• A Willingness to travel to both customer and supplier locations as needed.
Required background
* Experience on MOD projects
* Experience with turbo systems
* NVH experience - noise vibration harness
* PHD in the NVH / Analysis space.
Note: Hybrid policy – minimum of 3 days a week in the office. (Role Mon-Fri / 37hr Week)