Job Title: Weights 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: J(phone number removed)
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
* Lead the coordination of vehicle weight data across all functional owners.
* Own programme‑level weight targets, including setting, balancing, and reporting status to Integration and senior teams.
* Utilisation of set control models to determine the mass and loads of all buildable derivatives on the programme.
* Lead resolution of key mass related issues, including loads, distribution, and target gaps.
* Calculate (where appropriate) vehicle mass properties from geometry & first principles.
* Coordinate generation & maintenance of Vehicle Mass Property models.
* Lead creation and validation of Loading Charts, ensuring limits are feasible and issues are resolved.
* Conduct verification of weight for prototype & production vehicles.
* Lead the certification of vehicle masses with appropriate authorities.
* Lead in market weight monitoring to ensure vehicles remain within tolerance.
Key Performance Indicators
* Define competitive vehicle targets, using benchmarking insights to guide programme direction.
* Monitor and report vehicle status against targets, ensuring readiness and transparency at all programme gateways.
* Lead administration of the RMDV requirements system, ensuring robust evidence of test and validation compliance.
* Deliver Vehicle Loading Charts and Parametric Models in line with programme milestones and standards.
* Produce programme health panel charts to support gateway reviews and decision‑making.
* Generate certification data to enable timely homologation and regulatory approval.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
* Customer-focused mindset geared towards understanding and delivering the needs of internal customers and end users.
* Demonstrated understanding of Weight and Mass Properties and its interaction with other vehicle attributes.
* Able to prioritise own time and work load.
* Aptitude for engineering, testing and evaluation; able to work precisely and to specified procedures.
* Prepared to work autonomously at all sites, establishing and maintaining relations with local staff.
Desirable
* Engineering, Maths or Physics degree qualified.
* Whole vehicle engineering knowledge & cross functional experience.
* Knowledge of technologies associated with the automotive sector, especially relating to weight reduction.
* Microsoft package elements Project, Power Point and Excel.
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