Technical Group Leader
Location: Gaydon
Position Type: Contract inside IR35
Salary: £35.80 per hour umbrella inside IR35
Job Description
* Drive the development of new and existing vehicle architectures, leading either the Cockpit, Closures and Exterior or Cabin Zone within a vehicle program.
* Integrate new technologies within the chosen zone into new and existing vehicle architectures.
* Drive functional and attribute target delivery, acting as the voice of the customer and leading any required arbitration.
* Develop vehicle‑level end‑to‑end technical delivery plans for key systems, identifying inter‑dependencies and maturation versus customer requirements throughout virtual and physical test phases.
* Lead the Technical Problem Resolution Cross‑Squad / Cross‑Zone, including escalation as required.
* Oversee alignment on, and subsequent delivery of, Minimum Viable Product into both virtual and physical verification and validation through the life of the programme.
* Resolve zonal cross‑squad obstacles, ensuring timely escalation to nameplate and/or Architecture VEM as required.
Qualifications
* Automotive technical knowledge.
* Advanced technical depth in vehicle, system and component detailed 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 leading teams of people to solve complex technical issues using a structured approach (e.g., 8D and/or Six Sigma).
* Project Management experience delivering against a complex set of programme technical deliverables.
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