Job Description

Design Engineering services (Body & Exterior Parts) (948)

Cranfield - 3 days in the office and 2 days at home

Length of contract – 12 months with the intension to extend

Pay rate: £27.00p/h

We are recruiting a Design Engineer Services (Body & Exterior Parts) for one of our automotive clients based in Cranfield. You will be working for a globally recognised automotive company. This is a long-term contract role. The contract is on an ongoing basis a may run for several years.

Key Responsibilities of the Body Electronics Engineer:

Body & Exterior Engineer encompassing:

- Global design and development at part / module level.

- Work within a cross functional global team.

- Manage BOM application from vehicle & styling specs as input.

- Create and manage the part validation plans for suppliers.

- Supplier management (cost / quality and timing).

- Meeting regulation & safety performance requirements.

- Managing and reporting of “part cost performance” vs “budget”.

- Quick root cause analysis of technical concerns and complete QCT management for efficient adoption of the solution to vehicle.

- Manage design releases and revisions to meet project milestones.

- Perform design reviews before major project milestones.

- Supporting global strategies with European customer voice and competitor benchmark.

- Achieve cost target (piece price / VT, cost reduction).

- Achieve quality target (part performance, spec, NEVQS, warranty).

- Achieve project KPI’s (Key performance indicators).

- Technical solutions for development / market concern.

- On time design release / delivery to support milestones and builds.

- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Qualifications & Experience for the Body Electronics Engineer:

- Design / engineering qualification (preferably degree level).

- NX CAD skills (engineer rather than CAD engineer).

- Able to articulate and explain ideas to a global audience.

- Knowledge of datum concepts/geometrical tolerancing

- Time management skills.

- Previous automotive design and development experience.

- Knowledge of Body & Exterior manufacturing processes, especially metal pressing/forming and injection moulding.

- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

- Knowledge of applied regulations for body/exterior parts for Europe.

- Valid driving licence, and able to travel globally.

- Ability to adapt quickly to new internal process, portals, documents.

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