Suspension Component Design & Release Engineer
Duties:
Component design and release role for suspension mechanical and hydraulic components.
Responsible for working with multiple potential suppliers to develop components from concept selection through to launch.
Duties will include:
- Collating and agreeing requirements with internal stakeholders, and agreeing/negotiating these design requirements with potential supplier
- Co-ordinating internal/supplier development activities to finalise product specification
- Work with Procurement to manage supplier selection processe
- Managing chosen suppliers towards delivering quality products on-time and to cost and attribute target
- Working within the JLR PCDS process, deliver Gateway requirements for components owned
Essential Skills:
- Experience of working with automotive suppliers for mechanical and/or hydraulic components
- Experience of component development and design verification planning and management
- Experience of JLR on-cycle product and programme delivery processes
- Excellent communication skills and team player
Desireable
- Knowledge of hydraulics principles and underlying physics
- Experience in using Matlab for data analysis
- Experience of using quality toolset e.g. DFMEA
Education:
- Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent
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