Vehicle Structure Project Lead Engineer - 37030781 (1109)

An exciting opportunity is available for a Vehicle Structure Project Lead Engineer to join a globally recognised automotive manufacturer in Warwickshire, leading the design and delivery of high-voltage battery enclosures, frames, lids, and associated structural components. This role focuses on ensuring component integration, achieving performance targets for weight, NVH, safety, and cost, and overseeing design and tooling releases to suppliers. You will collaborate with cross-functional vehicle and power unit teams while managing in-flight programmes to meet technical requirements and project objectives. Ideal for candidates with mechanical or structural engineering experience, strong leadership skills, and proven expertise in safety-critical component design and delivery.

Duties:
This role is within the Vehicle Structures team as a Lead Engineer, reporting to the Technical Group Leader. The role will mainly focus on the delivery of HV battery enclosures, Frame, Lid, sealing and venting and bracketry. Responsibility for ensuring all in-flight programmes are being delivered to the latest technical requirements and strategy. This will include ensuring efficient integration and compatibility of the structure, to deliver the necessary attribute targets.

As a Project Lead Engineer you will be responsible for the design and development of components on a given platform during the delivery phase, with platform & project engineer responsibilities. Achieving targets for component/system cost, weight, NVH, dynamics, safety, and function into the Vehicle and Power Unit program teams, as well as making the design and tooling releases to suppliers.

Skills:

• Proven management capabilities with excellent execution skills and the ability to multitask
• Highly experienced in HV Battery, Body or Subframe structural parts, and the associated delivery of these components
• Experience in mechanical design of safety critical structural components
• Proven ability to lead the engineering of components and systems in context within a complex team environment
• Self-motivated and able to deliver with minimum supervision
• Experience of component design to deliver performance attributes (durability, stiffness, NVH, weight, cost)

Education:

• Mechanical design background / structural engineering
• Degree in Engineering or comparable qualification