Vehicle Brake Refinement Engineer

Brakes Refinement Engineer (x3)

Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire Hybrod travel to europe is required

Hourly rate: 27.21ph INSIDE IR35 (Via Umbrella Solutions)

Department: BODY & EXTERIORS

Full UK Cat B Driving Licence

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Opportunity:

The brakes refinement team is responsible for the engineering and delivery of a refined braking system from the pedal to the foundation brake on all vehicle lines to customer expectations.

Brakes refinement attributes include squeal, judder, creep groan and wheel honk and brake actuation NVH and EPB sound quality.

There is a strong focus on ensuring that our standards satisfy our customers in conjunction with developing efficient methods for delivery of programmes including the use of virtual tools and translation of customer requirements into objective measurements.

This role will aim to enhance the customer experience through the design, development, measurement and balance of the brake refinement customer attributes for Jaguar Land Rover vehicles

Key Performance Indicators:

Support the lead engineer delivering the brakes refinement customer quality targets for one or more vehicle programmes or platforms in line with program gateways.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Support delivery of all Attribute Requirement targets by Gateway and ensure all technical issues are identified and resolved.

Support test and development activities as required or specified in the Design Verification Plan (DVP) Including, physical / virtual testing, measurement and visual assessments as required.

Work with lead engineer as required to drive implementation and resolution of all engineering solutions

Deliver technical recommendations and reports

Support competitor and comparator Attribute benchmarking.

Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

Key Interactions:

• Brakes Refinement Lead Engineer
• Brakes Module Leaders
• Brakes Design Team
• Brakes Performance Team
• Suspension System Architecture Team

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• Knowledge of automotive brake system design
• Previous experience of problem-solving tools e.g. Root Cause Analysis, 8 Disciplines of problem solving,
• Design of Experiments and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) in Manufacturing
• Previous experience and background in solving complex technical ideas and challenges
• Relevant degree
• Full UK Cat B Driving Licence
• Some experience of explicit and/or implicit CAE software and associated pre and post processing packages

Desirable:

• Ability to identify the specifications that influence Brake attributes including performance and refinement.
• Experience in the field of NVH analysis
• Knowledge of industry standard NVH measurement systems (LMS Test.lab, HEAD Artemis, Prosig, etc.)
• Microsoft package elements Project, Power Point and Excel
• Knowledge of whole vehicle engineering knowledge and cross functional experience

Personal Profile:

Essential:

• An individual who is results driven with the ability to deliver operational plans in a highly demanding environment
• An individual with the ability to prioritise their workload
• A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
• An effective team player who supports team members
• Able to regularly support testing in the UK and at various European locations for two-to-three-week test blocks - generally in Spain, Sweden and Finland

Desirable:

• Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure
• Experience of vehicle test and subjective evaluation

Education:

• Relevant Engineering Degree, ideally MEng.

Graduates with Brakes experience would be considered

Must be able to travel to Europe for testing

If you want to know more about this exciting opportunity please review and email me back if you are interested