Vehicle Systems Integration Engineer - Midlands

Vehicle – Systems Integration Engineer

The Candidate must have direct automotive industry experience and understanding of automotive processes. We are looking for a hands-on engineer who will embrace the company’s cultural & professional business environment and will work directly with our customers and with the suppliers. The vehicle system integration engineer will be involved to support build and commissioning of vehicles / lab-cars and to identify, manage and resolve quality/warranty issues in ongoing vehicle programs.

The responsibilities of this position will include, but not be limited to:

• Oversee the build of development vehicles and lab-cars.
• Plan vehicle / lab-car commissioning bring up sequence.
• Support the commissioning of all vehicle systems as they are sequentially brought up during a commissioning program.
• Knowledge of typical vehicle control systems and an understanding of their internal operation.
• Analysis of quality & warranty data from various sources such as Analytical Warranty System (AWS), Durability testing, customer feedback and dealer communications.
• Perform root cause analysis, including testing where required, to identify cause & resolutions for field issues, and to validate the effectiveness of corrective actions
• Work with component/system owners, suppliers, manufacturing teams to implement corrective actions for identified issues.
• Manage implementation of software and hardware changes to provide new function implementation and to improve product build efficiency.
• Report out to customer & company-internal parties

Personal attributes

• Strong hands on, “can do” EE engineering skills.
• Ability to learn fast and to quickly pick up new skills and engineering concepts.
• Ability to effectively operate and communicate in a multi-cultural environment.
• Excellent organization and prioritization skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate clearly with those for whom English is not a first language.
• Ability to report to senior management and report accurate information in a clear and concise manner

Technical attributes

• Minimum 5 years of experience in automotive EE systems / component engineering, development & testing.
• Background in electrical design and / or software implementation
• Direct experience of vehicle system integration in an OEM/Tier 1 environment
• Able to commission and test system architecture, manage feature implementation with Electrical Architect and Suppliers
• Able to test and validate the system features on various platform such as rigs, lab-car, vehicle.
• Able to create support the development and execution of vehicle DVPs
• Highly familiar with  Vector Canoe / Canalyser; Analysis of A2B, CAN, LIN, Ethernet, LVDS communication busses.
• Fully familiar with typical vehicle power distribution topologies, with an ability to test and debug power supply related issues.
• Familiar with HV working procedures, preferably with accreditation in the operation of HV component maintenance procedures.
• Familiar with software downloading processes.
• Ensure effective communication, containment and action plans with regards to quality related issues.
• Support that effective root cause analysis and permanent corrective actions are implemented for quality issues.
• Good working knowledge of all low-voltage electrical systems within a vehicle platform.