Responsibilities
Vehicular System Design and Development
- Lead the definition, design, and validation of vehicle-level systems, encompassing conventional and hybrid-electric drive architectures.
- Translate customer and mission requirements into clear system and subsystem specifications, ensuring performance, reliability, and safety targets are met.
- Conduct competitive benchmarking and trade-off analysis to guide platform design evolution and technology selection.
- Establish and maintain configuration baselines across multiple vehicle variants, ensuring design integrity and full traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
- Drive system integration of new technologies, such as digital architectures, power management systems, and advanced driveline solutions (HED, BEV) into existing vehicle platforms.
Implementation and Integration
- Oversee end-to-end implementation and integration activities, coordinating with multidisciplinary internal teams and key external partners or OEM suppliers.
- Develop and execute validation and verification (V&V) plans, including bench tests, subsystem integration, and vehicle-level trials.
- Lead root-cause investigations and implement robust corrective actions to address system issues, ensuring continuous system reliability improvement.
Documentation, Governance, and Compliance
- Review engineering documentation, including System Requirement Specifications, Interface Control Documents, and Design Validation Plans.
- Ensure strict adherence to automotive and defence standards (ISO 26262, ISO 9001, MIL-STD, GVA, J1939) and regulatory compliance.
- Oversee configuration control, BOM accuracy, drawings, and part numbering discipline through PLM systems, maintaining consistency across project baselines.
Continuous Improvement and Innovation
- Identify and drive system level optimisation initiatives to enhance performance, reduce cost, and simplify maintenance.
- Lead technical studies and R&D investigations on emerging automotive and defence technologies, such as electrification, digital architecture, and modular system design.
- Mentor junior engineers in system design methodologies and configuration management practices.
Cross-Functional Collaboration and Technical Leadership
- Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing engineering teams to deliver fully integrated and validated vehicle solutions.
- Serve as a technical focal point in cross-functional project teams, aligning engineering decisions with business strategy, cost, and delivery objectives.
- Engage with project managers, product leads, and customers to ensure engineering deliverables meet contractual and performance commitments.
Requirements
- Bachelor's in Mechanical, Automotive, Electrical, or Systems Engineering.
- 810 years of experience in automotive system design, integration, or platform developmentpreferably within defence, heavy-duty or off-road vehicles.
- Strong technical expertise in vehicle architectures, hybrid-electric systems, and subsystem integration (powertrain, driveline, suspension, braking, electrical).
- Proficiency in system engineering tools (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, Teamcenter, or equivalent tools).
- Demonstrated experience in configuration management, engineering change control, and lifecycle documentation.
- Proven analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities with a structured, data-driven approach.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to represent engineering priorities at programme and customer reviews.
- Experience mentoring or leading small engineering teams and contributing to capability development
