Automotive Manufacturing Controls Engineer – Diagnostics

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Job summary

McLaren Automotive in Woking is seeking a Controls Engineer to ensure vehicle control systems, diagnostics, and software deployment meet the highest quality and production targets.

You will define, deploy, and improve robust control processes, own responses to complex vehicle and production issues, and lead cross‑functional resolution with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to protect timing, cost and product integrity.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in automotive controls, diagnostics, and production environments.
• Proven ability to resolve complex vehicle and production issues using structured containment, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.

Responsibilities

• Define, deploy, and improve robust controls and diagnostic processes that protect vehicle build quality, product conformity, and production efficiency.
• Own the technical response to complex vehicle, electrical, software, diagnostic, commissioning, and production-process issues from containment through corrective action.
• Monitor adherence to approved manufacturing processes, control plans, diagnostic sequences, software releases, coding standards, and escalation procedures; address deviations before they affect quality or production.
• Use structured problem-solving methods to analyse defects and process failures, establish root cause, define containment and recovery actions, and verify corrective-action effectiveness.
• Provide hands-on technical support for End-of-Line testing, software download, coding, commissioning, traceability, fault diagnosis, rework, and vehicle release, ensuring issues are resolved safely.
• Lead cross-functional issue-resolution activities, coordinate Engineering and supplier support, and escalate risks to protect programme timing, quality, cost, and production output.

Skills

Vehicle controls

CAN/CAN FD/UDS

EV/HEV architecture

High-Voltage safety

Diagnostics

Software deployment

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Diagnostics software

Job description

McLaren Automotive in Woking is seeking a Controls Engineer to ensure vehicle control systems, diagnostics, and software deployment meet the highest quality and production targets.

You will define, deploy, and improve robust control processes, own responses to complex vehicle and production issues, and lead cross‑functional resolution with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to protect timing, cost and product integrity.