Body Test Operations IPC Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Warwick; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking luxury automotive company as a Body Test Operations IPC Engineer. You'll lead the coordination of innovative prototype test properties, ensuring the development and approval of body components for cutting-edge automotive programs. This role requires a strong engineering and project management background, with a focus on collaboration across teams. If you're passionate about automotive engineering and ready to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable Excel skills and understanding of Bills of Materials.
• Project management with robust cross-functional working experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage IP&C assemblies from planning to delivery.
• Gather and consolidate requirements from engineering customers.

Skills

Excel Skills

Bills Of Materials (BoMs)

CAD visualisation

Engineering background

Project Management

Automotive engineering

Education

Degree level

Job description

Job Description

Position Title: Body Test Operations IPC Engineer

Duration: Contract

Location: Gaydon

£33.82phr INSIDE IR35

*Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility to work full time in the UK and travel within the EU.*

About the company

I am currently recruiting on behalf of a Luxury Automotive OEM, based in Gaydon, who are seeking a Body Test Operations IPC Engineer to join their team

Duties:

• The Body Test Operations (BTO) team is responsible for planning and managing physical prototype test properties that support the development and approval of body components for the Clients' programmes.
• These properties, often referred to as 'rigs', typically consist of a painted body shell equipped only with the parts necessary for a specific test, rather than a fully assembled vehicle, and a number of supporting 'kits' of parts.
• For some of the new models currently in development we're also planning, building and managing a large number of Instrument Panels & Floor Consoles (IP&Cs) assemblies to support development and sign-off testing.
• You will be leading the activities relating to these IP&C properties.
• Responsibilities will include (but not limited to);
• Overall end-to-end coordination and responsibility for two models worth of IP&C assemblies from planning through to delivery
• Gathering and consolidation of the requirements from the engineering customers
• Planning and management of Bills of Materials (BoM) for these assemblies, aligning them to the required build level and part maturities
• Coordination and management of parts ordering, rate and flow, part shortage meetings and issue resolution related thereto, particularly for content not yet released by engineering
• Coordination of (build planning, rate and flow etc) and support for property build, resolving issues and coordinating logistics of the properties into test

Essential Skills:

• Robust and demonstrable Excel Skills with understanding of Bills Of Materials (BoMs) and CAD visualisation
• Engineering and testing background
• Project Management with Robust Cross-Functional Working
• Automotive engineering build and/or test

Education:

• Degree level desired, but not essential.

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