Chassis Launch Lead Engineer — Axles

Tata Technologies; Warwick; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

Private healthcare

Group income protection

Employee Assistance Program

Group life assurance

Health cash plan

Job summary

Tata Technologies is seeking a Lead Engineer for Chassis Launch (Axles) to own the engineering of allocated chassis components during vehicle launches and industrialisation. The role requires coordinating with suppliers, managing issues, and ensuring on-time, within-budget component delivery.

Responsibilities include driving DV/PV sign-off, supporting pre-production and production builds, and maintaining clear communication of status to leadership.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience delivering brakes or chassis components in automotive programmes.
• Proven project management and issue resolution capability.
• Knowledge of product development, validation and launch processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA and structured problem solving.
• PC literacy: MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering of allocated chassis components during launch and industrialisation.
• Drive all engineering, quality and manufacturing issues to resolution.
• Ensure DV, PV, sign-off activities and engineering releases are completed.
• Support, pilot, pre-production and production builds.
• Deliver components on time, cost and specification.
• Coordinate suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Escalate issues where required.
• Support launch activities at Solihull manufacturing facility.
• Communicate engineering status to Chassis Launch leader.

Skills

Project management

Issue resolution

APQP/PPAP

FMEA

CAD literacy

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)

Job description

Tata Technologies is seeking a Lead Engineer for Chassis Launch (Axles) to own the engineering of allocated chassis components during vehicle launches and industrialisation. The role requires coordinating with suppliers, managing issues, and ensuring on-time, within-budget component delivery.

Responsibilities include driving DV/PV sign-off, supporting pre-production and production builds, and maintaining clear communication of status to leadership.