Engineer Body Systems

McLaren Racing; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance

Sabbatical option after two years' of/

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive in the United Kingdom is seeking a Body Systems Engineer to drive end-to-end feature delivery across vehicle programmes. This role requires close collaboration with Systems Engineering, validation and product teams to ensure quality, timing and performance targets are met.

You will own requirements, coordinate cross-functional teams, and contribute to lifecycle milestones from definition through integration, with a focus on delivering customer-facing features and robust system

Qualifications

• Practical experience in systems engineering within automotive or similar complex environment.
• Understanding of feature delivery, requirements development and cross-functional coordination.
• Awareness of cross-domain interactions affecting Body Systems performance.
• Ability to work with structured development artefacts and traceability.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Body Systems features with end-to-end coordination across gateways.
• Own or support definition and maintenance of feature and system requirements.
• Coordinate interfaces across system, software, hardware, validation and attribute teams.
• Support planning, maturity tracking and readiness reviews in the V-cycle.
• Assist verification planning, test definition and issue investigation.
• Apply systems engineering methods and tools, and propose process improvements.

Skills

Systems engineering

Cross-functional coordination

Requirements development

Problem solving

Communication

Engineering processes

Education

Engineering degree (2:1 or higher)

Job description

This role supports the delivery of the Body Systems Design. The Body Systems Engineer will be responsible for engineering activities within the Body Systems domain, contributing to the definition, specification, coordination, development and integration of features that meet quality, timing and performance targets across vehicle programmes. Working as part of a wider cross-functional team, the engineer will support end-to-end feature delivery by helping define feature requirements, coordinate system-level activities, manage technical artefacts and support integration through the engineering lifecycle. The role requires strong collaboration across Systems Engineering, Attribute, Commodity Engineering, Validation, Product and programme teams, with a proactive approach to learning, delivery and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

• Feature Delivery Support end-to-end delivery of Body Systems features as part of the Systems Engineering team, helping coordinate activities across gateways and contributing to the successful delivery of complete customer-facing functions.
• Requirements Ownership Support the definition, authoring and maintenance of feature requirements, system requirements and supporting technical artefacts, ensuring clear traceability, quality and alignment across stakeholders.
• System Coordination & Integration Work across system, software, hardware, validation and attribute teams to support decomposition, interface definition, issue resolution and integration of Body Systems features through the development lifecycle.
• Lifecycle & Gateway Delivery Contribute to engineering activities across the V-cycle and programme gateways, supporting planning, maturity tracking, readiness reviews and closure of actions required to progress feature delivery.
• Verification, Validation & Issue Management Support verification planning, test definition, results review and technical issue investigation to help demonstrate that delivered system behaviour meets requirements and intended vehicle performance.
• Tools, Process & Continuous Improvement Apply established systems engineering methods, processes and tools consistently, including support for structured ticket and artefact management, while contributing ideas that improve team effectiveness and delivery quality.

What You’ll Bring

• Practical experience in systems engineering within automotive or a similarly complex engineering environment, with exposure to feature delivery, structured requirements development and cross-functional engineering coordination.
• Technical understanding of vehicle systems, with particular interest or experience in Body Systems and an appreciation of how customer-facing features are defined, decomposed, integrated and validated across contributing systems.
• Awareness of the cross-domain interactions that influence Body Systems performance, such as closures, glazing, latching, access systems, interior mechanisms, occupant interfaces, connectivity and their integration with electrical, software and vehicle network systems.
• Experience working with systems engineering artefacts such as feature requirements, system requirements, interface definitions, validation criteria or traceability records in a structured development environment.
• Able to work effectively across multiple stakeholders, communicate clearly, and support delivery through structured problem solving, technical coordination and disciplined follow-through.
• Degree-qualified, 2:1 or above, in engineering (or equivalent) with a sound understanding of systems engineering principles, engineering processes and the use of relevant tools and methods.

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We offer a wide - ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice