Engineer, Electrical Series

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after 2 years

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Ltd is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead and support series electrical activity within the EE Programmes department. You will manage hardware/software delivery into all series programmes, including MPC support and aftersales investigations, with leadership of small workstreams and strong autonomy.

Applicants should hold an Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree (2:1+), have OEM/Tier 1 experience, and be proficient with DFMEA, Ethernet/CAN/LIN protocols, and tools like

Qualifications

• Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree 2:1 or above.
• Experience with high-volume or niche-volume programs in OEM or Tier 1.
• Strong technical skills to design/optimise and solve novel problems.
• Knowledge of DFMEA and automotive environment.
• Knowledge of automotive communication protocols: Ethernet, CAN, LIN.
• Experience with Mantis or Jira.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ES&C support within MPC and manage electrical issue resolution.
• Maintain a right-to-left plan for component/QCR delivery and drive critical RCA.
• Oversee external headcount to meet series KPI targets.
• Lead investigations and resolutions for aftersales technical requests.
• Support software integration changes and timing with the team.
• Own designs, lead reviews, perform root-cause analysis, and improve processes.

Skills

Strong problem solving

Analytical thinking

Autonomy

Lead small workstreams

Mentor juniors

Education

Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree (2:1+)

Tools

Mantis

Jira

CATIA v5

Job description

Reporting to the Senior Manager - Series working within the EE Programmes department, the Senior Engineer will lead and support the delivery of series electrical activity. Working within a series team utilising internal and managing external headcount to plan and deliver hardware and software into all series programmes - either through programme change, issues resolution etc. What You'll Do The role will involve working for the Electrical Series team taking on responsibility for delivery of series electrical activity.

What You'll Do

• McLaren Production Centre Support:
  • Lead the ES&C support within MPC to assist with all electrical issues that are raised.
  • Maintain a right to left plan for component and/or QCR resolution delivery.
  • Ensure critical issues are RCA'd and contained within target timelines.
  • Understand external head count requirements to ensure series KPI's are met.
• Aftersales Support:
  • Lead the investigation and resolution of all technical requests raised by aftersales
  • Ensure all issues are tracked and resolutions agreed within current processes.
• Support the ES&C team with:
  • Quality issue investigation and resolution
  • Oversee software change requests, support and work with Software Integration engineer to agree the change & target implementation timing.
  • Support decision meetings with concise, accurate technical and project information. Ensure consequences of decisions are understood and fed back into series targets.
  • Proven knowledge in electrical hardware design, including brackets and interfaces to other existing vehicle components for quick fault resolution.
  • Update electrical standards.
  • Experience in using CATIA v5 for basic component analysis preferred.
  • Mentors juniors & lead small workstreams
  • High autonomy within remit; willing to make design decisions and proposes trade-offs
  • Take ownership of designs, lead reviews, perform root-cause analysis, improve processes

Requirements

• Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree or related field 2:1 or above.
• Experience of High volume or niche volume programs in an OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
• Strong experience in effective technical problem solving for electro-mechanical systems.
• Strong technical skills; able to design/optimise and solve novel problems
• Knowledge of DFMEA and its application in automotive environment.
• Knowledge of automotive communication protocols, Ethernet CAN, LIN
• Strong experience with project/issue tracking tools such as Mantis or Jira

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What We'll Do for You

• 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