Feature Integration Engineer

Sumitomo Electric; Gaydon; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Sumitomo Electric is seeking a Feature Integration Engineer on a contract basis in Gaydon. The role focuses on overseeing that the software feature content for a vehicle programme is clearly defined, delivered and signed-off to target.

You will engage stakeholders across Marketing, Programme Management and Vehicle teams, aligning plans with technical domains to drive readiness, deployment and testing through to launch. Strong collaboration and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of software/feature integration and systems engineering principles.
• Experience in planning and integration of complex electrical and software systems in automotive.
• Experience leading engineering product delivery using project management techniques.
• Proven ability to interpret and use technical data along with business skills for decision-making.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - able to collaboratively influence across all business functions and at different levels.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office software applications - Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams etc

Responsibilities

• Oversee that the software feature content for a vehicle programme is clearly defined, delivered and signed-off to target.
• Agree feature offering across Marketing, Programme Management and Vehicle teams and align plans with technical domains.
• Manage feature design specification development and readiness for deployment and testing progression through all maturity levels to launch.
• Regularly discuss risks and plans for new features with feature owners and report status via a consolidated report.
• Organise feature demonstrations so that the customer experience can be assessed.

Skills

Software integration

Systems engineering

Project management

Technical data

Interpersonal skills

MS Office

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

Order Ref: 37211197

Position Title: Feature Integration Engineer

Duration: Contract

Location: Gaydon

£35.80 Inside IR35

Duties

• A vacancy for a Feature Integration Engineer has arisen, to be responsible for overseeing that the software feature content for a specific vehicle programme is clearly defined, delivered and signed-off to target.
• This involves understanding the customer experience offering of each feature, agreeing this offering across stakeholders such as Marketing, Programme Management and Vehicle teams and then aligning plans with the technical domains that will deliver it.
• Throughout the vehicle programme, the Integration Engineer works with the technical domains to manage the feature's design specification development to assess and report out on readiness for deployment and subsequent testing progression through all of its maturity levels through to launch.
• The role includes regular discussion with feature owners to collate and understand risks and plans for new features and regularly reports out a full status via a consolidated report, as well as organising feature demonstrations so that the customer experience can be assessed.

Skills

• Good understanding of software/feature integration and systems engineering principles
• Experience in the planning and integration of complex electrical and software systems in an automotive or similar discipline
• Experience of leading engineering product delivery using project management techniques;
• Proven ability to interpret and use technical data along with business skills for decision-making
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - able to collaboratively influence across all business functions and at different levels;
• Competent user of Microsoft Office software applications - Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams etc

Education

• Relevant Degree or equivalent level qualification or experience in a relevant field.