Lead Chassis Launch Engineer - Brakes & Suspension

Tata Technologies; Warwick; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme with up to 5% employer

Private healthcare

Group income protection

Employee Assistance Program

Group life assurance

Health cash plan

Job summary

Tata Technologies is seeking a Lead Engineer – Chassis Launch (Suspension) to own allocated chassis components during vehicle launch and industrialisation, ensuring on-time, within-cost delivery into production.

You will drive engineering, quality and manufacturing issues to resolution, support DV/PV and sign-off activities, and coordinate cross-functional teams across Solihull facilities to mature components per programme plans.

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience delivering brakes or other chassis components within 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.

Responsibilities

• Engineering ownership of allocated brakes commodities and associated brackets from the following group: Brake pipes, brake hoses, brake pedal, accelerator pedal.
• 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.
• Manage engineering changes and programme risks.
• Coordinate suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure vehicle builds are supported with correct parts and engineering status.
• Escalate issues where required.
• Support launch activities at Solihull manufacturing facility.
• Ensure maturation of components in line with programme plans.
• Communicate engineering status to Chassis Launch leader.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Automotive chassis knowledge

APQP/PPAP/FMEA

Strong communication

Education

Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

CAD literacy

Job description

Tata Technologies is seeking a Lead Engineer – Chassis Launch (Suspension) to own allocated chassis components during vehicle launch and industrialisation, ensuring on-time, within-cost delivery into production.

You will drive engineering, quality and manufacturing issues to resolution, support DV/PV and sign-off activities, and coordinate cross-functional teams across Solihull facilities to mature components per programme plans.