Lead Engineer Body Structures

Jaguar & Land Rove; Stratford-upon-Avon; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive sector seeks a Lead Engineer to design and develop vehicle components. You will work alongside experts to manage programs and lead innovative projects from concept through production, ensuring high standards of safety, quality, and performance.

Qualifications

• Passion for the automotive industry.
• Strong project management capabilities.
• Comfortable challenging cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Design and Develop components from concept to Production.
• Supplier management and resolution of engineering issues.
• Derive Engineering Specifications and Design Verification Plans.

Skills

Project Management

Multitasking

Resilience

Dynamic and Determined

Customer-focused Solutions

Tools

CATIA

Job description

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START DATE: 18/06/2025
POSTING END DATE: 02/07/2025
LOCATION: Gaydon

Product Engineering at JLR is centred on innovation and creativity. From advanced driver assistance systems to developing the future of electric propulsion, the opportunities to create exceptional experiences for the future of motoring are wide-ranging. You'll work alongside industry experts to drive product strategy, manage programs, analyse performance, and lead transformation initiatives. Exceptional careers that bring world-renowned vehicles to life start here.

As a Lead Engineer you will be responsible for the design and development of components on a given platform from concept into production, with platform & project engineer responsibilities. Achieving targets for component/system cost, weight, NVH, dynamics, safety, and function into the program team, as well as making the design and tooling releases to suppliers.

WHAT TO EXPECT

In this role, no two tasks are the same. With lots of projects and relationships to build with people across the business and beyond, it’s a challenge that will help your career grow within an iconic organisation. Here’s what to expect:

• Design and Engineering of BIW components from concept to Production in CATIA
• Working across steel and aluminium componentry
• Derivation of Engineering Specifications, DFMEA, Delivery Timing Plan and Design Verification Plans (DVP)
• Providing technical and engineering support for Design Engineers & Lead Engineers
• Supplier management, discussions and communications
• Resolution of engineering issues throughout process (AIMS)
• Design of components that adhere to departmental standards

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills that you’ll need to have to help you succeed here, including:

• A passion for the automotive industry and the potential of automotive technology
• Strong project management capabilities with the ability to multitask
• Comfortable challenging cross-functionally and at a variety of levels within the business
• Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure, whilst responding constructively to new ideas and inputs
• A dynamic and determined individual, highly driven, committed and results-orientated with significant pace, energy and confidence. Able to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with strategic vision
• Able to deliver quality and consistency in a complex, highly demanding environment with a range of expectations on what customer-focussed solutions might look like
• Agile working and associated systems and processes

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

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