Prototype Engineer

Tata Technologies Limited; Radford Semele; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

25 Days' Holiday

Private Health Care

Tata Jaguar Land Rover PrivilegeScheme

Job summary

Tata Technologies Limited in Warwick is seeking a Senior Prototype Engineer to lead prototype builds across vehicle and product development programmes. You will provide technical leadership throughout the prototype lifecycle, ensuring robust solutions for design verification and programme delivery.

The role involves cross-functional collaboration with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and external suppliers to deliver prototype builds safely, on time, and within budget.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience within prototype engineering, product development, manufacturing engineering, or vehicle development environments.
• Experience leading prototype build activities within an engineering environment.
• Experience managing cross-functional engineering programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead prototype build planning and execution from concept through validation phases.
• Develop and maintain prototype delivery plans, timing schedules, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate build readiness activities across engineering and operations teams.
• Manage prototype build gateways and milestone reviews.
• Ensure programme risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, and communicated effectively.
• Provide technical leadership during prototype development activities.
• Support engineering feasibility reviews and design maturation.
• Ensure prototype solutions meet functional and programme requirements.
• Drive issue identification, prioritisation, investigation, and resolution.
• Facilitate engineering reviews and lessons learned activities.
• Lead prototype build events and support workshop activities.
• Coordinate prototype part procurement and availability.
• Monitor build progress and rapidly resolve build issues.
• Ensure engineering documentation and build records are maintained accurately.
• Support vehicle and component evaluation activities.
• Act as the primary interface between engineering, manufacturing, programme, and supplier teams.
• Communicate programme status, key risks, and recovery activities.
• Build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Present technical status updates to senior leadership teams.
• Ensure compliance with Tata Technologies and customer quality standards.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective action implementation.
• Ensure prototype build activities are conducted in accordance with Health, Safety, and Environmental requirements.
• Drive first-time-right delivery principles across prototype operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve prototype processes and delivery performance.
• Support the implementation of Lean Engineering and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Capture lessons learned and integrate best practices into future programmes.
• Contribute to departmental capability development and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Prototype engineering experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Automotive/Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent

Job description

At Tata Technologies we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering and validating the products of tomorrow for the world's leading manufacturers. Due to our continued growth we are now recruiting for Senior Prototype Engineer to be based at our office in Warwick.

Our Engineering Research and Development department (ER&D) is a fast growing function within Tata Technologies Limited that is assembled to work on exciting projects globally for multiple customers. It comprises highly specialized engineers across Automotive, Aerospace and Industrial Heavy Machinery. The Senior Prototype Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering prototype builds across vehicle and product development programmes. The role provides technical leadership throughout the prototype lifecycle, ensuring engineering requirements are translated into robust prototype solutions that support design verification, validation, and programme delivery objectives.

Working cross-functionally with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Programme Management, and external suppliers, the Prototype Lead Engineer will ensure prototype builds are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

• Lead prototype build planning and execution from concept through validation phases.
• Develop and maintain prototype delivery plans, timing schedules, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate build readiness activities across engineering and operations teams.
• Manage prototype build gateways and milestone reviews.
• Ensure programme risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, and communicated effectively.
• Provide technical leadership during prototype development activities.
• Support engineering feasibility reviews and design maturation.
• Ensure prototype solutions meet functional and programme requirements.
• Drive issue identification, prioritisation, investigation, and resolution.
• Facilitate engineering reviews and lessons learned activities.
• Lead prototype build events and support workshop activities.
• Coordinate prototype part procurement and availability.
• Monitor build progress and rapidly resolve build issues.
• Ensure engineering documentation and build records are maintained accurately.
• Support vehicle and component evaluation activities.
• Act as the primary interface between engineering, manufacturing, programme, and supplier teams.
• Communicate programme status, key risks, and recovery activities.
• Build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Present technical status updates to senior leadership teams.
• Ensure compliance with Tata Technologies and customer quality standards.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective action implementation.
• Ensure prototype build activities are conducted in accordance with Health, Safety, and Environmental requirements.
• Drive first-time-right delivery principles across prototype operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve prototype processes and delivery performance.
• Support the implementation of Lean Engineering and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Capture lessons learned and integrate best practices into future programmes.
• Contribute to departmental capability development and knowledge sharing.

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

Demonstrable experience within prototype engineering, product development, manufacturing engineering, or vehicle development environments.

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working towards professional registration.
• Project Management qualification (APM, PRINCE2, PMP, or equivalent).
• Lean Six Sigma qualification.
• Experience leading prototype build activities within an engineering environment.
• Experience managing cross-functional engineering programmes.
• Understanding of engineering release and change management processes.
• Experience of stakeholder and supplier management.
• Strong project planning and delivery experience.
• Automotive industry experience.
• Experience supporting vehicle development or validation programmes.
• Experience working within Agile or Product Development frameworks.

#ComeJoinUs in #EngineeringABetterWorld. We're a global product engineering and digital services company focused on fulfilling our mission of helping the world drive, fly, build, and farm by enabling our customers to realize better products and deliver better experiences. We're the strategic engineering partner businesses turn to when they aspire to be better. Manufacturing companies rely on us to enable them to conceptualize, develop and realize better products that are safer, cleaner, and improve the quality of life for all the stakeholders, helping us achieve our vision of #EngineeringABetterWorld. We're inspiring a new generation of engineers who, by embracing the opportunities that exist at the convergence of digital technology & traditional engineering, are developing better products. We're redefining what the world understands by engineering and spreading the influence and impact of engineering as humanity's best way of addressing its most important challenges and opportunities.

In return for bringing your expertise to our business we offer a competitive salary along with excellent benefits including:

• Pension Scheme - We match employee contribution up to 5% of salary
• 25 Days' Holiday
• Private Health Care
• Tata Jaguar Land Rover Privilege Scheme - up to 20% off new JLR vehicles
• Group Income Protection
• Health Assured - Employee Assistance Program
• Group Life Assurance
• Health Shield - Private Health Cash Plan

If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects you work on and want to join a global company, then this is the place for you.

Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world.