Chassis / Suspension Engineer (Graduate)

Job Title: Suspension Engineering

Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire

Rate: £27.21ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £20.35ph PAYE

Employment Type: Contract (31.3.26)

Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week

Reference: J(phone number removed)

Job Description

Duties:

• Apply engineering theories and principles to perform complex work in research and development of suspension engineering systems, including the design, characterization, and iterative refinement of suspension devices.
• Work within an Agile Squad to develop industrialised products.

Responsibilities typically include:

• Deliver the commodity plan to quality, cost and time, including maintaining the Worldwide Engineering Release System.
• Deliver the Engineering Advanced Product Quality Planning deliverables.
• Assist in the Management of Change Requests, expenditure forecasting and the relevant supplier teams in support of delivery of the programme milestones.
• Work on spring and damper module test plans, including detailed planning of test and development stages through to sign off and support Engineering test teams with rectification of issues.
• Assist in the resolution of issues with supplier component engineering and vehicle attribute teams to develop designs that meet targets.
• Ensure all appropriate client standards are met through-out design maturation.
• Meet programme targets for cost and weight Legal regulations and Requirements.
• Management & Design Verification documentation.
• Keep all Module documentation up to date including meeting records.
• Undertake any other work as directed by their Line Manager in connection with their job as may be requested.

Skills

Essential:

• Previous experience of managing resolution of business, technical and process issues within a Project Team environment.
• A good working knowledge of product creation & delivery, change control, product definition and change management processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong influencing and engagement skills.

Desirable:

• Previous experience within engineering or programme planning departments.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and understand GD&T notation CAD / CAE design and analysis experience preferably with Dassault toolsets.
• Some experience of delivering suspension damper, coil spring and air spring technologies.
• Experience of working within agile scrum methodology.

Education

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred.

Additional Information

This role is INSIDE IR35