Technical Expert - USB, WLC and Sockets in Silverstone

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical guidance across system/hardware design, component selection, feasibility analysis, and resolution of complex engineering issues.
• Support programme delivery, ensuring supplier milestones and engineering deliverables are met in line with the customer's internal expectations and gateway process.
• Manage supplier technical reviews, design validation activities, and ensure compliance with relevant standards and customer requirements.
• Conduct technical analysis, documentation support, component readiness tracking, and risk assessments.
• Act as the primary interface for day‑to‑day delivery support, providing regular status updates, escalation management, and coordination between customer engineering sub‑teams.
• Ensure all activities are carried out in alignment with the customer's Cockpit Electronics technical roadmap, ensuring consistency of approach and reuse across vehicle programmes.

Key activities and outputs

• Technical assessments of Cockpit Electronics components (clusters, displays, HUD, HMI modules, domain controllers, input devices).
• Creation and maintenance of component specifications, interface documents, and engineering change documentation.
• Support for build phases—prototype, mule, and VP builds—ensuring parts, software and configurations are validated and issues tracked.
• Supplier coordination, including design reviews, technical sign‑off, 8D problem solving, and validation evidence collection.
• Preparation of engineering documentation, including test reports, risk registers, technical summaries and decision‑making packs.
• Tracking and reporting of delivery readiness, ensuring alignment with programme milestones and gateway deliverables.
• Conducting technical benchmarking, technology assessments, and recommendations for Cockpit Electronics improvement or harmonisation.
• Supporting cross‑functional integration (UX/UI, Systems, Software, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Body Electronics, Chassis teams) as needed.

Deliverables

• Technical Assessment Report.
• Released documentation of DFMEA, DVP, 2D drawings, 3D data within SAP, DFM, ECL.
• RAT update, phased releases in SAP, PRs as required, BDRs, RRLs.
• RFI/RFQ, hardware specifications, software specifications, supplier DFMEA, design reviews, timing plans, 8D reports, QCR, DVP&R, open issue list, boundary diagrams.
• Decision matrix, DVP&R, ECRs.
• BDR, ER/RRL, ROR.
• Benchmarking reports, commodity strategy documentations.
• Open issues list and tracking documentation including minutes of meetings.

Requirements

• Engineering degree 2:1 or above.
• Ability to overcome cultural barriers.
• Demonstrate strong customer, team & supplier management skills.
• Ability to work effectively and calmly under pressure, managing time effectively under tight, rigid deadlines.
• Minimum 8‑10 years of specialised experience in relevant commodity areas (e.g., infotainment, audio, microphone, switches, interior controls).
• Deep commodity domain expertise including hardware definition, complex issue resolution, supplier technical management and compliance with TS16949, ISO 26262, ISO 21434 and customer‑specific guidelines.
• Capability to act as subject‑matter authority for the customer, providing technical direction, strategy definition, trade‑off assessments, and risk identification across multiple programmes.
• Proven experience in cross‑functional technical leadership, supporting design reviews, validation planning, DV/PV execution and technical sign‑off activities.
• Capability to provide rapid technical assessment of supplier proposals, design changes, and feasibility of new technologies.
• Proficiency with tools (JIRA, JAMA, DOORS, Confluence, VDI environment) and support engineering/technical documentation to the customer's standards.
• Experience working with tier‑1 suppliers across global locations, ensuring technical alignment and traceability.
• Excellent communication skills, able to clearly present complex engineering details to a mixed‑competency audience at all levels.
• Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio.

Benefits

• Health cash plan, following successful probation.
• 5% employer pension contributions.
• Hybrid working.
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays.
• Generous absence cover.
• Cycle 2 Work scheme.
• Octopus EV scheme.