Technical Expert - Infotainment, Audio and Microphone

Responsibilities

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

In addition to the above, key activities and outputs will include (but are not limited to):

• Technical assessments of Cockpit Electronics components (clusters, displays, HUD, HMI modules, domain controllers, input devices).

Deliverables

• Technical Assessment Report.
• Creation and maintenance of component specifications, interface documents, and engineering change documentation.
• Released documentation of MTS, DFMEA, DVP, 2D Drawings, 3D data within SAP, DFM, ECL.
• Support for build phases — including 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.

Deliverable examples:

• Decision Matrix, DVP&R, ECRs BDR, ER/RRL, ROR Benchmarking Reports, Commodity Strategy Documentations.
• Open Issues List and Tracking Documentation including minutes of meetings.

Engagement

The Company is open to considering alternative engagement arrangements, including a self-employed basis, subject to mutual agreement.

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 and to manage time effectively under tight and rigid deadlines.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of specialised experience in their respective commodity areas (e.g., Infotainment, Audio, Microphone, Switches and Interior Controls, etc.).
• 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.
• Capable of acting as subject matter authorities 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.
• Ability to provide rapid technical assessment of supplier proposals, design changes, and feasibility of new technologies.
• Proficiency in tools (JIRA, JAMA, DOORS, Confluence, VDI environment) and able to support engineering/technical documentation to customer standards.
• Experience working with tier-1 suppliers across global locations, ensuring technical alignment and traceability.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to clearly present complex engineering details to a mixed-competency audience at all levels.
• Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, 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.