Technical Expert - Switches and Controls

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

Deliverables

• Technical Assessment Report.
• Released documentation of MTS, 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 and to manage time effectively under tight and rigid deadlines.
• Possess a minimum of 8-10 years of specialised experience in the respective commodity areas (e.g., Infotainment, Audio, Microphone, Switches and Interior Controls, etc.).
• Demonstrate 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.
• Be capable of acting as subject matter authority for the customer, providing technical direction, strategy definition, trade-off assessments, and risk identification across multiple programmes.
• Have proven experience in cross-functional technical leadership, supporting design reviews, validation planning, DV/PV execution and technical sign-off activities.
• Be able to provide rapid technical assessment of supplier proposals, design changes, and feasibility of new technologies.
• Proficient 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, 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.