Project Engineer - Switches and Controls

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:

• Technical assessments of Cockpit Electronics components (clusters, displays, HUD, HMI modules, domain controllers, input devices). Deliverable: Technical Assessment Report
• Creation and maintenance of component specifications, interface documents, and engineering change documentation. Deliverable: 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. Deliverable: RAT update, Phased Releases in SAP, PRs as required, BDRs, RRLs
• Supplier coordination, including design reviews, technical sign‑off, 8D problem solving, and validation evidence collection. Deliverable: RFI/RFQ, Hardware Specifications, Software Specifications, Supplier DFMEA, Design Reviews, Timing Plans, 8D Reports, QCR, DVP&R, Open Issue List, Boundary Diagrams
• Preparation of engineering documentation, including test reports, risk registers, technical summaries and decision‑making packs. Deliverable: Decision Matrix, DVP&R, ECRs
• Tracking and reporting of delivery readiness, ensuring alignment with programme milestones and gateway deliverables. Deliverable: BDR, ER/RRL, ROR
• Conducting technical benchmarking, technology assessments, and recommendations for Cockpit Electronics improvement or harmonisation. Deliverable: Benchmarking Reports, Commodity Strategy Documentations
• Supporting cross-functional integration (UX/UI, Systems, Software, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Body Electronics, Chassis teams) as needed. Deliverable: Open Issues List and Tracking Documentation including minutes of meetings.

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

Qualifications & Experience

• Engineering degree 2:1 or above
• Ability to overcome cultural barriers
• Demonstrate strong customer, team & supplier management skills
• An ability to work effectively and calmly under pressure and to manage time effectively under tight and rigid deadlines
• Have 5+ years of programme delivery experience in automotive electronics or mechatronics, including delivery across multiple development gateways.
• Be capable of end‑to‑end component & commodity software / feature delivery, covering requirements, supplier coordination, prototype build support, validation tracking, and launch readiness.
• Demonstrate strong abilities in issue management, including root‑cause analysis with suppliers, risk escalation and driving cross‑functional closure plans.
• Be proficient in planning and coordination, including BoM management, DFMEA creation and monitoring, DVP status tracking, commodity releases, change management and document control.
• Understand the interaction between mechanical, electrical, software and validation teams, ensuring alignment of timelines.
• Have demonstratable experience in working with tier‑1 suppliers across global locations, ensuring technical alignment and traceability and managing design & development from concept through to delivery.
• Have experience managing offshore/nearshore engineering activities and ensuring consistent communication and quality outputs.
• Be strong in administrative rigour — meeting notes, actions, technical reporting — aligned to the customer’s templates and compliance expectations.
• Have a working knowledge of systems (JIRA, TCM, JAMA/DOORS, SAP, Enovia / 3DX) and internal processes for gateway readiness and deliverable handover.
• Proficient in 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