Vehicle Concept Engineer

Overview

Department: Vehicle Architecture

Location: Shalford

As Vehicle Concept Engineer, you will help the vehicle-level definition of our next-generation supercar platforms. From early concept through to handover to detailed engineering, you will work on defining the vehicle’s layout, performance targets, system integration strategy, and technical attributes. Working closely with the Vehicle Architecture Team alongside Design, Powertrain, Chassis, and Body Engineering, you will ensure that the vehicle meets its performance, aesthetic, and technical objectives while balancing feasibility, cost, and manufacturability.

This is an engineer level role and as such the expectation is that you will learn and grow with the role as you are exposed to more of the business and you gain experience in the specifics of Vehicle Architecture and Concepts, a cross-functional role critical to shaping the DNA of our future vehicles.

Key Responsibilities

• Vehicle Concept Development: Assist the creation of initial vehicle concepts, packaging studies, and architecture layouts in line with brand DNA, performance targets, and design vision. This may be occupant position layout, systems/subsystems layout or structure design.
• Seating/Ergo Buck: Either manage in house design and development of seating bucks or manage outsourced design and manufacture. You will need to ensure the design of seating bucks match the layout of vehicles being developed with sufficient adjustability to modify these quickly and efficiently throughout the project.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Assist in coordinating Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams during concept phases to ensure aligned decisions and feasibility. This could be the running of Design Reviews or smaller working groups and/or release of hardpoints or schemes across the business.
• Technical Specifications & Targets: Develop and manage high-level vehicle targets (dimensional, performance, regulatory) and cascade to subsystem requirements.
• Feasibility & Risk Management: Identify technical risks early, propose mitigation strategies, and validate feasibility through digital and physical studies.
• Innovation & IP: Help to identify and look at innovative approaches to packaging, lightweighting, and systems integration in line with the company’s technical vision and limited-series manufacturing approach.
• Gateway Delivery: Assist in achieving key deliverables at project gateways (concept freeze, feasibility sign-off, handover to engineering) ensuring technical maturity and stakeholder buy-in.
• Supplier and Partner Liaison: Collaborate with external engineering partners and suppliers on technical inputs, co-development, and feasibility studies.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

• Degree in Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 3+ years of vehicle engineering experience, ideally in high-performance or low-volume vehicle environment.
• Proven track record in robust and through engineering design from concept stages.
• Strong understanding of vehicle systems, integration challenges, and performance trade-offs.
• Experience with CAD tools (You must be a strong CATIA user) and vehicle simulation tools for packaging and attribute analysis would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication, and problem-solving skills, need to be able to speak to a wide variety of people from across the business from all levels

Preferred:

• Experience in supercar or motorsport automotive sectors.
• Familiarity with low-volume homologation and niche manufacturing.
• Knowledge of composite structures and lightweight architectures.

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary
• Private Medical Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Holiday Loyalty Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Personal Pension Plan
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Car Lease Scheme
• Parking Onsite

Gordon Murray Group is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, race, marital status, genetic information or parental status. We strive to promote a workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages individuals to express their opinions and beliefs.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch should you require any reasonable adjustments to assist with your application.

All applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK.