Systems Integration Lead Engineer in Stratford-upon-Avon

At Tata Technologies we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering and validating the products of tomorrow for the world’s leading manufacturers. Due to our continued growth we are now recruiting for a Systems Integration Lead Engineer to be based at our customer’s site in Gaydon.

Our Embedded Systems Solutions department (ESS) encompasses all activities outlined under the Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) process framework, including systems engineering, software engineering, coding, and all levels of functional testing. Beyond core development, ESS also integrates critical supporting processes such as project management, risk assessment, functional safety, and cybersecurity, ensuring compliance with ASPICE standards and delivering reliable, secure, and high-quality embedded systems & solutions.

You will be part of the Central Systems Integration (CSI) team, who are accountable for the integration of all customer features and functions into our customer products. The team ensures that seamless cross-functional working happens to execute all phases of feature, systems and software delivery - creation of design requirements and specifications, requirements exchange and agreement, network design finalisation and test case execution, to introduce features and software in the target electrical architecture(s) in a planned and controlled way.

Role Summary:

Within the CSI team, the Systems Integration Lead Engineer is accountable for the maturation and delivery of customer features into current and future Vehicle programmes to sign-off level in line with programme gateways. Working across the business functions, all cross-functional delivery steps to deliver the features must be understood and communicated to domains as time-based goals to co-ordinate their integration into vehicles and test assets. Working with the delivery domains in Agile methodology, System Integration Lead Engineer ensures that all elements of feature and system implementation happen in a timely manner, spotting any threats that arise, removing roadblocks and resolving any cross-functional disconnects to allow the overall plan to succeed.

To support transparency of status to the wider business, the System Integration Lead Engineer is responsible for maintaining the Mainline Integration Plan (MIP) within the JIRA toolset, co-ordinating inputs and producing the weekly consolidated Integration Report. Together these provide all stakeholders with full view of plans for feature and function availability and maturity, so that functionality for vehicles and test properties is continually understood. The progress of the Integration Report is presented out via bi-weekly Showcases to company leadership and senior stakeholders which the System Integration Lead Engineer supports.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Understand programme feature content, ensure 100% system ownership identified, ensure feature design progression is on track to meet programme requirements;
• Support timely cascade of feature/function ramp-up demands to technical domains based on identified programme needs, escalating where appropriate;
• Facilitate resolution of any feature issues and roadblocks to achieve Final Engineering Sign-off to agreed date;
• Maintain data for programme content and status, and drive data integrity

and

• Primary responsibility to ensure timely delivery of vehicle features into the vehicle programme, identifying and removing any roadblocks that may prevent success;
• Engage Domain engineering teams to align feature delivery timelines with vehicle programme major milestones, gain alignment of targets within PLS and sprint planning across all dependency areas;
• Lead resolution of key integration issues to assist achieving Engineering Sign Off for all features on time;
• Close alignment with vehicle programme planners/core VE team to communicate and align status and plans;
• Identification and communication of glide paths and dependencies within vehicle programme plan;
• Support data collection for reporting of status via the consolidated “Integration Report”;
• Drive feature maturity status to target level for key programme milestones;
• Continue to drive process and reporting excellence in the discipline of Feature, Systems and Software engineering.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

· Thorough understanding of the Systems Design Life Cycle - system definition, system architecture development, requirements specification, design reviews, systems integration, system assessment and acceptance;

· Demonstrated experience of technical analysis and employing best-in-class processes in engineering;

· Excellent interpersonal skills – able to collaboratively influence delivery teams across the engineering function;

· Proven ability to interpret and use technical data along with business skills with technical decision-making;

· Good working knowledge of Office 365.

· Relevant degree or equivalent experience

· Experience of engineering product delivery using project management techniques;

· Experience of programme and project delivery processes under Agile methodology and JIRA;

· Experience in the integration and delivery of electrical, electromechanical or software systems;

In return for bringing your expertise to our business we offer a competitive salary along with excellent benefits including:

· Pension Scheme – We match employee contribution up to 5% of salary

· 25 Days’ Holiday

· Private Health Care

· Tata Jaguar Land Rover Privilege Scheme - up to 20% off new JLR vehicles

· Group Income Protection

· Health Assured – Employee Assistance Program

· Group Life Assurance

· Health Shield – Private Health Cash Plan

If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects you work on and want to join a global company, then this is the place for you.

Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world.

Tata Technologies would like to thank all applicants for their interest, each application will be reviewed against the set criteria for the role. We would like to advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days following the closing date it will mean that unfortunately your application has not been successful. We will however retain your details for any suitable future opportunities.