Sr. Systems Engineer - Vehicle Health Management (VHM) in Coventry

We are looking for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join the Vehicle Health Management (VHM) programme and play a key role in extending vehicle diagnostic and software update capabilities into the automotive manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Systems Engineering lead and Manufacturing IO representative within the VHM programme.
• Work closely with manufacturing, plant operations, IT and engineering teams to understand business and technical needs.
• Elicit, analyse, document and manage system requirements throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Capture manufacturing requirements and ensure they are correctly translated into technical system requirements.
• Maintain requirements traceability and support requirements reviews using industry-standard tools such as DOORS/DOORS NG or equivalent platforms.
• Develop and maintain SysML models representing system architecture, interfaces, behaviour and interactions across manufacturing, diagnostics and software update solutions.
• Apply Systems Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles to complex automotive and manufacturing challenges.
• Define, document and agree system interfaces between vehicle diagnostic platforms, plant IT systems, manufacturing infrastructure, flash towers and remote diagnostic services.
• Analyse dependencies and interactions between vehicle systems and manufacturing systems to ensure effective end-to-end solutions.
• Support the integration of connected-vehicle technologies into manufacturing environments.
• Work with VHM engineers to support the introduction of wireless and remote diagnostic capabilities within production facilities.
• Help validate proposed solutions against plant operational requirements, manufacturing constraints and production objectives.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and business case for in-plant software update and diagnostic innovations.
• Support strategies for flash-tower deployment and ECU software flashing, with a focus on achieving comprehensive module coverage within manufacturing.
• Identify system risks, technical dependencies, integration challenges and potential delivery issues at an early stage.
• Work with relevant engineering and programme teams to resolve issues using structured Systems Engineering processes.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussions between VHM engineering teams and manufacturing/plant operations teams.
• Ensure manufacturing requirements, operational constraints and user needs are appropriately represented within the overall VHM technical solution.
• Support technical reviews, architecture discussions, requirements reviews and programme planning activities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving production efficiency, RFT performance and manufacturing technology integration.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of relevant automotive experience, with strong exposure to Systems Engineering.
• Proven experience working within an automotive and/or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of Systems Engineering principles and their application across complex engineering programmes.
• Practical experience in requirements engineering, including requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, management and traceability.
• Experience working with requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS, DOORS NG or equivalent.
• Familiarity with SysML modelling and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Ability to understand and communicate system architecture, interfaces, dependencies and system behaviour.
• Experience working across multiple engineering disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to identify risks, dependencies and integration challenges.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to communicate confidently with engineers, systems architects, programme managers, manufacturing teams and plant operations stakeholders.
• Understanding of automotive manufacturing processes and the practical challenges associated with introducing new technology into a live production environment.
• Ability to translate manufacturing and business requirements into clear, actionable technical requirements for engineering teams.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, multi‑disciplinary engineering environment.

Desirable Experience

Why Join This Programme?

This is an opportunity to work on a high-impact automotive technology programme involving vehicle diagnostics, connected manufacturing, software updates and advanced production technologies. You will have the opportunity to influence how vehicle-platform diagnostic and software update capabilities are introduced into the manufacturing environment, including innovative solutions for remote diagnostics, wireless connectivity and large-scale ECU software flashing. The successful candidate will play a key role in connecting veh