Engineer, Weights Engineering

REQ ID: 115182
JOB TITLE: Engineer, Weights Engineering
SALARY: £34,100 - £45,100
POSTING END DATE: 9th May 2023
LOCATION: Gaydon

We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Department: Vehicle weight directly affects CO₂ and Fuel Economy and has a significant impact on delivering driven attributes such as performance, ride, handling, etc. We are part of Vehicle Engineering and are responsible for all JLR vehicles’ mass properties. We own vehicle weight throughout the PCDS process.

Strategy: Benchmarking and futuring of our competitors, both at vehicle and system level and subsequent target setting for all our products.

Delivery: Tracking status against targets. Helping to ensure correct system/commodity/architecture strategy is employed through the engineering phase. We promote Optimisation, Integration, Material, Architecture and Technology choices to deliver the best engineering solutions for weight. We prepare Loading Charts and mass properties parametric models throughout the engineering process to support CAE during the virtual phase and to enable correlation of physical prototypes during validation.

Launch: Support validation of part and vehicle weight by measurement. Prepare mass data for the vehicle type approval for Masses & Dimensions including supporting the witness test with the relevant authorities. Analyse production data to monitor weight creep and to support on-going model year in-cycle changes.

Key responsibilities: Weight is one of the biggest contributors towards improving CO2 and Fuel Economy, so is rapidly becoming an extremely important attribute for both the customer and the industry.

This role is an opportunity for a capable Engineer to learn about Attribute Management through the subject of Mass Properties. The role is end to end, running from Target Setting in the Concept phase right through to validation at Verification Build and production capability from J1.This wide scope means there is opportunity to interact with many areas of the business. It will give you exposure to the wider engineering team in that it covers the whole vehicle. In terms of career development then this role will tick most of the boxes as learning about the technical side of this subject along with building contacts and relationships will give a good basis to go forwards. Historically our function has a good track record for developing future Leaders within Vehicle Engineering as a result of the knowledge, experience and visibility gained within the role.

Key Performance Indicators

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  Derivation of competitive targets.
• Tracking vehicle status & reporting of status vs target in readiness for all gateways.
• Administering RMDV requirements management system as evidence of test compliance.
• Submission of Vehicle Loading Charts and Parametric models in line with programme timing.
• Production of Programme panel chart to demonstrate programme health for gateways.
• Production of certification data to enable homologation.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

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  Candidates will be required to conduct Verification of the weight for prototype and production vehicles by weighing them.
• Reconciliation of vehicle weight between different derivatives and trim levels
• Provide assistance to Weight Attribute Leaders by population of loading charts and related documents.
• Project management of Vehicle Weight targets and deliverables, including future target setting and balancing
• Opportunity to Learn about Calculation of mass properties from geometry and from First principles.

Responsible for Coordination of Generation and maintenance of Vehicle Mass Properties models

Knowledge Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Engineering, Maths or Physics degree qualified
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of Weight and Mass Properties and it's interaction with other vehicle Attributes
• Able to prioritise own time and workload.
• Aptitude for engineering, testing and evaluation Able to work precisely and to specified procedures.
• Prepared to work autonomously at all sites, establishing and maintaining relations with local staff.

Desirable:

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  Whole vehicle engineering knowledge & cross functional experience
• Knowledge of technologies associated with the automotive sector, especially relating to weight reduction.
• Microsoft package elements Project, Power Point and Excel

Personal Profile

Essential:

• Self-motivated, uses initiative and problem solver – focussed on delivering results.
• Able to deliver quality and consistency in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• Proactive team player, who is happy to be hands on and build cross-functional relationships.
• Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure, whilst responding constructively to challenging new ideas and inputs

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.