Vehicle NVH Product Owner

REQ ID: 111955
JOB TITLE: Vehicle NVH Product Owner
SALARY: Competitive
POSTING END DATE: 1 March 2023
LOCATION: Warwickshire

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

This is where it all begins. We develop the new concepts that go on to become new Jaguars and Land Rovers. So, the emphasis is on building strong strategic, technical and financial foundations right from the start.

Vehicle Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH) is responsible for ensuring the many aspects of refinement required to achieve the customer expectations for all Jaguar and Land Rover programmes. The attribute function is responsible for attribute strategy, methods and targets developed for the full vehicle, systems and components. Hardware is developed physically and virtually, with detailed investigations undertaken to ensure vehicles achieve all defined targets and therefore customer expectations.

As a Product Owner, working in the well-established NVH Delivery team, you’ll be responsible for a range of future Jaguar Land Rover products. You’ll project manage NVH Technical Chapters to deliver all aspects of NVH (Installed PT, Road NVH, Airborne Noise, Body Integration, Chassis Integration, Electrical Integration) from KO through to the Launch of the programme.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• You’ll lead the NVH development on Jaguar Land Rover programmes from Concept to Production, using standard JLR planning and reporting tools
• Follow Agile process and demonstrate Agile working principles internally and externally to NVH dept.
• You’ll be responsible for working to define subjective and objective vehicle level NVH targets which are compatible with customer expectations
• You’ll be responsible for collaboratively working with VNVH Technical Chapters to translate these vehicle level targets into appropriate objective NVH targets at system and component level
• Plan and support test and development activities as required or specified in the Design Verification Plan (DVP) in time and to budget
• You will be responsible for working with the launch team to ensure that the target level of NVH performance is robustly delivered through industrialisation

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Significant understanding of all aspects of NVH hardware delivery/development
• Strong Business Behaviours and Programme Management Capability
• Good communication and presentation skills to influence the Programme team and Component Owners.
• Ability to work independently and lead a team to focus on delivery to meet programme gateway requirements, including timing.
• Good understanding of all types of propulsion systems.
• Strong structured issue resolution capability
• Bachelor degree in Mechanical/Automotive Engineering or equivalent
• Demonstrate specific NVH issue resolution projects you have completed
• Experienced at performing critical subjective assessments of vehicles for NVH performance

Desirable

• Good understanding of LMS TestLab.
• Knowledge of whole vehicle engineering and cross functional experience
• Knowledge of Quality Operating Standards in Manufacturing

Personal Profile:

• Strongly literate in MS Office applications – Word, Powerpoint, Excel
• Full clean UK Driving Licence (or equivalent).A person with the ability to manage and prioritise their work load
• An individual who is results driven with the ability to deliver operational plans in a highly demanding environment
• An individual with the ability to prioritise their workload
• A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
• An effective team player who supports team other team members
• Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure
• Capable of tutoring and mentoring Graduates and Junior Engineers

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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, private medical cover and performance related bonus scheme. As a manager, you’ll also be able to select one of our luxury premium vehicles to lease at a fraction of the cost. 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.