Vehicle Lighting Engineer - Warwick (RGR-101114)

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Vehicle Lighting Engineer
Warwick, Cumbria, England

Our client is a World renowned manufacturer of luxury sports cars; its name is well known and needs little introduction. Its people are passionate about the cars they produce and it s a great place to work. Its cars are truly special they always have been and always will be. The sports cars will continue to be hand-built and bespoke but the company also use the latest high technology processes and leading edge disciplines in a very modern environment. It is profitable, growing in a rapid but controlled manner and moving into new global markets. As a result it is seeking to add to the Vehicle Lighting Team.
Responsible to the Principle Engineer Electrical/Electronic Engineering, the position will embrace some or all of the following functions in a true simultaneous engineering environment:

Product Engineering/Development.

Ownership of design and/or development of exterior and interior lighting components from concept to production to meet program functional, cost, timing, quality, weight and legislative requirements.

Utilising CAD tools to design and interrogate commodity CAD produced by the supplier. Primary CAD tool is NX (IDEAS).

Lead engineering and design reviews to develop the commodity requirements.

Supplier liaison and management.

Component Releasing , Change Control and Concern management.

Completion of DFMEA, Lessons Learnt documents.

Control of Design Verification Plans and Sign off Report

Prototype parts procurement and prototype vehicle build support (supervision of build technicians)

Development testing as required

PMST leadership of responsible components - Service, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Legislation, STA etc

Ensuring that robust commodity plans are created and managed to deliver the commodities

Relevant equivalent experience in the delivery of lighting components.

Team player, Enthusiastic, Motivated, Self-starter, Results orientated.

An ability to multi-task and work under pressure.

Min 5 years in mainstream automotive engineering (CAD design, Product Engineering or Development).

Electrical / Electronic engineering design / development experience of current lighting systems

A working knowledge of current design and development tools

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.