Brakes Development Engineer - Wantage (888803)

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Brakes Development Engineer
Wantage, Oxfordshire, England

This is an outstanding opportunity to join one of the world's most iconic brands.
Williams Advanced Engineering, located at Williams F1 Headquarters in Oxfordshire, will provide Jaguar with a direct technology transfer of their engineering expertise for the new Jaguar C-X75 hybrid supercar, they are seeking a Brakes Development Engineer to support this project and those that follow.

The Brakes Development Engineer responsibilities will include:

- Liaison with CAE function / suppliers to ensure braking system meets all performance / attribute targets
- Generate and maintain development plans. Manage development activities to ensure targets are met
- Liaise with other Design / Development functions and suppliers to promote successful system integration.
- Development of foundation brakes in terms of performance and refinement using rig and, predominantly, vehicle based testing / evaluation.
- Sign off vehicle braking system and report / document results.
- Identify brake system issues and lead to technical resolution (often leading cross-functional teams)

The Brakes Development Engineer should possess experience of the following:

- Proven capability of successfully developing high performance vehicle braking systems in terms of performance and refinement.
- High level of driving ability and subjective assessment skills
- Formal driver training qualifications from Industry recognised organisation / OEM
- Familiarity with chassis system test instrumentation, data-logging and data-processing
- Ability to adapt and overcome setbacks in development environment
- Ability to self-motivate to achieve the best possible result with minimum supervision
- Flexible attitude to working hours when required to meet project deliverables

Additional experience in the following is highly desirable:

- CAE brake development (performance and thermal modelling)
- Brake performance / refinement rig test / optimisation
- Carbon ceramic brake development
- Regenerative brake integration / development
- Slip control system development

This is an initial 6 months contract.

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 Contracts are those of an Employment Business.