Position Title: Body Panels Design Engineer Duration: Contract
Location: Hybrid Working - 3-4 days on Woking, Surrey
Essential Criteria:
Experience delivering body panels systems / body in white to meet design specifications and styling intentions
Releasing experience / production release and up-issue experience.
Post release project phase experience (physical build phase and test phase experience)
Build issues resolution experience (prototype and production)
Ensure components and assemblies adhere to applicable industry and business standards
Supporting problem solving activities during virtual and physical builds.
Assess all engineering prototypes to determine any associated issues or risks, mitigating when, and where found.
Estimate cost limits and budgets for new designs.
Represent the department in design reviews and during test and development activities if required
Ensure components and assemblies adhere to applicable internal, industry, business and where applicable legislative standards and requirements.
Co-ordinate own design work to deliver timely design releases and meeting all design for manufacture input from supplier.
Experience in managing cross functional teams
Experience using CAD viewing software suites
Carbon Fibre / Composite experience
Nice to Have Criteria:
Previous Client experience is highly desirable although not essential.
Maintain and manage engineering records and designs
Maintenance and update of the section book
Ensuring responsible designs meet legal compliance
Work Package Management
Design Sizing Analysis
Sub system load analysis
Joints and interface design
Materials selection
Fixing selection justification with appropriate bolt calculations
Carbon Fibre Design and Manufacture
DFMEA delivery
Creation and Management of Engineering Tech Spec.
Experience in OEM DVP&R
DFM and DFA delivery
Pedestrian Protection and Legal Requirements
Engineering to Commercial Constraints & Commercial Management
Deliver Engineering Change