Virtual Series Lead Engineer

The Vehicles Programmes team at JLR is where our vision of modern luxury comes to life. We turn incredible ideas into reality through collaboration and craft - perfecting every inch of our timeless vehicle brands. From the beautiful bonnets to intelligent electronics, our chassis, electronic and software, and vehicle engineering teams ensure each element works in tune with the next. This is the place where exceptional careers meet your ambitions. Join us and find your future. The Opportunity As a Virtual Series Lead Engineer in Digital Vehicle Engineering- Accessories team, you will be part of a collaborative, iterative and agile environment within the Accessories Vehicle Engineering organisation. You will be responsible for the planning and co-ordination of engineering data used to enable virtual build and test activities for our future vehicle accessories programmes. You will work with engineering teams to identify risks and issues to the delivery or quality of the engineering data and provide reporting to show overall status. WHAT TO EXPECT You will also be responsible for coordinating accessories data inclusion in CAE model build activities which are required for the virtual tests. You will work with engineering teams to plan and coordinate tasks, identify and resolve risks, report overall status and make recommendations. Having excellent communication and stakeholder management skills are essential for this role. Key Responsibilites

• Co-ordinating the delivery of engineering data (CAD) for our vehicle programmes to enable virtual build and testing activities (e.g. CAE modelling)
• Producing and managing a delivery plan for the engineering data through engagement with our engineering teams.
• Highlighting any issues and risks in the engineering data delivery plan which may impact on the virtual build and test activities using the appropriate escalation process.
• Ensuring any issues are adequately raised to the correct teams and tracked through to resolution.
• Tracking test failures to ensure resolution ahead of re-assessment.
• Reporting out on status at appropriate events, highlighting the key activities required to support virtual test plans, and open issues to communicate risks and issues within a programme.
• Generating, coordinating and managing the attribute level virtual test plan for CAD and CAE assessments.
• Ensuring that all inputs required for the virtual tests are identified and delivered on time (e.g. CAD, Non-geometric data, CAE models etc).
  
  Previous experience in managing projects.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Able to simplify information and clearly communicate to others, in person and through documentation in writing.
• Excellent planning and organising skills.
• Excellent time management skills. Able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and ensures tasks are completed on time.
• Ability to engage stakeholders in person or virtually and build effective working relationships.
• Able to motivate others to work as a team to achieve common goals.
• Able to effectively solve problems, will engage with others and provide recommendations of how to overcome problems.
Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.