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REQ ID: 112311
JOB TITLE: Product Engineer Interiors
SALARY: £42,500 - £52,500
POSTING END DATE: 03.03.23
LOCATION: Warwickshire

Beyond Property, Purchasing, HR and IT, more than being part of our Finance or Marketing teams, beyond even Sales and Service, every role in every business area offers unique opportunities to make an impact on the future of mobility and the automotive industry.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The advertised role is to join the new Jaguar Product Interiors Team and offers the successful candidate the opportunity to join a small, multi-skilled and agile team charged with creating and delivering the Reimagine Jaguar platform and the vehicle portfolio. The Jaguar Product team is responsible for Product Strategy, Product Engineering, Programme Delivery and Product Lifecycle.

The Body Interior Product Engineer is a new role that has been created to lead a transformational shift in performance of the Vehicle Programme Delivery Process Chain and to be an interface between the Body Interior Product Manager, External Engineering Service Provider, JLR Core Body Engineering, Purchasing and Manufacturing functions who are critical supply partners to create and deliver the final completed product.

The role will involve working within the Body Interior commodity area, namely Seating Systems, Cockpit, Door trim, Cabin and Safety. The specialist focus of the role will support in coordination and influencing critical Commodity delivery through working in conjunction with the External Engineering Service Provider to develop overall delivery plan, prioritisation of backlog, individual sprint goals and validation of quality of event of sprint outcomes.

The Body Interior Product Engineer will also engage with internal Core Engineering resource where required and will ensure governance of the associated commodity creation and delivery system. The role holder will have a systems view of the entire delivery landscape for their Commodities and Systems and will work closely with the Product Manager and Body Head of Process Chain to ensure these support delivery of the overall system and vehicle.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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  Product Engineer Interiors will provide support for their sub system of the Body commodity throughout the lifecycle
• Responsible for supervising Engineering Service Provider delivery of their sub-system through sprint planning, prioritisation of backlog and validation of sprint outcomes
• Support for x-functional integration and support to deliver C-T-Q targets.
• Ensures seamless integration between programme and External Engineering Delivery Partner and/or CoC including support for target cascades and Jaguar review and approval of virtual and physical validation
• Support engineering sign off of their sub-system.
• Assists with budget tracking with External Engineering Delivery Partner and/or CoCs and Functions to create defined content, on time against programme deliverables
• Delivers business evaluation and creates programme recommendation on content changes / assumptions to optimise programme performance
• Ensures Engineering Service Provider leadership of CCDS Operation and Governance (incl. APQP) ensuring adherence to PSW
• Identify and flag major conflicts (C-T-Q) to Product Manager
• Issue Management and release workflow’s x-functional provision of support to Engineering Service Provider
• Ensures achievement of Quality targets for owned content throughout lifecycle
• In addition, the Product Integration Engineer role will provide support on:
• Technical integration & Integrated Test Plan issue resolution
• Attribute target delivery, cascading into system and commodity targets and assessment
• Resolution of technical issues
• Part release, BoM Validation, alert generation
• In-cycle commodity and system quality resolution

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

PERSONAL PROFILE

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  An individual who has skills to support within a virtual cross-functional team to help vehicle programme objective delivery on-time, to quality and cost targets to programme deadlines
• An individual with a ‘customer first’ mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable.
• A determined individual, highly driven, committed and results-orientated who works with pace, energy and confidence
• An individual who is able to apply analytical rigour to develop and drive well thought out operational plans, collaborate across functions and combine a short term, pragmatic focus with strategic vision
• An individual who is resilient, energetic and enthusiastic, responds constructively to new ideas and input in a changing business environment
• An individual who is able to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
• A sophisticated communicator who is able to communicate directly, clearly and openly and can engage with stakeholders at all levels
• An individual who is comfortable challenging all stakeholders with strong influencing and engagement skills
• Confident Microsoft Office software user

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 and performance related bonus scheme. 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.