Project Design Engineer

Our OEM Client based in Whitley, Coventry, is searching for a Project Design Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position until 31st March 2026.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Team Leadership and Management:

• Participate in regular KPI reviews on the allocated projects and ensure on time delivery. Understand and promote Scrum values, helping team members embrace these values.
• Complete training programs assigned on time and as per business needs.
• Participate in regular check-ins with reporting manager and address any concerns.
• Showcase success stories in each sprint to the wider team and celebrate success.

1. Technical Expertise and Mentoring:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to gather testing requirements.
• Address all the technical queries and escalations on time.
• Deliver system rig design as per the design standards within project timelines.
• Create system Rig Design artefacts and deliver to meet First Time Right metrics target.
• Promote Scrum values and help team members embrace these values.
• Decompose test requirements to architect systems supporting development and validation activities.

1. Quality Management and Process:

• Capture Lessons Learned from projects and share it with the team.
• Maintain our client's way documents updated and as per audit compliance.
• Support activities for positive audit outcomes (e.g., IATF 16949, ISO 45001, ISO 14001).
• Follow established processes to ensure quality delivery.
• Implement continuous improvement projects to enhance team performance and output quality.

1. People Management and Delivery:

• Deliver high-quality system designs, including requirements capture, system architecture, network architecture, wiring designs, cooling circuit schematics, bill of materials, and simulation requirements.
• Embrace agile methodology and follow scrum values for incremental product delivery.
• Deliver quality design specifications within agreed timelines and budgets.
• Work with lead operations engineers to hand over system designs for implementation and operation.
• Identify and resolve risks early to prevent project obstacles.
• Demonstrate experience in Agile Methodology, including Scrum and Kanban.

1. Stakeholder Management and Collaboration:

• Ensure alignment with technical requirements and standards through cross-functional collaboration.
• Update the design pack as per the audit feedback.
• Practice servant leadership and be flexible to changes, embracing Agile principles.
• Maintain JIRA stories updated and escalate any impediments on time and proactively.
• Maintain clear and concise communication with all stakeholders.

1. Flexibility:

• Undertake directed tasks in alignment with job requirements.

Essential Skills:

• Experience delivering projects and developing complex systems in an Agile environment, ideally with Scrum implementation.
• Experience designing and/or validating electrified powertrains.
• Experience integrating complex systems.
• Ability to challenge existing ideas and processes to improve team performance.
• Ability to present complex technical ideas or project issues clearly to diverse audiences.

Desirable Skills:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Controls, or Systems Engineering.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Visio and Excel.
• Strong communication skills with a customer-focused attitude.
• Scrum Master qualifications.
• Experience with automotive networks, electrical distribution systems, voltage instrumentation, hardware-in-loop simulation, and cooling systems.
• Six Sigma or problem-solving training and certification.
• Understanding of relevant automotive standards and health and safety regulations.

Essential Personal Skills:

• Passion for delivering complex projects and supporting team members, aligning with our client's Creator's code.
• Resilient and enthusiastic, able to respond constructively to new ideas and challenge existing thinking positively.