Vehicle Engineering & Integration Technical Group Leader

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Vehicle Engineering & Integration Technical Group Leader to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position with a proposed end date of 1^st March 2027.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour.

The Opportunity:

• Vehicle Engineering & Integration Technical Group Leader driving the development of new and existing vehicle architectures within JLR.
• Drive and lead the engineering integration of new and updated technologies within a vehicle zone(s) into new and existing vehicle architectures.
• Drive functional and attribute target delivery, acting as the voice of the customer to lead any arbitration required within the development process.
• Develop vehicle level end-to-end technical delivery plans for key systems, identifying inter-dependencies and maturation versus customer requirements, throughout virtual and physical test phases.
• Lead Technical Problem Resolution Cross-Squad / cross-Zone including escalation as required.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Architecture and / or Programme bandwidth & definition underpinning next generation JLR vehicles and able to deliver compatible attribute, customer & business targets
• Support major project delivery through the allocation of appropriate toolsets, operations and team resources.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Accountable as the leader and final technical arbitrator, integrating and delivering the engineering for the given vehicle zone whilst ensuring compatibility with target vehicle package layout, the commodity / system strategies and functional targets.
• Lead Group functional integration within the given zone, to drive out complexity and deliver the most efficient technical solutions.
• Work closely with Vehicle Attribute teams to deliver to targets
• Drive Zonal Group coordinated technical data progression (CAD, DV, commodity/system design freeze & releasing) with squads & interfacing team leads.
• Oversee delivery into both virtual and physical verification and validation.
• Drive Zonal cross squad obstacle resolution, ensuring timely escalation to the Vehicle Engineering Manager as required.
• Ensure prompt escalation of Zonal technical blockers / incompatibilities to Vehicle / Chapter / Enterprise leadership via the Obstacle process.
• Support study & Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems.

Essential Skills & Knowledge:

• Automotive technical knowledge and extensive experience of complex interactions, including technical analysis & decision-making.
• Excellent written and verbal technical communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Experience in leading teams of people to solve complex technical issues using a structured approach e.g 8D and / or Six Sigma.
• Project Management experience of delivery against a complex set of Programme technical deliverables.

Desirable Skills & Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Vehicle attributes, target setting & cascade.
• Experience of end-to-end vehicle development.

Personal Profile Requested:

• 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.
• Progressive thinking individual who takes a keen interest in new ideas / technologies and key industry developments.
• Ability to embrace the Agile model and work effectively as a champion of Agile principles in practice.
• A resilient individual who has strong influencing and engagement skills, is comfortable challenging all stakeholders and can build credibility and trust through experience and personal style.
• A highly self-motivated and proactive individual who can demonstrate exceptional capability in leadership and management skills, who can motivate, develop and lead cross-functional engineering teams.