Vehicle Efficiency Attribute Lead Engineer

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Vehicle Efficiency Attribute Lead Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position with a proposed end date of 31^st March 2027.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour.

Duties:

• Supporting the Efficiency Product Owner in the delivery of key Vehicle Efficiency attributes (eg. real world and homologated driving range, energy consumption, fuel economy & CO2 emissions.
• Ensuring that these attribute requirements are compatible with system and sub-systems.
• Cascading and arbitrating targets for data-driven, intelligent, optimised energy nodes (e.g. aerodynamics, weight, powertrain efficiency, climate system, HV battery energy) to deliver a modern luxury experience.
• Collaborating with a wide range of business stakeholders and Engineers to deliver vehicle programmes against the team’s Quality Operating Schedule (QOS; JLR’s framework for attribute delivery).
• Identifying risks and opportunities in a robust data-driven manner with the purpose of informing and influencing business decisions and engineering direction related to vehicle energy nodes.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Vehicle Architecture’s Efficiency Product Owner and working within the JLR Agile operating model, responsibilities will include:

• Conducting strategic target setting for the Vehicle Efficiency attribute (including competitive positioning assessment & benchmarking, assessment of fleet compliance requirements, customer feedback data analysis, real-world customer data analysis, reviews of legislative requirements etc).
• Coordinating and contributing towards Vehicle Efficiency attribute virtual verifications & data analysis.
• Conducting target compatibility assessment and negotiation between the Vehicle Efficiency attribute and vehicle energy node owners.
• Collaborating with energy node owners in influencing and defining strategic technology roadmaps compatible with Vehicle Efficiency attribute requirements and customer trends.
• Supporting effective Vehicle Efficiency attribute governance throughout vehicle programmes, identifying and making recommendations for how to handle risks and opportunities as they arise.
• Ensuring Vehicle Efficiency attribute and energy node assumption data is robustly and efficiently administrated and made available to business stakeholders.
• Collaborating with tools and methods teams to ensure Vehicle Efficiency attribute development requirements are well defined and aligned with programme objectives.
• Where programme delivery imperatives allow, contribute and add value to tools and methods development project work.
• Undertaking any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested.

Essential Skills Required:

• Strong technical engineering background with evidence of a methodical, structured approach to problem solving.
• Significant previous experience of Vehicle attribute and/or vehicle system delivery.
• Detailed knowledge of vehicle efficiency legislative homologation/certification methods, processes and implementation.
• Technical understanding of how vehicle energy nodes (road load, propulsion efficiency, electrical loads etc) affect vehicle-level emissions, consumption and range for both fuel-consuming vehicles, EVs and hybrids.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to use data and visualisations to articulate complex risks, opportunities and recommendations in an easily digestible way.

Education Required:

• Applicants should be educated to Degree level (ideally with a focus on Mechanical or System Engineering) with significant relevant industrial experience.