System Integration Project Planner Lead Engineer

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a System Integration Project Planner 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: £35.80 per hour.

The Opportunity:

The Central Systems Integration (CSI) team is responsible for integrating all customer features and functions into vehicle programmes. The team ensures seamless cross-functional collaboration across all phases of feature, systems, and software delivery—from requirements definition to test execution—enabling controlled and timely introduction of features into target electrical architectures.

The System Integration Project Planner Lead Engineer is accountable for the maturity, status, and delivery impact of customer features across vehicle programmes, ensuring readiness for programme gateways and final sign-off. The role translates programme requirements into clear, time-based delivery targets and ensures successful execution through collaboration, risk management, and issue resolution.

The role also ensures transparency by consolidating stakeholder inputs into a clear view of feature availability and maturity aligned to programme milestones, while reporting KPIs and risks to stakeholders.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Understand programme feature content; ensure feature design progression is on track to meet programme requirements.
• Support timely cascade of feature/function demands to technical domains based on identified programme needs, escalating where appropriate.
• Facilitate resolution of any feature issues and roadblocks to achieve Final Engineering Sign-off to agreed date.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Lead timely delivery of vehicle features and remove integration risks and blocker.
• Align engineering domain delivery plans with programme milestones.
• Drive resolution of cross-functional integration issues.
• Collaborate with programme planners and Core VE teams to align plans.
• Identify and communicate dependencies, risks, and delivery glide paths.
• Drive continuous improvement in processes and reporting.

Key Interactions:

• Feature & Software Domain Product Owners & Integration Leads.
• System Integration Engineers, System and feature owners (peers leading other platforms).
• Cross Domain Feature Leaders and Central Systems Integration Functions.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:

• Thorough understanding of the Systems Design Life Cycle - system definition, system architecture development, requirements specification, design reviews, systems integration, system assessment and acceptance;
• Demonstrated experience of technical analysis and employing best-in-class processes in engineering;
• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to collaboratively influence delivery teams across the engineering function;
• Proven ability to interpret and use technical data along with business skills with technical decision-making including risk identification.
• Good working knowledge of Office 365.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience Requested:

• Experience of engineering product delivery using project management techniques.
• Experience of programme and project delivery processes including JIRA toolset use.
• Experience in the integration and delivery of electrical, electromechanical or software systems.

Essential Personal Profile:

• Demonstrates our Creators' Code behaviours of Customer Love, Unity, Integrity, Growth and Impact, continually working hard to deliver a modern luxury experience to earn and keep our customers’ trust and loyalty.
• An individual who is results driven, demonstrates, tenacity, drive and perseverance, with the ability to deliver in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• Embracing differences, being empathetic, welcoming challenges together empowering each other to deliver.
• Building trust by speaking openly and honestly, listening attentively, and treating others respectfully.
• Taking initiative and using failure as an opportunity to learn. We develop by giving + seeking honest feedback.
• Making a difference through our results. We innovate and never lose sight of what we want to achieve.
• An individual who can demonstrate good capability in leading cross functional collaborative groups.
• An individual who is able to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
• A good communicator who is able to communicate directly, clearly and openly to all level
• Willingness to work flexibly, in terms of location within the UK and hours (within core business hours).

Essential Education Required:

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience.