Product Integration Engineer - Interiors

At Tata Technologies we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering and validating the products of tomorrow for the world’s leading manufacturers. Due to our continued growth we are now recruiting for a Product Integration Engineer - Interiors to be based at our customer’s site in Gaydon. 

Our Engineering Research and Development department (ER&D) is a fast growing function within Tata Technologies Limited that is assembled to work on exciting projects globally for multiple customers. It comprises highly specialized engineers across Automotive, Aerospace and Industrial Heavy Machinery. 

The Role: 

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 Programme Leader, External Engineering Service Provider, 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 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 Programme. 

Area of Responsibility   

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 Programme Leader

·        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, generation

·        In-cycle commodity and system quality resolution

Knowledge / Experience

Essential:

•       Experience of engineering, sourcing and delivery of components for vehicle programs

•       Project management

•       Coordination of multifunctional teams

•       Comprehensive MS office

•       Strong analytical skills able to use data to drive analysis and results.

•       Capable of seeing the 'bigger picture' and thinking strategically

•       Attention to detail and high degree of accuracy

•       Reporting and Presentation experience

Desirable:

•       Experience of delivering and developing technical products

•       Experience in the delivering technical products including physical and software engineering

•       Experience of module team delivery

•       Understanding of automotive industry

•       Agile methodology exposure

•       Proficient in JIRA and Confluence

In return for bringing your expertise to our business we offer a competitive salary along with excellent benefits including:

·        Pension Scheme – We match employee contribution up to 5% of salary

·        25 Days’ Holiday

·        Private Health Care

·        Tata Jaguar Land Rover Privilege Scheme - up to 20% of new JLR vehicles

·        Group Income Protection

·        Health Assured – Employee Assistance Program

·        Group Life Assurance

·        Childcare Vouchers

·        Health Shield – Private Health Cash Plan

If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects you work on and want to join a global company, then this is the place for you.

Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world.

Tata Technologies would like to thank all applicants for their interest, each application will be reviewed against the set criteria for the role. We would like to advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days following the closing date it will mean that unfortunately your application has not been successful. We will however retain your details for any suitable future opportunities.