Visual Quality Surface Materials Engineer
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What to Expect
As the Visual Quality Material Specialist, you will be responsible for leading the creations and updates of the Quality Standards applicable for the ongoing programmes. You will own the VQ surface material programme deliverables for interior and exterior, leading all topics related to appearance and colour harmony, ensuring the products of McLaren exceed customer expectations, focusing on collaborating cross-functionally and driving the introduction of surface materials that perform to engineering standards and cosmetic targets, mastering these fully validated, mass production ready materials.
This will include defining the visual quality zoning that will drive the appropriate application of the quality standards. You will support the Perceived Quality Specialist and the DVA Engineer with relevant benchmark data that drives the achievement of targets, specifications, and designs of components to achieve the attribute goals on several future vehicle projects. The VQ Material Specialist reports to the PQ Manager. You will not receive direct supervision and will be expected to manage your own tasks and workload, ultimately you are accountable for leading cross functional team to achieve the Product Quality targets.
Please note we consider Woking and Bicester as a location
This is 24 month fixed term contract
What You'll Do
Appearance Approval Specialist Accountabilities:
- Develop and cascade to the business the PQS Visual Quality process with the appropriate MDP deliverables and implement it on the ongoing programmes.
- Create and cascade the programme quality zone requirements of the vehicle on customer facing parts.
- Is actively involved in setting the appropriate standards for the ongoing programmes in support for the RFQ process, working alongside the CMD and SQD team.
- Lead and work closely with the relevant programme stakeholders to support the adherence and implementation of the cosmetic standard into the product development.
- Set up and co-ordinate specific Appearance Approval reviews for each programme for a successful and efficient management of quality standards development and buy-off.
- Create and cascade the programme quality zone requirements of the vehicle on customer facing parts.
- Liaising with the Colour Materials and Finish (CMF) design team to understand design intent for surface materials.
What You'll Bring
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
- Degree-qualified in a relevant Engineering discipline, Product Design or Consumer Science or have more than 5 years of relevant experience in a similar role. You should be able to demonstrate design (aesthetic) empathy through work experience or personal projects.
- Exceptionally good MS Office Skills Knowledge.
- CATIA CAD software or Alias/ICEMSurf CAS is a basic requirement.
- Colour trained, will need to pass a Munsell test.
- Proficient with spectrophotometers, gloss meter.
- Excellent Communication skills - verbal and written
- Experience working for an automotive OEM or 1st tier in engineering, CMF, or quality.
- Proficient with Byk Mac-i, Wavescan and smart chart or equivalent.
- Experience with natural leather characteristics.
Personal Attributes:
- You will join a close-knit and supportive team of talented people from diverse backgrounds, who will guide and support you in your journey to become a perceived quality specialist. We will actively seek to develop you and promote your career. The opportunities in McLaren for a person in this role are many. Beyond that, we are a company which invests in potential, and you will equally be judged on the following personal characteristics:
- Analytically intelligent, thinks fast, naturally creative and questioning.
- Presentable, self-confident, and affable.
- Motivated, driven, positive mindset.
- Curious, resilient, acts with integrity.
- Clear thought and an organised mind, with attention to detail.
What We'll Do for You
We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:
- Structured career development framework
- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus award
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Life assurance benefit
Who Are We?
No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.
It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.
McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.