Job summary

An opportunity exists for a Principal Engineer in our Performance Development team to deliver systems and attribute evaluation and development activities working on a large variety of on-going client projects in the automotive sector.

Key skills required for this role

o Thermal and electrical powerpack systems performance, emissions and fuel/energy consumption

Important

o Thermal and electrical powerpack systems performance, emissions and fuel/energy consumption

Job description

Key Responsibilities
To deliver performance systems activities:

• Capture functional and performance requirements, validating requirements using literature research, market surveys and benchmarking
• Develop system & component specifications
• Develop system architectures
• Support project design team in providing guidance for integration, component details, supplier evaluation and liaison etc.
• Develop and execute system performance validation simulation and test plans
• Steer and guide simulation execution
• Lead customer interaction on all performance systems related activities

Required Qualifications and Experience
The successful applicant will have a sound Engineering background with experience of successfully delivering Systems Integration projects.

Essential

• Degree in an Engineering or relevant Science-based discipline with technical background in powerpack systems design and development experience in either
  • Thermal and electrical powerpack systems performance, emissions and fuel/energy consumption
  • A system engineering role
  • An attribute engineering role
• Knowledge of requirements management, targets definition and specifications
• Knowledge of thermodynamics, energy flows and efficiency chains
• Knowledge of emissions and mitigation measuresExperienced in developing test plans and test execution & data analysis for both vehicle and engine/powerpack
• Methodical approach to issue investigation and resolution
• Knowledge of powerpack calibration tools and software
• Literate in IT systems (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Desirable

• Knowledge of thermal energy transformation systems and their alternatives
• Good knowledge of automotive legislation requirements
• Experience in managing project budgets, resource and delivery
• Understanding of commercial business factors

Personal Attributes

• Ability to lead a multi-disciplined team
• Robust character with strong self-drive and motivation
• Organised and rigorous with personal target of high quality delivery
• Ability to work autonomously under pressure and manage own workload to ensure program milestones are met on-time
• Proven ability for supervision of less experienced engineers
• Proficient in English (written and spoken) for project and technical communication