Senior Engineering Manager

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom International Automotive Components Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Engineering Team and drive the development of innovative automotive products.

Main Responsibilities

  • Lead the Engineering Team by example and provide guidance on design and engineering principles.
  • Represent IAC as primary contact for Product/System Design Engineering and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Determine and deliver the most appropriate design and engineering solution to meet customer requirements.
  • Ensure that all Product/System safety & performance attribute targets are met, right first time.
  • Steer the engineering design activity ensuring most appropriate application of both direct and contract design resources are used.
  • Collate and present data to support decision making.
  • Ensure delivery of all IAC internal & customer requirements in line with programme timing.
  • Liaise with tooling and manufacturing specialists to ensure that the product design is feasible and repeatable for the vehicle life.
  • In the absence of doubt, take responsibility.
  • Work hand in hand with Programme and Business Manager.
  • Primary deliverables: Cost, Timing, Quality, Robustness, Sustainability, Repeatability.

Main Missions and Results

  • Lead the design and product engineering Team.
  • Customer/Supplier/Manufacturing Plant liaison.
  • Ensures that the engineering team drive the following activities:
  • Design according customer aesthetics, technical requirements, and specifications.
  • Design for assembly.
  • Design for manufacture.
  • Quality functional deployment.
  • Finite element analysis data.
  • Dimensional variation analysis (In conjunction with DVA specialist).
  • Support Tool Timing in conjunction with the tooling group.
  • Responsible for the engineering elements of customer part approval (PPAP).
  • Support all tool trials & tool sign off.
  • Determine and apply the most appropriate and cost-effective solutions.
  • Provide for design resolution as an extension of and in cooperation with the customer engineering team.
  • Assures a flawless introduction for New Product Introduction (NPI) position as defined in IAC's GDLS.
  • Support cost estimates in relation to product and process changes, and liaise with Operations, sales, PM to ensure all recoverable costs are specified in the quotation.
  • Customer liaison & management.
  • Support VAVE activities.
  • Ensuring together with development team (PM, design, tooling, quality, testing, launch, purchasing, sales) that the process is robust prior to tool shipment.

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor and/or Diploma degree in automotive, plastics engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent job-related experience.
  • Substantial experience within interior system delivery.
  • Working knowledge of materials and manufacturing technologies to deliver lightweight and sustainable design solutions.
  • Cradle to grave project experience including process and tool maturation and program launch.
  • Experience in surface development.
  • Conversant with major CAD systems applicable to automotive design.
  • Demonstrated excellent management and interpersonal skills.
  • Knowledge of company product and manufacturing processes.
  • Working knowledge of job-related technical skills: GD&T, DFM, DFA, CAE/FEA, CAD, FMEA, DVP&R.
  • Fluent English.
  • Flexible to support projects at various locations.


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