Senior Engineering Manager

4 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom International Automotive Components Full time

Job Summary

The Senior Engineering Manager will lead the Engineering Team by example, representing IAC as the primary contact for Product/System Design Engineering. This role requires determining and delivering the most appropriate design and engineering solution, ensuring all Product/System safety & performance attribute targets are met, right first time.

Main Responsibilities

  • Lead the Engineering Team, steering the engineering design activity to ensure the most appropriate application of both direct and contract design resources.
  • Collate and present data to support decision making, ensuring delivery of all IAC internal & customer requirements in line with programme timing.
  • Liaise with tooling and manufacturing specialists to ensure the product design is feasible and repeatable for the vehicle life.
  • Take responsibility in the absence of doubt, working 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, ensuring 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.
  • Assure 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.
  • Ensure together with development team (PM, design, tooling, quality, testing, launch, purchasing, sales) that the process is robust prior to tool shipment.

Requirements

  • 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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