Background
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Purpose of Role
Working as the part of a small team reporting to the Principal Engineer – Body Electronics you will be required to support all critical program activities and engage with the architecture team and project management to define and agree the Vehicle Electronics for all McLaren vehicle platforms.
Principal Accountabilities
Working within the body electronics team, this role will have responsibility of delivering body electronics components and software from concept through to production.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Electronics architecture experience (harness, CAN/LIN protocols, ECUs, sensors) in an automotive environment.
- Body/Chassis and Software/Hardware experience for automotive applications.
- Experience of the Supplier Management process.
- Proven track-record of system/component design and delivery within automotive/aerospace/engineering.
- PC literate and at ease with MS Office products
- SAP design tools (preferred)
- Knowledge of Modern Vehicle operating systems (preferred Body Electronics)
- Experience Test and integration of vehicle Electronics systems.
- Generation and approval of detailed specifications.
- Component standardisation.
- Experience gained in Automotive OEM or tier one supplier.
- Lab car and mule development and POC. activities
Personal Attributes
- Self-motivated and proactive, with a can-do attitude and the ability to work both as a supportive team member and as a driven individual with minimal supervision
- Adaptable, quick thinking, decisive, showing strong initiative and self-determination
- Promote cross functional team working and collaboration between departments to support delivery of challenging projects
- Conscientious, with a proven eye for detail (quality, reliability and safety) with dedication to deliver best in class products
- Excellent personal workload management and manpower planning.
- Excellent communication skills to enable cross-functional working, able to define the requirement and breakdown complex problems
- Willing to travel and work flexible hours when required
- Passion for the automotive industry and technology would be advantageous
- Enthusiasm to embrace change and support creation of new processes as necessary
- Willing to own and push the boundaries of their core responsibilities
- A full UK vehicle driving license
- Excited to build on the McLaren legacy