Position: Suspension Engineer

Location: Gaydon

Position Type: Rolling contract

Inside IR35:

Duties:

The Vertical Function Group (VFG) team is responsible for the design, analysis and release of vehicle chassis suspension components including, springs, dampers, roll control and air supply commodities.
This includes developing and implementing system and component strategies, developing detailed designs and delivering Engineering sign-off against customer requirements.
Within VFG the Bush Team have responsibility for target concurrence, design, development & Release of :-
Suspension - Elastomer and hydraulic - bushes
Subframe to body - elastomer and hydraulic - bushes
Bushes have significant contribution to the overall vehicle attribute performance particularly refinement and vehicle dynamics, as well as quality in terms of error state avoidance and component reliability.
Delivery of these components and systems is an essential element in delivering successful and profitable programmes.
You will be supporting the delivery of components from concept to production overseeing all stages of the design, validation and production launch of components ensuring smooth integration between the bushes and the tier 1 commodities (links, knuckles & Frames).
As our Client moves into an integrated systems engineering culture this will also involve interaction with the Axle System Development teams.

Skills:

Knowledge of Rubber material through design of Elastomers and/or Mounts
Working knowledge of the Product creation and delivery process ( Use of iCreate )
Agile / JIRA working knowledge

Education: