Job description
Position Title: Virtual Series CAD Lead
Duration: 5 Month Rolling Contract
Location: Gaydon
Division: Engineering Operations
Position Description:
- The Virtual Series team within Digital Engineering is responsible for providing a quality output of CAD to various customers to enable overall program delivery and support physical part order.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Supporting the delivery of geometric data (CAD) that enables virtual build & testing activities (full product CAE).
- Producing and managing a delivery plan for CAD, through engagement with component owners, that enables a continuum of virtual build & test operations.
- Highlighting any issues and risks in the plan to virtual assessments utilising the appropriate escalation process. Ensuring these issues are adequately raised to the correct groups & tracking them into resolution.
- Understanding CAD quality issues & aligning on a plan to resolve that supports the overall virtual build & test plan with component owners.
- Tracking open test failures against components & align with component owners on resolution ahead of re-assessment virtually.
- Reporting out on status at appropriate events, highlighting the key activities required to support Virtual test plans & highlighting open issues and their age to communicate risks & issues within a program.
Essential Skills:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Confident to communicate across all levels
- Ability to create and manage complex project plans
- Basic knowledge of automotive engineering content
Experience required:
- Experience in managing a preassigned list of activities and delivering work based on a set priority.
- Ability to engage stakeholders in person or virtually to gather valuable information and confirm details.
- Ability to simplify information and clearly communicate to others, in person and through documentation in writing.
- Experience and confidence working independently and as part of a team.
- Can evidence examples of both solo and collaborative working.
- Basic knowledge of automotive engineering content
- Technically curious and confident in learning new skills.
- Proficient in the use and application Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Desirable:
- Knowledge of whole vehicle automotive product design, systems or requirements.
- Knowledge of CAD or Bill of Materials
- Knowledge or experience in the delivery using Agile methodologies and Scrum would be beneficial.
