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Are you ready to take your engineering career to the next level? Imagine being part of a team at the forefront of electrified propulsion systems, where innovation meets cutting-edge technology. This is your opportunity to become a Data Quality & Management Lead Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of hybrid and fully electric powertrains. Join a company that values precision, creativity, and excellence, offering you the chance to contribute to world-class projects in a dynamic and supportive environment. If you're passionate about data management, validation and driving engineering decisions, this role is tailor-made for you.

What You Will Do:

• Lead data quality validation and management across Electric Machine, Electric Drive Unit, Inverter, Battery, and other test environments.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and accessible test data to support critical engineering decisions.
• Develop and deploy data piping, validation tools, and a federated data platform.
• Conduct correlation exercises to ensure test facilities deliver repeatable and reproducible measurements.
• Drive continuous improvement in measurement quality by reviewing equipment, systems, and methods.
• Coach and mentor team members, sharing best practices in data validation and management.

You will be working towards becoming the Subject Matter Expert for data management and validation, delivering a training package to develop others in order to improve the data quality produced by the team.

What You Will Bring:

• Experience designing applications in programming languages such as Python.
• Knowledge of building data systems, pipelines, and validation processes in cloud platforms like AWS or Google Cloud.
• Strong data analysis skills, including hypothesis testing, uncertainty analysis and process variation.
• Technical understanding of physical measurement equipment and its applications.
• Proven ability to create and present data-driven reports and visualisations.
• Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable).

In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the company achieves its goal of delivering electrifying performance and peerless refinement in propulsion systems. Your expertise will help shape a data-driven culture, enabling the engineering team to achieve right-first-time results and meet key performance indicators. This is your chance to work on innovative projects that push the boundaries of technology while collaborating with a team of like-minded professionals who are just as passionate about engineering excellence as you are.

Location:

This role is based in Whitley, offering a fantastic opportunity to work in a hub of engineering innovation and excellence.

Interested?

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to make an impact in the electrified propulsion industry. Apply now to become the next Lead Engineer (Data Quality & Management) and take your career to new heights!

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