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Senior Quality Engineer - Systems Engineering

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Gaydon
8 months ago
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Product Engineering at JLR is centred on innovation and creativity. From advanced driver assistance systems to developing the future of electric propulsion, the opportunities to create exceptional experiences for the future of motoring are wide-ranging. You'll work alongside industry experts to drive product strategy, manage programs, analyse performance, and lead transformation initiatives. Exceptional careers that bring world-renowned vehicles to life start here.

WHAT TO EXPECT

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be a subject matter expert and coach for ensuring robust engineering design through JLR’s Product Development Process with a strong focus on Systems Engineering. The role will be to join the Engineering Excellence team to drive and support our Engineering Quality strategy to become the automotive industry world leader by setting benchmarks in Quality, Satisfaction and Reliability through sustainable and innovative luxury products.

Our team’s vision is to be an engineering centre of excellence for robust engineering culture, tools and processes, Body of Knowledge capture and problem solving. Enable JLR to set benchmarks for efficient delivery of innovative, reliable engineering on time. Enable JLR to fix functional faults and customer dissatisfaction robustly and raise our technical standards. Embedding the learning into our continuum

Key Accountabilities and Responsbilities

Own the “Behaviour, Requirements & Structure” elements of the Engineering Excellence Framework Development with a focus on Quality of Event Continue promoting and developing the Engineering Community of Practice for Systems Engineering Prevent Recurrence measures and Lessons Learnt Implementation Coach and mentor individual candidates or teams of employees on Failure Mode Avoidance / DFSS method & tool selection and application on existing projects Lead transformation projects to improve Systems Engineering & Failure Mode Avoidance processes across Product Engineering

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Significant experience in Product Engineering in a large multi-national organisation.  Extensive experience of increasing responsibility in a variety of Product Engineering environments focused primarily on complex electro-mechanical-software integrated product architectures used in the automotive industry  Be able to support Product Development projects and organisations from concept to launch  Strong people and leadership skills with the ability to work individually and in a cross functional team  Excellent communication and presentation skills

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Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs. 

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.

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