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My client are a leading automotive organisation who are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer with a specialisation in Vehicle Motion. You'll be supporting delivery mode systems on current/future vehicles.
You will be decomposing, deriving and allocating system and sub-system requirements, ensuring full bi-lateral traceability across the V cycle.
We're looking for someone with ideally 5+ years industry experience.
Area of responsibility
 Working as a member of the Systems? Squad, the successful individual will have tasks assigned / prioritised by the System Product Owner and;
 Will be responsible for initial decomposing, deriving and allocating system and sub-system requirements, ensuring full bi-lateral traceability across the V cycle.
 Will be responsible to for Test Case Authoring and conducting System Level Verification on both rigs and vehicle.
 Will support the Product Owner / Group leader in both Route Cause Analysis and permanent corrective actions.
 Will support the creation of system safety case with applicable Functional Safety Work Products and Standards.
Knowledge / Experience (Essential)
 Automotive or Electrical Engineering Degree with a minimum of 5 years Industry Experience (Automotive preferred)
 Experience in Automotive Chassis / Motion Systems and associated features, although strong candidates with relevant system experience from other industries such as aerospace will also be considered.
 Some experience of delivering complex mechatronic systems from concept to production.
 Demonstratable experience of delivering complex projects to quality, cost and time.
 You will have a strong background in systems engineering and requirement management, along with change management tools and processes, version control, control strategy documentation.
 You will have demonstrable experience in Jira toolsets, including but not limited to Confluence and Lucid.
 Experience in delivery of safety critical active control systems and associated software to ISO26262 standards.
 Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong influencing and engagement skills.
 Proficiency in issue resolution management, including both methodology and application e.g. 8D, Fishbone.
 Full UK driving license

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