Join Aston Martin as the Underframe Lead Project Engineer – Large Platform
Are you ready to play a crucial role in the technical delivery of our SUVs? As our next Underframe Lead Project Engineer, you’ll assist the Platform Manager in delivering a body structure that meets performance attributes. You will aid in the design and development of components, provide feedback on change requests, and work with the team to introduce engineering changes.
Who We’re Looking For:
To excel in this role, you need to:
- Be a positive and approachable team player with confident communication skills.
- Have innovative problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
- Have good organizational skills and the ability to influence others.
Working with a team of experienced engineers, you’ll work to deliver the underframe for our SUVs, ensuring that the body structure always meets vehicle performance targets. You will also work cross-functionally to resolve design conflicts, escalating appropriately if a satisfactory compromise cannot be found.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Delivery: Assist the Platform Manager in delivering a body structure that meets performance attributes and build timing.
- Design and Development: Aid in the design and development of feasible components that meet both the business case and technical case and provide feedback on change requests.
- Engineering Documentation: Produce and maintain engineering documents relating to the platform development such as FESO, DVP, DFMEA and lessons learned.
- Engineering Changes: Work with the team to introduce engineering changes and generate releases for prototype and production parts to meet each build phase.
- Validation: Produce development plans to validate the body structure against performance and attribute requirements.
What You Need:
- Good understanding of body structures design, associated manufacturing constraints and the relevant commodities used on an underframe (including but not limited to castings, extrusions, pressings and SMC).
- Knowledge of aluminium joining techniques and associated design constraints.
- Relevant engineering degree (Engineering Masters and/or Chartered Engineer desirable).
- Knowledge of the automotive development cycle from concept to launch.
- Experience using CAD software and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
What You’ll Do:
You’re not one to shy away from a challenge. You will have the courage to collaborate with and influence cross-functional teams including Body CAE, Manufacturing, Quality, Safety, and attribute teams. You will thrive on having a direct impact on the final product and feel satisfaction from seeing it launch on the market.
In this role, openness is key. You will have a broad scope with exposure to many areas of the business, providing you with ample learning opportunities compared to larger companies. Trust is essential in working with the team to introduce engineering changes.
What You Can Expect:
This is a full-time role with hybrid working arrangements, including 2-3 days a week in the office. The working hours are 7:30-16:30 Monday-Thursday and 7:30-12:30 on Friday.
At Aston Martin, we are proud of the products we produce. Our mission is to build high-performance SUVs that provide joy and excitement, giving people an experience of a lifetime. Joining Aston Martin means being part of a business committed to achieving our racing green sustainability targets.
This is a chance for you to gain hands-on experience contributing to our prestigious, British-made products with significant exposure to various aspects of the business. We are a company built on unity and known for our commitment to ownership.
Belong at Aston Martin
We understand that the incredible beauty, craft, and art that defines an Aston Martin comes from the inclusion of our amazing people.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different.
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