Senior Engineer - Product Integration

Kidlington, England, United Kingdom

12/19/2024

Senior Engineer – Product Integration

• Kidlington
• Full-time
• Perm
• 40 hours per week
  
  

THE POWER OF NOW

Fortescue Zero’s mission is to be the world leader in zero emission power systems. We are developing and manufacturing the technologies needed to decarbonise our planet. We are expanding across the geographies of UK, US and Australia and becoming a global company. As part of Fortescue, our vision is to be the number one integrated green technology, energy, and metals company.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Engineer – Product Integration to join the Vehicle Integration department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.

About The Role

The role of the Senior Integration Engineer is to ensure all systems within the product are compatible and work together cohesively to deliver the functionality and performance required by the customer. The individual will be involved in projects from the earliest feasibility studies, to capture the needs of the customer, cascade those requirements down the systems-tree and will follow-through to final engineering sign-off; ensuring appropriate validation & verification is put in place to guarantee quality product development. Senior Engineers provide technical leadership, identify conflicts and lead collaborate within the team to ensure the optimum design solution with a win-win mentality for all parties.

What You Will Do

• Coordinate a full spectrum of requirements, identifying any conflicts and ensuring those requirements are measurable and validated against benchmarks.
• Assess complex technical directives and or standards, able to adapt them to component designs and systems.
• Lead the development of a project attribute(s) and its target cascade process, identifying any compatibility concerns and can make targeted revisions or recommendations to resolve such concerns.
• Identify and resolve specific compatibility issues across vehicle, product, system and component levels.
• Perform cross attribute or system balancing and trade-offs with consideration to key metrics including cost, system function and material properties.
• Use a broad range of development tools and methods appropriate to time available, failure severity and part complexity.
• Produce component and system design alternatives to deliver original intended functions.
• Create supplemental design verification methods or recommend revisions consistent with customer needs and technology trends.
• Support development of test and durability cycles to reflect customer usage.
• Act as single point of contact with clients for technical matters, conducting meetings virtually, on-site and with potential travel to client site(s) or location(s).
• Identify and resolve issues in project teams including technical, cost, time and resource.
• Perform a Technical Lead role on small to medium scale projects from feasibility to all delivery stages on a product or system.
• Support onboarding activities of industrial placement and graduate engineers, providing mentoring or coaching support.
• Influence engineers across legacy methods of working with increased knowledge and methods of improvement.
• Critically evaluate supplier and competitor products, and report on latest technologies.
• Interact with Business Development Group to provide commercial insights for potential bids/tenders.
• Lead external client review meetings, influencing design making to design, sourcing, manufacturing, quality and launch.
• Translate interactions for presentation and report writing across a diverse range of audiences including senior leaders, clients and engineering departments.
  
  

About You

• Significant experience in the automotive, motorsport, off-highway or aerospace industries in 1 or more of the following technical areas: Electrification, energy storage systems, ePowertrain, power electronics, body or chassis systems.
• Experience moving a programme from a prototype build phase into a production build phase is essential.
• Knowledge of how design changes impact components or system performance/interactions is essential.
• Experience of leading product DFMEA.
• Experience coaching or mentoring junior engineers in technical duties or soft skill development.
• Knowledge across 1 or more core systems of an electrified product e.g. thermal, energy storage, control or propulsion.
• Able to work collaboratively to resolve challenging situations.
• An engineering qualification (e.g. Degree) in mechanical, automotive, electrical or aerospace engineering.
• Knowledge of JIRA, Polarion or Teamcenter would be advantageous.
  
  

What is in it for you?

Our typical hybrid roles at Fortescue Zero require 3 days in the office and 2 from home, making the ability to commute to the stated office location for the required days essential.

• Fortescue Zero bonus scheme
• Aviva Pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Electric Car Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
• Childcare Benefits
• Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships
  
  

Application Deadline

The closing date for applications is 17th January 2025.

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Additional Information

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments. You are welcome to apply no matter your age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Please note, if you are applying for a role which involves having access to personal data, you will be subject to a background check. Where checks are unsatisfactory or incomplete and/or a failure to reveal information relating to convictions that you are required to identify as part of the background checks, could lead to withdrawal of an offer of employment.