REQ ID: 124278
JOB TITLE: Lead Instrumentation Engineer
SALARY: £42,000 - £55,000
POSTING START DATE: 03/06/24
POSTING END DATE: 17/06/24
LOCATION: Gaydon
We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The Instrumentation Applications team support the JLR engineering community in providing expert knowledge of data acquisition installations and measurement techniques.
As the Lead Instrumentation Engineer, you will be responsible for managing a team of engineers and fitters/technicians to ensure measurement equipment installations are completed to time, cost and quality.
The role oversees the delivery and maintenance of measurement systems to Prototype vehicles, to enable the capture of test data. This activity enables our internal engineering customers to validate vehicle, system and component performance.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Management of a team of Instrumentation Engineers and fitters/technicians to deliver data acquisition and measurement solutions.
• Configuration of measurement systems and signal conditioning with understanding of excitation, filtering and sample rate, data-logging etc
• Offer advice to Instrumentation customers with measurement options and problem solving.
• Use of specialist tools within the Instrumentation department such as a Requirements database, Data-logger software (e.g. Ipemotion) and a Calibration and Instrument database to work efficiently and deliver solutions fully “documented” and aligned to our customer requests.
• Work with other team members to complete Instrumentation Job Cards to a high standard and with timely delivery.
• Support team members to ensure high performance and growth.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
• Excellent team leadership and resource management skills (both of salaried and hourly paid team)
• Significant understanding of prototype vehicle builds and test programs.
• Strong overall technical vehicle system knowledge and platform architecture awareness
• Clear and concise communication skills to present status to customers and stakeholders at all business levels
• Strong Project Management skills to manage planning and delivering complex installations.
• Experience of compliance and standards management tools such as 5S, SBI, Risk-Assessments & COSHH
SO WHY US?
Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.
This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.
JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.