Project Engineer - Interior NVH

Aston Martin is built upon the passion, skill and creativity of the people who dedicate their working lives to the most iconic brand in the world. Every intricate stitch beautifully expressed line, and the stirring noise of our engines is a manifestation of the desire and collective spirit to create the most beautiful cars: the soul of Aston Martin made real.

Job Purpose:

Design, release and deliver Interior NVH components to the required attribute functionality, agreed cost, timing and quality targets.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Commodity Ownership:
  • Manage commodity strategy & support relevant new technologies to implementation ready within agreed function budget, resource & timing.
  • Create engineering guideline documents and archetypes for platform and non-platform engineered components.
  • Manage commodity CAD BOM and respective DFMEA.
• Engineering:
  • Ensure components are designed and engineered robustly using standard engineering toolsets and best practices.
  • Support pre-production builds, ensuring build concerns are contained and resolved in the required timeframe.
  • Develop concepts in CAD, prior to supplier sourcing.
  • Define requirements for owned and interfacing components.
  • Create and maintain component specifications.
• Delivery:
  • Lead cross-functional team to deliver components to the programme targets for quality, cost, weight, function and timing requirements.
  • Ensure that the commodity is delivered on time with the ability to create & manage recovery plans as required.
  • Monitor internal & external resource utilisation to identify potential efficiency improvements for the next programme.
• Validation:
  • Create & manage the commodity’s virtual & physical Design Validation Plan.
  • Ensure that all concerns and testing issues are robustly resolved.
  • Complete FESO (Final Engineering Sign-off) documentation for commodities.

The post holder will undertake other duties as may be required to achieve the Company’s objectives, in line with the grading of the post.

Qualification & Experience:

• Proven record of delivering Interior NVH or equivalent component or material commodities, including quality, cost, function, weight and timing.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within Interior / Exterior Trim or similar commodities.
• Extensive knowledge of automotive development systems e.g. specification, releasing, concerns, containments, gateways and sign off documentation.
• Experience of leading a cross functional team, including complex issue resolution.
• Supplier management experience.
• Complete knowledge of Product Development cycle from concept to launch completion.
• Excellent technical engineering background and a comprehensive knowledge of using calculation and analysis to drive design.
• Knowledge of automotive quality tools and processes.
• Extensive knowledge of the manufacturing processes to create NVH components.
• Interior Trim NVH, Heatshields, Wheel Arch Liners, Carpet, Injection & Compression Mouldings,
• Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Mechanical/Automotive Engineering degree.
• CAD proficiency, preferably Siemens NX.
• Competent in Microsoft Office toolset.

Behaviours:

• Collaboration – Collaborates with own team as well as cross-functional teams to achieve their purpose. Passionate about team effectiveness and its delivery which is reflected in results.
• Customer focus – always focuses on high attention to detail & demonstrates accuracy in their work. Continually strives for excellence by critiquing own work and seeking constructive feedback from others to improve.
• Communication – ensures communication has a clear purpose, is factual, accurate & provided at the right time. Proactively shares information with colleagues & stakeholders. Excellent written communication skills for requirements writing & concerns management. Able to verbally communicate at all levels.
• Commitment – takes ownership of objectives, work activities & behaviour, & makes informed decisions backed by data. Monitors own projects and work activities against deadlines, holding themselves accountable
• Continuously challenge & improve – Challenges the status quo- considers traditional ways of thinking and seeks to improve and develop them. Actively challenges self and others in order to stimulate creative thinking and continuous improvement

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