Lead Electrical Battery Engineer

Job title:

Lead Electrical Battery Engineer

Company

Jaguar Land Rover

Job description

REQ ID: 125567
JOB TITLE: Lead Electrical Battery Engineer
SALARY: £45,249 – £55,000POSTING START DATE: 10/10/2024POSTING END DATE: 25/10/2024LOCATION: GaydonWe’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 EXPECTThe Battery Engineering Department is at the forefront of designing, developing, and engineering all JLR batteries, whether crafted in-house or sourced externally. Our team is a dynamic matrix organisation comprising designers, test and validation engineers, and program leaders.Lead Engineers are pivotal to our battery engineering design maturation process. They ensure that our design team operates cohesively and aligns with program assumptions. Additionally, our integration team provides comprehensive technical reporting on design progress towards virtual builds and test milestones as specified in our Requirements Management & Design Verification System.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESIn this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end development of 12V batteries, from A-D samples, ensuring that key attributes meet targets in quality, cost, weight, function, and timing. You will lead and resolve cross-functional issues across departments and centres of competence (CoC) functions, maintaining up-to-date Design Verification (DV) requirements and reporting statuses for each program.You will play a crucial role in escalating and communicating issues and roadblocks, offering solutions within power and energy management, powertrain, and vehicle domains. Your responsibilities include compiling and presenting major gateway status reports to Vehicle and Powertrain teams, managing project cadence, ensuring transparent communication, and leading design reviews to establish compatibility across teams.Supporting Program Engineers, you will input into the Automated Issue Management System (AIMS) and drive issue closure in line with vehicle gateways. Building robust relationships with stakeholders and tracking conformance plans and deviation completion requirements against gateways will also be key aspects of your role.If you are driven by innovation and have a passion for advancing battery technology, we invite you to join our team and contribute to the future of automotive engineering at JLR.WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Knowledge of battery and/or power management systems
• Knowledge of battery management system
• Familiar with battery cell safe operation boundaries
• Good knowledge of AUTOSAR, SOTA, Cyber Security, Diagnostics and Functional Safety
• Ability to provide strong and clear direction to suppliers
• Strong capabilities in problem definition and problem-solving techniques

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.#WEAREJLRAt JLR we are passionate about our people. They are at the heart of our business. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive culture that is representative of our global customers and the society in which we live; a culture in which every one of our employees can bring their authentic self to work, and reach their full potential.OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESSFind out what to expect at each stage of the process along with some hints and tips.INSIDE JLRFind out more about working here in our JLR Life Blog:WHAT WE OFFERWe look after our employees by offering a host of benefits and investing in their talent through award-winning training

Expected salary

£45249 – 55000 per year

Location

Gaydon, Warwickshire

Job date

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 05:04:28 GMT

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