Principal Engineer - PQ Integration

Jonathan Lee Recruitment

  • Coventry
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
  • Apply easily
Principal Engineer - Perceived Quality EngineerHighly Competitive Salary Plus Car Allowance and BenefitsLocation: WarwickWant to work for a forward-thinking organisation that provide advanced solutions to some of the automotive industries most challenging technical problems within the development of new vehicles and platforms? We are looking for an experienced and innovative Principal Engineer - Perceived Quality Engineer who has the ability to provide feasibility inputs to Engineering and Design as part of the conceptual and early Engineering phases of new vehicle programmes.Working as part of the Advanced Manufacturing Team, the Principal Engineer - Perceived Quality Engineer will support the development and integration of vehicles concepts covering manufacturing feasibility, dimensional management and perceived quality within interior trim & cockpit, exterior trim and uperbody and closures during the early stages of design. This will involve communication with cross functional teams both in the UK and Asia, (internal and external) while embracing the strategic requirements and objectives to identify areas for improvement across all facets of the business.As a Principal Engineer - Perceived Quality Engineer, you will be charged with;
  • Supporting projects in the design stages of the program, providing PQ direction for both Exterior and Interior Trim development
  • Additional support to be provided on request for part / assembly maturation process and root cause analysis support for production / design related concerns
  • Reviewing and validation of system integration for Exterior and Interior themes, leading the Development of PQ methods and processes
  • Providing a good working knowledge of PQ benchmarking, current trends and execution on competitor vehicles
  • CAD operation skills required – to create and manipulate geometry in Catia V5, for the communication and development of component interfaces to support Gap & Rad Plans
  • Generation and development of the PQ activities for Exterior & Interior Trim
  • Generation and maintenance of the Gap & Rad Plans, applying designs and engineering executions which achieve PQ targets
  • Lead digital reviews and sign-off events for PQ related activities for Interior systems.
  • Development of Product Attribute Targets (PAT) based upon the Product Attribute PALS positioning for PQ
  • Identify PQ opportunities for process development and longer-term strategy
  • Provide PQ Benchmarking of competitor vehicles & reporting of findings in support of Design conceptual theme development
  • Manage Optical Quality & Perceived Quality development & assessment activities
As a Principal Engineer - Perceived Quality Engineer you will have;
  • Demonstrates depth of knowledge in Perceived Quality delivery for Exterior and/or Interior systems
  • Complete vehicle development experience for PQ activities, being able to lead PQ activities
  • Design Studio Feasibility Support / Optical Quality reviews with knowledge of dimensional control and manufacturing process engineering
  • Experience of Exterior Trim materials, processes, tooling and assembly
  • Gap & Rad Plan Development, section drawings and target generation using Catia V5
  • Ability to create BIW and Trim interfaces appropriate to given CAS data
  • Exposure of vehicle launch programmes being able to manage deliverables within stringent gateways
Demand for this role will undoubtedly be high and interviews will be arranged very soon. If you

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