Chassis Electronics Lead

Scope of Role -

Responsible for complete technical leadership across the team, in terms of present and future control / mechatronic system development.

Expert working knowledge of all types of control systems required to operate lateral, longitudinal and motion control systems within vehicles, combined with a solid foundation of EE & System engineering.

Strong knowledge of associated hardware systems is also desired. Chassis Control Systems team is responsible for multiple ECU commodities and their advanced integration in to Powertrain & ADAS systems.

Additional responsibilities include design, development of technical specification and requirements control, testing and integration for delivery on all Chassis modules.

Candidate requires to be a highly motivated and hands-on team player, with exceptional attention to detail, diligence, a positive attitude and the ability to communicate well.

The fast-paced development provides a challenging environment suited to an engineer who can quickly develop skills in new areas, and liaise with and drive other engineers within a multidisciplinary/global team.

Our customers expect high standards and we require team members capa ble of meeting such demands.

Contacts Engineering, Research & Development / Customer & Client Management / Offshore teams.

Area of Responsibility -

Work alongside the Module leader & Domain leader to guide a cross functional global team to collectively deliver all aspect of Chassis controls systems in terms

Responsible to lead root cause analysis on issues identified during validation and veh icle builds, in terms of HW and SW elements.

Take responsibility for resolving issues on current production and development vehicl es with a strategic approach to close out in a timely manner.

Design and Develop new and existing diagnostic artefacts in the con text of Chassis system commodities

Identify opportunities to lead development of supplier competency with regard to diagnostic des ign and module integration

Actively seek technical improvement opportunities and lead the tech/integration team with improvement w ork streams

Support complete manufacturing integration and support

Overlook Functional requirements, Interface agreements, Network architecture and protocols

Support Module Lead and associated LE for issue analysis and fault finding

Upskilling team members in robust issue resolution and technical prevent recurrence.

Support Integration team leader in managing offshore teams.

Condu ct EOL & AS Process Reviews.

Knowledge / Experience

Good understanding of the structure in classic Autosar and knowledge of diagnostics components like DEM, DCM

Understanding of automotive CAN, LIN, Ethernet, Flexray and DoIP.

Proven capability of analysing vehicle and device level logs in CANalyzer or Wireshark for determining any diagnostic compliance or non-compliance issues.

Very go od knowledge about industry standards and core domains like HW, SW, Process and methodologies used in automotive ECU and system design.

Collaborate with engineers on software and hardware changes, solutions and requirements

Be proficient in software development workflows - able to compile software, change parameters, investigate issues with autonomy.

Good skills with SDLC/SAFe, Black box development and basic SW requirements.

Previous experience of OEM or tier one automotive systems or components / ECU

Understanding the importance of cost, weight, quality and risk and how it affects the commodities owned and the vehicle programmes the commodities are used on.

Experience of delivering designs to time, weight and cost targets.

Supplier management, comfortable with understanding and implementing DFM requirements within the project scope.

Documentation of Technical Specifications, DFMEA, DVP, Timing Plans, Minutes and Actions of Meetings.

Experience in Automotive protocol: CAN ( LS / HS / FD), UDS, OBD-2, LIN.

Knowledge or prior experience of working with vehicle architecture team in an established OEM.

Understanding of the concepts behind DTC creation and DID/PID assignment based on the hardware and software layout

Experience of requirement cascade tools like DOORS, Code beamer etc.

Experience of issue management tools like JIRA, RTC etc.

Nice to Have: previous experience on Chassis System.

Competences:

Proficient in all areas of System Development covering the complete Systems V cycle.