Seating Engineer

The RLE INTERNATIONAL Group is one of the world's leading providers in the fields of vehicle development, technology & consulting. On the basis of more than 40 years of development & consulting, we provide innovative & effective solutions for our UK customers in the area of Automotive Engineering. RLE INTERNATIONAL is represented at locations close to its customers in Europe, Asia & USA.

As a group, the Seating team are responsible for the design and development of the front & rear seating systems.

Job Description

The seating engineer will need outstanding engineering skills together with experience of leading Seating systems design and development from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• To deliver Seating engineering project work.

• To provide technical support in Seating engineering to ensure all engineering, legislative, craftsmanship, cost & quality targets are met.

• Present Seating Engineering at Senior Management & project reviews

• Report and utilise information to address Seating engineering issues from reviews

• Address Seating team issues to ensure team objectives are controlled and met

• Support the development of the surfaces and design

• Arranging and supporting design reviews

• Interface with Package, Analysis, Manufacturing, DVA etc and implement recommendations where appropriate to create a right first time release

• Support the development of DFMEA’s

Knowledge, skills & experience

• Relevant automotive seating experience essential

• Ability to manage and lead seat supplier through vehicle development process.

• Experience in vehicle and seat testing

• Familiarity with legal requirements relating to seats

• Demonstrates appropriate depth of knowledge in relevant technical specialities

• Knowledge of engineering quality processes & tools such as D-FMEA, 6-sigma, 8D

• Planning & prioritising their own workload to meet department & wider business objectives. Assistance with engineering support for other chassis components may be required at peak times.

• Ability to work as part of a small team & actively participate in creation & development of innovative design solutions within the R&D environment.

• Good communication required with internal customers from the product engineering, Vehicle Attribute Engineering, Programme & Commodity delivery teams & the wider business.

• Day-to-day working with external suppliers of assemblies & sub-components, rig test houses & proving grounds.

• Experience with generating & updating timing plans.

• Knowledge of product development/creation systems like MISSION, GPDS, FPDS or AMPCS is preferred.

• Competent in all Microsoft Office applications.

Education

Engineering degree is preferred, however demonstrated technical excellence will be considered equally

Personal Attributes

Strong time management, accuracy, diligence, ability to balance & prioritise multiple tasks to meet customer needs.

A team player, who delivers with others towards the goal & is able to compromise in order to reach a common goal.

Strong verbal, written & graphical communication skills

Demonstrates flexibility & shows respect for different perspectives & embraces change.

Shows commitment by taking ownership, planning effectively & focuses on achieving tasks.

Constant improvement attitude adapts to change, able to reflect on past experiences & is open to constructive feedback.

Ambitious & self-reliant. Intrinsically self-motivated.

Delivery focused, with demonstrable track record of on-time delivery

An understanding & awareness of appropriate escalation.

Eligibility: Sponsorship is not offered on this role and you must have the right to work in the UK