Technical Lead EV Digital Engineering

Placed: 01/12/17
Region: West Midlands
Category: Jobs


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Job Description For Vacancy No: 235845L

Consultant: Lewis Cross

Company Profile: Our client is a world-class provider of engineering, technology, project innovation and strategy for the global automotive, transport, defence and energy industries. With a century of delivering value, they employ over 2,500 professional consultants, engineers and staff world-wide.

Job Location: West Midlands / Cambridgeshire

Job Position: Technical Lead EV Digital Engineering

Job Status: Permanent

The Role:

* Regulatory requirements and changing transportation business models create the opportunity to develop new tools & solutions that are integrated and optimized at a systems level. The increased product complexity, electrification requirements and shorten time to market requires significant improvements in the software tools in complex modelling environments.
* As a Technical Lead xEV Digital Engineer you will work in close partnership with a Programme manager to lead a team to deliver one or more collaborative R&D projects. The positions role is to improve hybrid and electric vehicle modelling and digital engineering toolchains. Initially, the position would be responsible for the technical leadership of a collaborative R&D project. The requirements are EV vehicle modelling, developing advanced battery modelling techniques and coordinating work from multiple external partners and customers.
* The Technical Lead xEV Digital Engineer will also support the ongoing development of a culture of successful and effective research and innovation including coaching, mentoring and skill development for project team members.

Qualifications/Experience: The ideal candidate will demonstrate skills and experience:

* Leading teams to successfully deliver research or development projects preferably in the automotive or transportation sector.
* Experience developing hybrid and electric driveline architectures, components and systems integration and experience of the attributes and trade-offs that must be considered when specifying and developing Hybrid powertrain systems.
* Have a good understanding of the operating principles of motors, inverters, power converters, battery chargers and battery systems and of high voltage (

Benefits: Car + bonus

Price / Salary: £0 - £60000/annum Car + bonus