Chassis Engineer in Guildford, Surrey

Role Guidelines:

General Characteristics

• Develops increased knowledge and skills most likely within the set of responsibilities show below
• Evaluates, selects, and applies standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform assignments of limited complexity
• Collaboratively uses judgement to determine adaptions to standard practices
• Undertakes leadership of small work packages

Typical Technical Responsibilities

• Undertakes defined assignments
• Develops workflows to deliver assignments
• Prepares portions of project documentation (models, drawings, reports etc.)
• Assists on a wide variety of tasks across departments and functions as required

Managerial Responsibilities

• Assists in determining schedules and budgets for familiar tasks
• Undertakes small and well defined work packages

Direction Received

• Receives instruction of specific objectives
• Receives direction on unconventional and/or complex problems, and possible solutions
• Receives a thorough review of completed assignments for application of sound engineering judgement

Communication skills

• Possesses effective oral and written communication skills
• Assists with customer communications associated with specific assignments
• Interacts with contractors

Typical Experience

• 2 + years

Typical professional qualifications and community activities

• Associate Member of professional practice organisation
• Involved with outreach activities focuses towards schools and education (e.g. STEM)

Departmental Responsibilities:

• Engineering responsibility (including design and release) of full vehicle chassis systems:
• Suspension Links
• Corner Springs and Dampers
• Roll and Heave Control
• Uprights and Hubs
• Wheels and Tyres
• Foundation Braking
• Brake Actuation
• Parking Brake
• Steering
• Pedals and Pedal BoxDesign for manufacture and assembly for responsible components and assemblies
• Ensuring responsible designs meet legal compliance
• Work Package Management
• System package
• Subsystem specification and analysis
• Component concept design and analysis
• Component and system specification
• Technical procurement support
• Outsource supplier management to budget and timing
• Design Sizing Analysis
• Sub system loads
• Joints and interfaces
• Materials selection
• Bolt calculations

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by Optamor Limited. Optamor is a specialist Recruitment Process Outsourcing provider. We provide a flexible full recruitment solution which takes care of all recruitment requirements from planning to on-boarding. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.