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Principal Engineer - PQ Integration

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Principal Engineer - Perceived Quality Engineer

Highly Competitive Salary Plus Car Allowance and Benefits 

Location: Warwick

Want 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 have knowledge of Perceived Quality being able to influence areas such as product design, development, innovation and new product launch and are seeking a highly innovative company that will provide career progress and you want to be considered, please apply today. If you have any questions about the Principal Engineer - Perceived Quality Integration Engineer role, please contact Mark Bignell at Jonathan Lee Recruitment on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

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