Virtual Series Group Lead

About the job

WHAT TO EXPECT

Do you have a great eye for technical detail? Are you looking to make a real impact in JLR’s product of the future? We’re looking for an individual like you to join our growing team that help deliver products of the future at JLR.

Digital Vehicle and Virtual Series Engineering sit at the heart of everything we do, and we firmly believe that we can only meet our goals by prioritising our team and culture. We give our team the freedom to drive impact and shape the future of our digital vehicles, within a diverse, inclusive and high-trust environment. As a Virtual Series Group Lead, you’ll establish trusting relationships with engineering teams, and be part of the Engineering Operations Organisation which is JLR’s centre of excellence for simulation and digital vehicle engineering. The Virtual Series Group Lead Engineer is responsible for ensuring completion of virtual series activities working on JLR’s New Modern Luxury Electrification Platform.

The role includes gathering and reporting technical status, introducing and leading delivery of Virtual Series development at programme gateways, presenting outcomes and making recommendations to the programme team. You will be part of a collaborative, iterative and agile team helping to deliver best in class digital solutions to the business and its customers.

You will be part of a collaborative, iterative and agile team helping to deliver best in class digital solutions to the business and its customers. We encourage candidates to apply even if they don’t meet all the criteria below.

Things that matter to us:
• You are technically curious at heart and like to take ownership to make it better
• You are detail oriented with excellent planning capabilities and attributes
• You are a team player and communicate with your peers and other stakeholders on the programme on a day-to-day basis
• Being confronted with a difficult or complex problems will drive and motivate you to seek and propose solutions
• Sense of ownership over products, features and services the team looks after.
 • Supporting Agile Squad Engineers with development of CAD and NGD to the required maturity and quality levels

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

• Forming key member of Vehicle Digital and Virtual Series Engineering Group
• Engaging with the engineering teams to plan and progress delivery
• Ensure technical assessments are completed to time and quality for report out at the key programme milestones and gateways.
• Planning, organising and running key programme events and meetings, communicating status/outcomes.
• Management of all KPI Digital Vehicle metrics.
• Highlighting changes to assumptions appropriately aligning with programme delivery
 • Running Agile vehicle reviews to highlight key successful outcomes, any incompatibilities for escalation to senior stake-holders

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Essential:
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas
• Analytical and problem-solving skills in approaching technical issue resolution
• Effective team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Experience of project management, planning and delivery is essential
• The candidate should be capable of expediting successful delivery through assertiveness, strong interpersonal skills, and negotiation with a wide range of multi-function teams
• A highly driven, self-motivated individual with capability to deliver results under pressure with minimum supervision
 • Highly proficient in the use and application Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Desirable:
• Experience in working on Agile Programmes
• Ability to work across functional teams and influence decisions
• Knowledge of whole vehicle automotive product design, systems or requirements.
• Knowledge of CAD, Bill of Materials, or CAE and other digital assessment processes, methods or tools would be beneficial
• Knowledge or experience in the delivery using Agile methodologies and Scrum would be beneficial.
 • A background technical or science would be beneficial but not essential

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage. 

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.