Audio Design Principal Engineer (752)

Audio Design Principal Engineer (752)
Cranfield
£30.78p/h

We are recruiting an Audio Design Principal Engineer for one of our automotive clients based in Cranfield. You will be working for a globally recognised automotive company. This is a long-term contract role. The contract is on an ongoing basis a may run for several years.

Key Responsibilities of the Audio Design Principal Engineer:

• Implementation of Infotainment (Navigation and Audio) systems for client’s vehicles manufactured in Europe.
• Develop and coordinate specification and vehicle specific requirements with client’s global teams in Japan and North America.
• Managing Tier 1 suppliers to deliver products to Quality, Cost & Timing targets.
• Managing in house and supplier validation of components to client’s design standards.
• Collaboration with customer orientated engineering teams to ensure global products match European customer requirements.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing teams to ensure technical solution supports business objectives & with purchasing team to support sourcing and cost definition/reduction tasks.
• Collaborate with related engineering sections to ensure all system components are packaged and connected correctly to meet all system design and regulation requirements.
• Status reporting to management at all levels.

Qualifications & Experience for the Audio Design Principal Engineer:

• Have an understanding and experience of automotive Navigation system developments or similar ECU (Meter/Cluster, Body Control Module).
• Have relevant experience in automotive electrical and electronic development or equiva-lent experience e.g. in aerospace, telecoms or similar.
• Have experience of managing Tier 1 suppliers in the development of a complex electronic product.
• Have good communication skills and be able to communicate effectively in a cross cultural and cross functional team.
• Flexible regarding working practice and working hours.
• Understand Electrical theory and the operation of electronic devices.
• Knowledge of software and hardware development
• Be able to travel abroad, typically a few days to 2 weeks, but on rare occasions could be longer.
• Knowledge of CAN.
• Knowledge of software programming and software quality assurance.
• Knowledge of Antenna or Communications technology.
• Understanding of electronic mass production techniques and processes.
• Working knowledge of CAD systems such as IDEAS or NX

Hours & Pay for the Audio Design Principal Engineer:

• Monday to Friday
• 39 hours per week
• £30.78p/h

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