# Lead Engineer, Body Electronics

**Company**: McLaren Automotive
**Location**: Woking
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854

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## Description

As Lead Body Electronics engineer, you will lead a team responsible for developing and delivering state-of-the-art electronic systems and features within McLaren road cars.

You will manage a cross-functional team to deliver all aspects of Body Electronics on current and future vehicles.

Responsibilities include:

- Managing a team and setting objectives

- Maintaining the current supply base and establishing strategic partnerships

- Supporting commercial activities to achieve on-time and on-cost system development

- Developing and coordinating detailed system definitions and specifications

- Reporting on current activities, software status, and issues

- Developing and coordinating DVP plans

- Supporting future technology roadmaps, including technology planning and research activities

You will also be responsible for:

- Team development and performance reviews

- Technical specifications

- Design Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA)

- Engineering releases and change control management

- Vehicle Bill of Materials (BoM) structuring

- Quality concern investigation and resolution

- Achieving specific attribute targets

- Design validation plans

- Resource forecasting, allocation, and management

Requirements:

- Degree in a relevant engineering subject

- Strong technical project management skills

- Previous experience in OEM or tier one electronic system management

- Good commercial awareness

- Strong track record of delivering designs to timing, weight, and cost targets

- Supplier management experience

- Background in low-volume, high-performance sports or racing cars preferred

We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, including:

- Structured career development framework

- 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday

- Enhanced company pension scheme

- Discretionary annual bonus award

- Private medical insurance and health cash plan

- Life assurance benefit

- Sabbatical policy

- Generous parental leave policies

- Wellbeing initiatives

## Skills

### Required
- electronics
- software
- engineering management
- project management
- supplier management
- DFMEA
- DVP
- CAN

### Nice to have
- low-volume high-performance sports or racing cars
- Network ECUs domain
- vehicle level system integration

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