Techniche Global are supporting leading automotive manufacturer to appoint a Lead Design Engineer

Lead Interior Design Engineer Role requiring an understanding of design for customer, design for manufacture and idea generation with a distinct focus on cost competitiveness, functional leadership, data analysis and reporting.

Key responsibilities:

• Creating concept sheets and supporting presentation to CVE.
• Providing technical explanation of changing content to cost estimators to set the budget.
• Generating design estimations for cost of change from benchmark.
• Preparing Styling Feedback of A-Surface feasibility and technical requirement.
• Full parts development and management taking into responsibility for cost, timing and delivery to meet all required specifications.
• Knowledge of all regulatory requirements for each region.
• Capability and experience to develop the most efficient and cost effective solution.
• Ability to manage, influence and co-ordinate with other departments and suppliers
• Creating RFQ (Request for Quotation)
• Reviewing supplier concepts for Cost and Quality
• Quote and breakdown analysis.
• Validating supplier quotes meet the RFQ and Concept needs.
• Identifying challenge points and queries in the quote to close the gap between quote, concept and budget. (Purchase lead commercial negotiation)
• Creating and presenting status to Management.
• Direct engagement with supplier technical and commercial.
• New model cost management
• Repeating quote & breakdown analysis at major milestones in the Project digital and physical phase, generating technical queries and challenges. Analysing design change and validation technical liability.
• Generating cost reduction ideas to secure product technical and commercial competitiveness.
• Benchmarking against internal and competitor references.
• Lifecycle cost management
• Generating technical cost reduction ideas.
• Benchmarking at part and vehicle feature level.
• Management of supplier activity, and internal reporting.
• Development of cost reduction design changes with supplier.

Qualifications and Experienced required:  

• Previous automotive design and development experience
• Previous experience of cost breakdown analysis and working in a technical/commercial cross functional team.
• Prior knowledge of interior cabin parts / modules
• Prior knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Previous automotive design and development experience
• Previous experience of cost breakdown analysis and working in a technical/commercial cross functional team.
• Prior knowledge of interior cabin parts / modules
• Prior knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Valid driving licence and able to travel globally