Instrument Cluster Project Leader

Aston Martin is built upon the passion, skill and creativity of the people who dedicate their working lives to the most iconic brand in the world. Every intricate stitch beautifully expressed line, and the stirring noise of our engines is a manifestation of the desire and collective spirit to create the most beautiful cars: the soul of Aston Martin made real.

Job Purpose:

To own and be responsible for feature definition & ownership, Component ownership and delivery responsible for electrical components. These include, Displays, Instrument clusters etc

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a 5-year strategy & foster relevant new technologies to implementation ready within agreed budget, timing.
• In depth technical understanding of Infotainment functions, vehicle architecture, CAN AUTOSAR
• Create and maintain system requirement for all instrument cluster functionality.
• Lead integration topics for the instrument cluster component
• In-depth understanding of the functional safety concepts and ISO & 26262 requirements
• Create and run CANOE based simulations to validate Cluster functions
• Good understanding of vehicle architecture and lead system level discussions
• Support with defining targets for future models.
• Deliver the Programme quality, cost, weight, function and timing requirements for the systems and features you are responsible for.
• Ensure that the systems meet the Function plan (with the component suppliers), creating & managing recovery plans as required.
• Manage the Bill of Materials for your components
• Project manage the suppliers in order to ensure your deliverables are met
• Conduct Aston Martin whole vehicle testing for your systems and features both within & outside of the UK with a focus on customer acceptance.
• Support prototype build and test vehicle preparation.
• Manage issues in the Aston Martin Concern management system.
• Work with a cross functional team to ensure that all stakeholders deliver the support required to deliver your systems on time and to budget.
• Lead DFMEA and DVP creation for responsible components.
• Support functional safety related tasks at the concept and system level, including item definition, HARA, definition of safety goals, impact analysis etc.

Qualification & Experience:

• CAN tools – CANoE
• Understanding of LIN/CAN/Automotive Ethernet
• Understanding of electronics/software and hardware design
• Data analysis & report writing
• Proven record of delivering Electrical or Electronics commodities, including quality, cost, function, weight and timing. Experience of vehicle level system integration in terms of hardware and Software). Experience of software development processes and managing software delivery.
• Experience of delivering infotainment systems, Navigation, Bluetooth and Media devices, Tuner and Infotainment HMI. Delivery experience on Infotainment OS system (windows, Linux, QNX, etc.).
• Extensive knowledge of automotive development systems e.g. releasing
• Supplier management experience
• Complete knowledge of Product Development cycle from concept to launch completion
• Excellent technical engineering background and a comprehensive knowledge of using calculation and analysis to drive design.
• Excellent knowledge of automotive quality tools and processes.
• Extensive knowledge of the manufacturing processes to create the components or systems.
• Electrical engineering degree

Behaviours:

• Collaboration – builds & maintains effective relationships within own function as well as across departments. Collaborates within teams to achieve goals. Team player with ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Customer focus – always focuses on high attention to detail & demonstrates accuracy in their work.
• Communication – ensures communication has a clear purpose, is factual, accurate & provided at the right time. Proactively shares information with colleagues & stakeholders. Excellent written communication skills for report writing & concerns raising. Able to verbally communicate at all levels.
• Commitment – takes ownership of objectives, work activities & behavior, & makes informed decisions backed by data. Commits to deadlines & achieving milestones Strong time management, ability to balance and prioritise multiple tasks to meet customer needs.
• Continuously challenge & improve – takes initiative & uses data to challenge traditional ways of thinking & improve processes & working practices. Challenges design engineering to improve system performance.

Skills:

• Experience of managing ASIL A / ASIL B ECU’s.
• Knowledge of ISO 26262
• Competent in Microsoft Office toolset.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels
• Confident presenter
• Analytical
• Microsoft project experience is desirable
• Excellent financial management skills
• Strategic thinking
• Must be able to project manage and work collaboratively with a cross-functional team.
• Knowledge of CAN and CAN based tools,

For over 110 years Aston Martin has made the most exquisitely addictive performance sports cars.

But no one builds an Aston Martin on their own. Behind these legends and landmarks are hundreds of dreamers, darers and doers who make extraordinary happen, every single day. That’s why the name of everyone who has ever worn our famous wings is inscribed on the wall of our factory.

As we embark on an exciting new era for the business, we need the very best people to write their own chapter on our journey to become the world’s most desirable ultra-luxury British performance brand.

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