AVA Development Engineer
Recruiter
JLR
Listed on
21st June 2022
Location
Gaydon
Salary/Rate
£42000 - £52000
Type
Permanent
Start Date
2022-06-21
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A leading premium automotive business and leading to move towards electric autonomous vehicles.What to expect
AVA (Associative Vehicle Architecture) - The Identification, Creation & Embedding of CAD Automation to improve the efficiency, quality and Compatibility of Geometry and Engineering for JLR.
The Role is to support the development and delivery of AVA and CAD Automation Toolsets within a team of multiskilled Agile developers. The Developer is an integral part of the Agile SCRUM team and needs to be adaptable to ensure the best solutions are planned, designed, delivered and embedded. This role will include toolset creation, architecture design, customer liaison, customer coaching and project management (through SCRUM). This includes coaching and supporting Engineers with capability uplift and leading both CAD and non-CAD engineers in creating and using AVA Automation toolsets. Whilst providing a highly creative and open mindset to identify and challenge current convention in the quest for increased levels of efficiency, quality and compatibility in every stage of geometrical development.
This role will may also require geometry delivery to vehicle programmes
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
Develop automated solutions to meet customer demand
Creatively architect and create automated CAD toolsets to accomplish the work set forth by the product owner whilst exploring and promoting the possibilities and advantages of utilising CAD and/or CAE automation for improved efficiency, quality and compatibility with a technically curious and open mind. Collaborate to deliver
Proactively organise and plan how to accomplish work, at an agreed upon level of quality, effectively with other developers to accomplish the sprint goal, checking in with each other frequently to inspect and adapt approach in pursuit of the optimum solution.Toolset Quality
Take responsibility for the quality of the toolsets and solutions produced and continuously ensure sympathetic integration with elements produced by others.In tune with customer needs
Interact with customers as necessary to clarify requirement and embed solutions for maximised benefit.Task Management
Take responsibility for estimating, planning and managing all of his/her own tasks and reporting on progress in line with Agile SCRUM methodologies.Maintain and mature our Agile environment
Collaborate frequently and closely with all other members of the development team to nurture a proactive, caring development environment and a team that is able to naturally take shared responsibility for the overall efforts they have committed to. Mentor customers and over developers in the technical and behavioural skills required to create and implement AVA toolsets.
What you'll need
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential:
* Strong aptitude with spatial reasoning, 3D geometrical interpretation and visualisation in CAD
* Strong capability in using Virtual Engineering tools CATIA V5 and CATIA V6
* Evidence of structured logical problem solving, ideally in the 3D, CAE or Code environment.
* Ability to record and present complex processes and ideas in simplified visual form.
* Experience delivering projects as part of a team
* Very good experience in Microsoft Office software.
* Good general PC skills
Desirable:
* Coding capability awareness (EKL, VB, Python)
* CAE toolset and capability awareness
* Demonstrate appropriate application of AVA geometric models and networks
* Relevant degree or equivalent experience in product development preferred
