Principal Engineer - Sled

Job Description

Role :

UTAC’s Servo-Sled test facility is a sub‑department of our Passive Safety test offering located at our Millbrook site. The successful candidate will have responsibility for the performance of the department from a health and safety, and operational delivery perspective. They will support the Senior Manager and Chief Engineer who will have overall responsibility for financial performance and technical delivery. They will ensure that all work is completed in a competent and professional manner to the satisfaction of all customers and will support the development of the department going forward both in terms of capability and capacity.

The successful candidate will also work as part of a wider team within the Passive Safety department; supporting the delivery of Systems testing which covers a wide range of static rigs.

• Responsible for Health and Safety, risk assessments and safety observation tours within area of responsibility.
• Management of a small team.
• Work scheduling and resource management.
• Liaise and build relationships with customers to determine future workload and requirements.
• Support the implementation of continuous improvement following established group processes and tools.
• Develop, report and improve department metrics to inform future strategy.
• Financial; including invoicing, purchase order sign off and forecast maintenance.
• Support to maintenance of ISO
  17025, ISO
  9001 and other applicable accreditations.
• Staff training and development plans.
• Sled test equipment utilisation, issues and analysis.
• Sled testing procedures.
• Act in accordance with the behaviours for UTAC staff at all times.

• Qualified to bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in an automotive discipline.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in automotive or aerospace passive safety testing or development to European / Federal / Global standards (essential)
• Management of teams or business of similar size (essential)
• Demonstrable success of planning and organisation (essential)
• Sled testing (essential)
• Systems (Static Rig) testing (preferred)
• Experience of using FARO Arm or other CMM devices
• Experience of setting up and operating high speed cameras, GoPros and DSLR cameras
• Data acquisition experience

• Solid understanding of the requirements of various passive safety test scenarios, relevant to Sled Testing, and how that translates to the configuration of test facilities (essential)
• Expert level knowledge of industry automotive passive safety European, Federal and Global testing standards and regulations
• Understanding of human injury levels and the limitations of ATD instrumentation
• Familiarity with passive safety testing tools and equipment, including data acquisition, measurement devices and data processing.
• Data interpretation and analysis

• Agent for change
• Strong leader
• Organised and methodical
• Works well under pressure
• Pragmatic
• Shows initiative
• Amicable

• Flexibility to travel as and when required
• Full UK driving licence
• Willing to undergo a Criminal Disclosure check