Project Engineer (Automotive)

WHAT WE DO – AND WHY!

Mobility connects people. People shape mobility. With 7.000 employees around the globe, FEV develop revolutionary and efficient drive systems, cross-link vehicles with each other and their surroundings, and strive to make our lives safer using intelligent systems. We need the right people at the right place to do so.

FEV UK is the subsidiary of FEV Group for the British market covering the UK customers and together with our global teams we deliver projects. From our modern UK test and engineering centre in Coventry we work on exciting e-powertrain projects contributing to significant reduction in CO2 in transportation and mobility.

Qualification

• Knowledge of internal combustion engines operating principles (Gasoline, Diesel and Hydrogen)
• Good powertrain mechanical, electrical, electronic background
• Hands-on experience of engines e.g. engine and component strip, repair and assembly
• Experience of fuel injection, ignition and emission component operation
• Experience of engine diagnostic scan tools for fault finding and repair
• Understanding of modern vehicle electrical systems (engine management, harness, electronic systems)
• Knowledge of new vehicle technologies (e.g. H2, BEV)
• Ability to log and record engine and transmission scan tool OBD data (e.g. INCA)
• Experience in test bed operation and test bed control systems
  
  

Education And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 2 years minimum experience in a related industry
• Understanding of data acquisition software/hardware
• Good written and verbal English communication skills.
• Experience in customer interaction, clear reporting and efficient communication
• Confident in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and engineering software (Inca, Uniplot, MatLab, …)
• Capable of operating and modifying complex Excel files to perform data analysis tasks.
  
  

Interpersonal Skills

• Good communicator and ability to support and work in a team
• Willing to take ownership and responsibility for tasks
• Focus on detail, quality and timely delivery of work
• Enthusiastic, flexible and self-motivated
• Intuitive problem-solving skills
  
  

Tasks

• Customer communication to ensure accuracy of the test plan
• Write the test specifications, develops test scripts - either from scratch or from existing components, programming and monitoring of drive cycles
• Support the installation and commissioning of test objects into test rigs/cells
• Maintenance of engine and Test Cell
• Hydrogen programmes for ICE and FC
• Interpretation of project targets and writing of test specifications.
  
  

What We Offer

• Shape the mobility of tomorrow, being involved in projects that will develop carbon reduction in the automotive industry
• Attractive salary package, depending on experience and specialist knowledge
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension contribution
• Training opportunities as part of FEV UK
• Death in Service is 4 times Annual Salary
• Cycle to work bike purchasing scheme
• Salary sacrifice lease car scheme
• Free Eye Tests
• Free Vaccinations (such as flu vaccination)
• Mobile Phone Contributions (where applicable)
• Option to Buy and Sell Annual leave
• Social events
• Free workplace car parking (where applicable)
• Hybrid working, family friendly policies