Contract | Coventry | Leading OEM via Major Consultancy

The role

You will lead end to end development of cabin safety and restraint systems from concept through to launch. Full ownership of technical delivery, supplier management and validation, with a sharp eye on cost, weight and quality. VAVE is not a buzzword here, it is expected.

What you will be doing

Delivering engineering solutions for prototype and production parts

Owning cabin safety and restraint system development

Optimising designs for cost, weight, quality and manufacturability

Managing suppliers and hitting programme milestones

Ensuring compliance with OEM processes, PLM standards and regulations

Collaborating with manufacturing, CAE and senior stakeholders

Driving validation, testing and build support

Maintaining BOMs, DFMEAs, drawings and technical documentation

What you need

Strong experience in automotive cabin safety and restraint systems

Solid knowledge of regulations and homologation

Hands on experience with plastics, tooling and manufacturing processes

Proven capability in concept design, packaging and surface development

Confident managing suppliers and complex programmes

CATIA V5 experience is essential, V6 and 3DX highly desirable

Comfortable working independently and making engineering calls

Nice to have

VAVE mindset with the confidence to challenge designs

Structured problem solving experience such as 8D, 5 Whys or Six Sigma

If you are an experienced cabin safety engineer who actually enjoys accountability and delivery, this one is worth a conversation.