Chassis Dynamometer Technical Operations Senior Technician

JLR

A leading premium automotive business and leading to move towards electric autonomous vehicles.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

This is where it all begins. We develop the new concepts that go on to become new Jaguars and Land Rovers. So, the emphasis is on building strong strategic, technical and financial foundations right from the start.

The Chassis Dyno Operations team is part of Powertrain Test Operations and Engineering Operations. The team maintains productive workflow from the test facility and delivers test capability to the Powertrain Engineering and Certification teams. The delivery of testing using complex measurement instruments is required to drive the design and optimization of control technology in order to meet required vehicle targets. The team supports delivery of testing Chassis Dynamometer Emissions and EV Range, Evaporative Emissions and Real driving Emissions test programs from facilities at Whitley, Gaydon, Solihull and overseas.

You’ll operate across the Whitley facility conducting activities to ensure that we provide the capability to make measurements and deliver tests to fulfil customer requests. Responsible for providing and maintaining common processes and for ensuring that productive capability is maintained. Seek to improve operations by appropriate involvement in challenging redundant practices and using a flexible approach. The main activities need strong technical capability and require critical and analytical reasoning, robust planning, co-ordination and control of own workload. You’ll be supporting a wide range of engineering customers, skilled test facility operators, suppliers, external agencies and organisations in order to provide continuity of testing and assurance that our facility and output meet the requirements of established international standards for laboratory accreditation.

The primary focus of the role will be to support the correlation testing program. As part of this program, a number of vehicles are regularly tested across all the test cells and this is used to analyse the repeatability and reproducibility of certain parameters. Without the program there is no way to accurately capture quality statistics on emissions and other test parameters. It can also be useful in capturing both cell and equipment issues proactively, reducing the facilities downtime and lost tests. One vehicle will also correlate external facilities when required and as agreed by leaders of the program.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of the responsibilities required to facilitate the testing of the Correlation Vehicle Program
• Assist Correlation Engineer in data processing and analysis
• Supporting visualisation of data using software tools such as Tableau
• Writing and publishing of new processes and/ or refining existing processes to maintain facilitate adherence
• Project ownership, planning and delivery of quality test outputs
• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Apprenticeship or Level 3 NVQ or City & Guilds and relevant technical experience in core competencies
• Basic knowledge of emissions determination testing for type approval
• Experience of coordinating plans and following through with the successful execution within a testing environment
• Experience of working with and following defined procedures and processes
• Experience of data analysis and visualisation using software tools such as Microsoft Excel, Tableau or PowerBI
• Some evidence of skill in fault finding and resolution, problem analysis and root-cause identification
• Knowledge of company Health and Safety requirements, Risk Assessment, COSHH and MSDS
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Office and proven skills in producing plans, presentations, graphs and processes
• A full UK driving license with less than 6 penalty points, no disqualifications, 2 years accident free

Desirable

• Ideally educated to level 4 qualification in Engineering, Science or Mathematical discipline.
• Data analysis through the use of analytical tools such as AVL Concerto
• Knowledge and experience of working with and understanding emissions related legislation
• Experience in using test instrumentation; specialized reference equipment and external measurement devices, working at dedicated calibration stations, cells and rig
• Proven experience in specialized emission testing, i.e. SHED, PEMS

Personal Profile:

• An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable.
• An individual, who works independently, is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• A resilient and enthusiastic person who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs
• A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
• An effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
• A confident, motivated and resourceful self-starter with a passion for the role and capable of driving change in the business.