Design Verification Plan Engineer

(DVP Engineer Contract role for 8 months)

Based Coventry                                                                                                

Excellent Hourly Rate

Our client is a tier 1 automotive supplier and manufacturer of technical products to prestigious OEMs.  A contract role now exists for a DVP Engineer based in Coventry initially for 8 months contract period deemed inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop the wire harness Design Verification Plan aligned to project timing using the customer RMDV tool
• Liaise with the wider EDS team to ensure that the designs conform to all customer and internal requirements / specifications
• Support the wider engineering team in DFMEA creation and maintenance
• Create and maintain regular DV Reports and glide paths to report out project status
• Ensure all test reports are fully uploaded to RMDV
• Validate and update as required the project DV Plans as cascaded from customer in RMDV
• Schedule all Requirement Test Cases in RMDV in alignment with project timing and project build events
• Support Virtual and Physical Fresh Eyes / Inch by Inch / PDP-181 reviews
• Support the wider engineering team in creating and progressing SDS Exceptions and achieving signoff
• Maintain a register of all SDS Exceptions

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent experience in lieu of education
• Demonstrates a detailed and extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory and practice ideally gained within the Automotive sector
• Test failure analysis and solution validation to complete successful product development
• Product validation experience (Shock/Drop, Cycle Testing, Environmental Testing)
• Demonstrated knowledge of tooling and materials process validation
• Strong 3D CAD knowledge
• Analytic problem solving skills including knowledge of 8D, Six Sigma, DOE or similar disciplines
• Schedule and milestone management
• Provide cross-functional program integration support to ensure team success
• Effective team player displaying a positive team spirit, ‘can do’ attitude and right-first-time mentality
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills