Senior Concept Engineer - Block Leader

CEVT is here to make urban mobility enjoyable, smart and sustainable. We fast-track innovation and transform ideas into pioneering technology solutions. Automotive is in our DNA and intelligent mobility is our core. We serve society with sustainable mobility solutions, both private and shared.
As part of ZEEKR and the Geely family, one of the most innovative and fastest growing global mobility groups, our work comes to life in products and services from world-leading brands. CEVT was built by people from all over the world.
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Senior Concept Engineer - Block Leader, Complete vehicle development, Top Hat Front End

What you will do the most of the time:
A Senior Concept Engineer, even called Block Leader, uses their extensive knowledge and experience to lead the geometric integration of vehicle concepts across the development units, product design, and manufacturing. The Senior Concept Leader - Block Leader is leading concept development within the Block and is responsible for Block Layout development and concept set up, integration of the systems relevant for the Block and geometrical integration across the development units, product design and manufacturing feasibility. BL is responsible for all programs within their package zone and shall secure the delivery of 100% feasible vehicles at the applicable milestone with respect to complete vehicle geometric integration ensuring the correct product target balancing is met. Start, with respect to complete vehicle geometric integration ensuring that product target balancing is met.

Reports to Vehicle Concept Team Leader

Responsibilities

- Conducting concept studies and creating Vehicle pre-requisites and set-up criteria for top hat variants.
- Developing layout and securing layout and concept feasibility
- Ensuring the Vehicle Concepts/package complies with the appropriate homologation/product/manufacturing requirements.
- Being responsible for developing and balancing of technical input with the R&D and design teams for volume model development.


- To ensure all package issues influencing vehicle concepts are balanced and solved, taking a leading role in generating proposals and driving issue resolution.
- Performing applicable competitor benchmark analysis and definition of best practice tools and methods.
- Management of applicable working level forums, reporting status to the Concept team leader, and supporting the product development plan deliverables.
- Deliver Top Hat scalability definition documentation.


To be achieved via

- Using CATIA V5 to develop suitable concept and package layouts for the applicable areas of the vehicle.
- Using CATIA V5 to generate criteria / master sections for architecture and product volume scalability.
- Producing reports to highlight concept/packaging issues and resolution status.
- Maintenance of applicable layout areas within the packaging data structure.
- Using CAD tools for detection of component clashes


- Liaising and leading solution resolution with component engineering and suppliers to reach solutions to design problems
- Prioritizing and managing personal workload to ensure packaging objectives and timing are met.




Personal Skills:

The following attributes are required:

- Extensive OEM experience in a vehicle concept / advanced engineering role as well as in other areas i.e. chassis, power train or structure development.
- Deep knowledge of legal / customer driven requirements and the utilization of these and complete vehicle attributes to realize vehicle synergies.
- Good organizational and prioritizing skills.
- Good working knowledge of PC tools e.g. Power Point, Word & Excel.
- Good knowledge of CATIA V5, Vis mock up, and Team center at OEM level.


- Pedestrian Protection (PedPro) knowledge is a strong merit.
- Good knowledge of written and spoken English.
- BEng/MEng in Automotive engineering.
- Broad knowledge manufacturing and technology trends.
- Creative and able to offer ideas and solutions freely.


- Flexible, committed and motivated to work on more than one vehicle area and manage more than one vehicle system at a time.
- Experience of supplier/customer interaction.


For more information please contact:

Kristina Larsson, Senior Recruiter, 072-988 85 44, kristina.larsson@cevt.se for questions regarding the recruitment process

Last application date: 2022-07-01

Apply today, we will perform ongoing selection during the application period.
We look forward to hearing from you.

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Working at CEVT

We are engineers, developers and innovators from around the world. Joined together by entrepreneurship, our unique blend of Chinese and Scandinavian culture and a belief in a smarter more sustainable future.

- Supportive and creative work environment

- 30 days of vacation and additional 8 days paid ATK- days annually
- Great office location at Lindholmen


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