System Integration Lead Engineer

The Opportunity  

We are Jaguar Land Rover, and we’re in Shanghai. We believe that all our customers deserve a great connected digital experience, and you have a chance to be a part of realising that vision. We’re on a journey to transform the digital future of our great brands, designing and building innovative systems and products for one of the world’s leading luxury automotive brands in new and exciting ways. 

We are building out a digital platform which is central to Jaguar Land Rover’s digital strategy.  The right candidate will have a central role to the development of this digital platform within the vehicle cockpit domain, how it grows and iterates over time, and how the teams that deliver it do to. Unsure of exactly what this means? Check out the award winning iconic Land Rover Defender, and look at the digital capabilities this vehicle has. The Cockpit team in China are gaining greater responsibility to deliver tailored and bespoke features and experiences to the most discerning of Chinese Customers. 

We’re looking for a System Integration Engineer to facilitate, shape, and design our China Voice delivery in JLR. You'll support the team in solving difficult problems, uncovering challenges, managing relationships, and ensuring our deliveries drive and exceed our standards e2e. 

This role is a unique opportunity to help define, support and grow the localised voice capabaility, platform, and roadmap within cockpit at Jaguar Land Rover. You’ll be working closely with our multi-disciplined teams with opportunities to learn and enhance your career. You’ll have opportunities to contribute to the strategic direction of the products we deliver, as well as inspiring and influencing the wider organisation as we transform how Jaguar Land Rover builds and operates digital vehicles, together. 

What we value  

• Cross-functional, customer focussed approach  

• Dedication to Delivery, Engineering, UX/UI and Quality principles and practices  

• Teamwork, collaboration and effective communication  

• Self-improvement, team growth, resilience and positive spirit  

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities  

• Support and lead all Voice integration activities – Local supplier, Global supplier, In-house software. 

• Manages/leads defects at core level to ensure XCL quality, includes coordination between System and interfacing commodities for root cause investigation 

• Responsibility for delivering the system or software being developed to meet the business requirements on time with appropriate quality and at the right cost 

• Support the planning, co-ordination, delivery and reporting of requirements to support the Cycle Plan programmes and Cycle Plan studies, using Product Creation Delivery System (PCDS) principles in conjunction with other company processes as required 

• Contribute to the negotiation and agreement of targets for the modules and ensure all programme deliverables  are tracked, monitored, delivered and reported accurately and on time at each gateway and organise and lead appropriate interim review events 

• Support colleagues in conflict and issue resolution within the Centre of Competence and across functions 

• Work towards the  Centre of Competence performance and facilitate or escalate cross module / cross Centre of Competence problem resolution on all programme aspects of content delivery, including virtual build, physical build and launch support 

• Manage and develop external communications and status reporting, providing a coherent status for senior management 

Key Interactions  

• PO’s, Scrum Master   

• X-functional system teams – including UK  

• Architects, developers  

Knowledge, Skills and Experience  

We’re keen to talk to people with the following skills and experience:  

• Experience in managing agile delivery through multi-disciplinary teams in a CE/CI/CD environment  

• Proven experience in delivery within Voice – end to end architecture and launch. 

• Familiar with multiple voice suppliers 

• Experience working with and supporting the major roles and functions of Product Development teams, including Product Managers, Product Owners and Analysts  

• Familiar with vehicle communication network, incl. CAN, Flexray, Ethernet, etc. 

• Knowledge of infotainment architecture 

• Working knowledge of Android OS in Automotive 

• Proven technical knowledge related to the system being delivered  

• Experience of developing technical requirements specifications and associated test plans  

• Experience of planning, co-ordination, delivery and reporting of requirements to support the Cycle Plan programmes using Product Creation Delivery System (PCDS) principles  

• Experience of delivering technical products through a team, utilising strong people management skills 

• Experience of delivering projects in an automotive or manufacturing environment    

• Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders and communicate at all levels  

• Degree or relevant equivalent experience preferred 

The following skills and experience are a bonus:  

• Participate in variety of software and ECU (Electronic Control Unit) testing including unit testing, integration testing, bench end to end testing and in-vehicle test. 

• Deliver quality software by involving in architecture, requirements, design, code, and test case reviews. 

• Support manufacturing requirements analysis and development 

• Consider quality and safety critical functionality and understand electrical and computing risks that arise from working on Embedded System. 

• Knowledge / experience of JIRA and Confluence  

The qualities which will help you thrive in this role:  

• Servant Leader – garner respect from your team and be willing to get your hands dirty to get the job done  

• Communicative and social – at all levels  

• Facilitative – lead and demonstrate value-add principles  

• Assertive – ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls when required  

• Situationally Aware – the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and handle/elevate appropriately  

• Enthusiastic and motivated  

• Continual improvement – growing your craft, learning new tools and techniques to manage yourself and a team  

• Conflict resolution – facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches  

• Attitude of empowerment – lead a team to self-organisation  

• Attitude of transparency – bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow trust.