Lead Engineer - Vehicle Network Architectures

Location: Any UK Site

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Engineer of Vehicle Network Architectures to join the team based from any of our UK sites.

The Company:

• Come join Alexander Dennis. We are transforming public transport globally by designing, manufacturing, and servicing the cleanest and greenest buses and coaches for our customers.
• In a nutshell, we build buses and coaches. In fact, more than half of the buses you see on the roads in the UK are built by Alexander Dennis. We have a huge responsibility to keep the world moving.
• We are saving the planet. Our purpose is to support Governments globally with their push to reduce pollution and improve air quality by building greener, more eco-friendly buses.
• We love our customers. So much so, almost every bus we build is bespoke – what the customer wants, we will do our best to deliver.
• We have a fantastic Canadian parent company called NFI. They welcomed us into the family in 2019, and we haven’t looked back ever since.
• We are building back and growing again, winning new orders in Germany and Ireland which will be manufactured right here in the UK.
• Our global footprint is pretty impressive. We have a presence in some super cool places across the world from Hong Kong to Auckland to Toronto.
• Our people are our biggest asset, making us the hugely successful company we are. We are transforming how we work, offering team members more flexibility around how they live and work.

What does that mean for you?

• Generous salary package – we reward our people at the level they deserve.
• A half day on a Friday. Yes, every Friday. Giving you more time at the weekend to do the things you love, with the people you love.
• A 37-hour working week, with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance.
• Annual leave entitlement which increases with tenure.
• Pension scheme to help you save for the future.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life.
• Cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, and regular meditation sessions as your health and wellbeing is important to us.

 Interested and want to find out more? Check out our YouTube channel or LinkedIn!

Your Dream Role:

We are searching for a talented Lead Engineer of Vehicle Network Architectures to take the lead in designing, developing, and maintaining the vehicle network architectures for all Alexander Dennis products. As the leader, you will oversee teams, activities, and projects, ensuring that our designs are reliable, safe, and secure, meeting and exceeding customer expectations and legislative requirements. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to incorporate cutting-edge technologies and emerging systems to stay ahead in the global market.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and a strategic outlook to lead the innovative development and verification of architectures in accordance with appropriate design and cyber security standards.
• Lead the specification, selection and maintenance of our common central control, and power distribution components.
• Lead the definition, documentation, and release of physical vehicle network topologies, maintaining a platform approach, and ensuring integration compliance across the product range.
• Define, implement and maintain a comprehensive vehicle level CAN network management suite.
• Define, implement and maintain a Fleet Management System (FMS) network for our vehicles, to satisfy the data requirements of fleet management partners, and ultimately our end customers.
• Define, implement, and maintain a process for controlling all network related changes and updates.
• Provide technical expertise and a strategic outlook to lead the innovative development of vehicle architectures, including common across platform control and distribution components.
• Ensure design management, development and revision control processes are applied, and provide traceability and controlled access to vehicle network architecture documentation.
• Prepare and present technical documentation and papers, generating designs and documents to the relevant quality and safety standards.
• Lead the definition of and compliance with relevant internal and international standards, best practice and legislation.
• Arrange and co-ordinate activities with internal and external partners or suppliers to achieve quality, cost and delivery targets for each project.

What you will bring:

• Successfully led electrical or software development teams/projects.
• Detailed understanding of vehicle electrical control systems and communications.
• Knowledge of communication protocols and tools, e.g. CAN, LIN, IP
• Experience of implementing engineering quality and management processes.
• Demonstrable planning and delivery of concurrent tasks and projects.
• Ability to work in a structured engineering process-oriented environment.
• Proven problem-solving skills to establish and address true root cause.
• Experience of Vector, Polarion and Teamcenter tools or similar.
• Experience of vehicle architecture definition from a blank page. 
• Familiarity or basic awareness of functional safety and cyber security standards.
• Experience working specifically with SAE J1939.
• Ability to communicate and present technical subjects to non-technical stakeholders.

Next steps:

If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in coming ‘aboard’, then we would love to hear from you. Alongside uploading your CV, please share a short covering letter detailing why you’re interested and why we should hire you!

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If you are an internal applicant, you have a responsibility to inform your current line/department manager and local human resources representative before applying for the role.

We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us call on +44 1324 621 672 or send an email to careers@alexander-dennis.com

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