System Architect Lead

**INEOS Automotive - Grenadier - Built On Purpose**

**Story so far**

Since Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced Project Grenadier in 2017, our team at INEOS Automotive has grown rapidly. From a start-up to the scaled business we are now, we’ve hit some huge milestones along the way. Despite some global challenges, we brought our first vehicle, the INEOS Grenadier, from a vision to prototype and to market in just five years. And now, as the first customer deliveries of our INEOS Grenadier have begun, we look to the future with our first all-electric vehicle.

**People and Culture**

With around 1500 employees, 10 locations and 44 nationalities, we’re an international team working together to challenge the ordinary. We welcome people who mirror our values: Spirit of ownership, who take responsibility and make things happen. Delivering quality work, with ambition to deliver outstanding results and who have a community mindset, believing together everyone achieves more. Creativity and initiative are encouraged to support your career development.

We’re doing things differently.

If this sounds like you, let’s talk.

**The role**

The System Architecture Lead will be responsible for the System-Architecture (functional as well as technical) of one product line. He creates the high-level system architecture and selects major components together with the component responsible departments (Modul Leads, Modul engineers) They will lead the system development, proposal and project delivery activities, including technical specifications, design standards and product testing.

**Responsibilities include (but are not limited to)**:

- Primary task and objective are the development of one product line from pre-concept to life cycle management
- Plan and manage the process, detail planning costs and implementation timing for released CAD data to ensure detailed understanding of how components will be manufactured, jigs and tooling (and if necessary, software implementation) defined, costs detailed, implementation plan available
- Support and work with the Design, Project, and Programme partners (incl. Engineering Service Providers) to ensure the System Scope is on time, budget target and delivered.
- Manage and deliver production preparation and quality achievement
- Monitor and ensure documentation for one product line is maintained and updated as necessary in accordance with regulations and directives.
- Attend formal design and technical reviews as appropriate to provide guidance related to a particular project
- Carry out quality and process assessments as determined and necessary.
- maintain and improve processes and best practices related to system requirements engineering and system architecture design.
- Ensure together with module leads, safety managers and homologation manager that all EE related safety and legal requirements are full filled
- Manage the issues within the FRS Release process to ensure maturity and efficient issue reduction
- Report to System Architecture Manager any non-conforming regulatory issues and provide solutions.
- Work as an active member of the Engineering team, Simultaneous Engineering Teams and Module Teams ensure effective communication between colleagues and positive contribute to meetings and briefings
- Work closely with and lead the main vehicle development partner, coordinate third party suppliers (Engineering houses, Tier 1’s) on all aspects of planning, scheduling and controlling for their area of expertise in regard to the complete vehicle

**Requirements**:
Level of education & Experience in general:

- Will have a minimum of 5-10 years’ experience gained at either a Tier 1 automotive supplier or automotive OEM, design and engineering process, from concept to industrialisation.
- Project management experience, ideally managing an international team at different locations.
- Excellent understanding of safety mechanisms, overall vehicle functions and distributed functions
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- High level technical communications with suppliers, partners etc.

Technical skills:

- Intimate automotive knowledge gained during career with experience of a number of product launches.
- Excellent people management skills, with a track record of delivery.
- Beneficial but not mandatory
- Experience as automotive system architect or knowledge and experience in system design, hardware design, software engineering and/or requirements engineering.
- Knowledge of Functional Safety (ISO 26262)
- Knowledge of V-Model, Scrum, Automotive SPICE, CMMI-DEV and AUTOSAR is considered as an advantage.
- Experience with Matlab, Rhapsody, Enterprise Architect (SysML profile) or similar modelling tools and other automotive test software (Inca, CANoe)
- Experience with defect and change management tools (e.g., RTC, JIRA, etc.)
- Experience of requirements management tools (e.g. Microfocus ALM, Polarion, DOORS, DOORS NG, etc.)
- Experience in Version Control Systems (e.g. Git, CVS