Experience

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  Jaguar land rover

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2024

  Responsible for the development and delivery of Chassis and Motion Control Systems and Software within Jaguar Land Rover. Control Systems include Suspension, Brakes and Stability, Steering, Driveline, Traction, Driver Modes, Terrain Response, and whole Vehicle Motion for ADAS L3+Overall Responsibility for:- Development of in-house Chassis and Motion Control Systems, from concept through to Software Application delivery- Development of Tier 1 Chassis and Motion Control Systems; use of robust Requirements Engineering to ensure supplier delivers Control Systems to meet JLR target performance- Expert guidance on creation of Control Systems and Software Engineering- Development of Systems Engineering Practices within JLR Chassis Engineering to ensure optimum Systems development to meet vehicle attribute targets- Identification of alternative and more efficient system designs to meet attribute targets through a systems engineering approachManagement activities include:- Direct line-managing a team of 10 Group Leaders and Technical Specialists- Leadership of a team of 100+ Engineers, providing technical direction and guidance- Establishing and leading cross functional task-force teams to resolve critical engineering issues- Driving collaborative working across all Chassis Engineering areas- Creating a strategic project roadmap to improve delivery efficiency, ensuring management team is engaged and leading these projects.- Balancing resource across multiple projects- Ensuring team motivation and performance- Managing relationships with international suppliers and negotiating 8-figure development contracts Show less Responsible for the technical development of Driving Dynamics within Jaguar Land Rover in order to improve the delivery efficiency of the Driving Dynamics department and to improve our ability to meet customer attribute targets through collaborative and intelligent working.Overall Responsibility for:- Cross Architecture calibration leadership for EPAS, ARC, Active Dampers, and Driver Modes- Expert guidance on tuning of Stability Control, Driveline Control, Dampers and Chassis Systems- Attribute guidance and development of new Chassis Systems which can impact the Driving Dynamics attributes- Identification of alternative and more efficient tuning mechanisms to meet attribute targets through a systems engineering approach- Assisting the core Driving Dynamics architecture delivery teams with solving critical programme issuesManagement activities include:- Line-managing a team of 15 diverse specialist engineers- Leading cross functional task-force teams to resolve critical engineering issues- Driving collaborative working across all Chassis System calibrators- Determining and leading strategic projects to improve delivery efficiency- Balancing resource across multiple projects- Ensuring team motivation and performance- Leading systems engineering projects- Managing relationships with international suppliers- Leading engineering improvement projects Show less Responsible for the limit-handling and stability control system performance for Jaguar and Land Rover products across all platforms. Main activities include:- Line-managing a team of 25-40 engineers- Managing outsourcing contracts and outsourced engineers- Leading task-force teams to resolve critical engineering issues- Balancing resource across multiple projects- Ensuring team motivation and performance- Leading systems engineering projects- Managing relationships with international suppliers- Leading engineering improvement projects Show less

  • Chief Engineer, Motion & Chassis

    Nov 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Senior Manager - Vehicle Dynamics

    Jul 2021 - Nov 2022

  • Senior Manager - Motion Systems

    Jun 2017 - Jul 2021

  • Group Leader, Driving Dynamics Strategy and Calibration

    Nov 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Group Leader, Vehicle Stability Attributes

    Oct 2013 - Oct 2016

  • Brakes Research Team Leader

    Apr 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Research Project Engineer

    Sept 2011 - Mar 2012

  • Graduate Research Engineer

    Sept 2009 - Aug 2011
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  Forseven

  Aug 2024 - now

  Vp - software & electrical integration