Brakes Refinement Engineer Full Time

Are you passionate about driving excellence in vehicle refinement? We’re looking for a Brakes Refinement Engineer to join a world-class automotive team on a contract basis, working onsite in Gaydon.

About the Role

As part of the Brakes Refinement team, you’ll play a key role in engineering and delivering a highly refined braking system — from pedal feel to foundation brake performance — across multiple vehicle lines.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Lead Engineer in delivering brake refinement customer quality targets across one or more vehicle programmes.
• Ensure Attribute Requirement targets are met at each programme gateway.
• Assist with test and development activities defined in the Design Verification Plan (DVP), including both physical and virtual testing.
• Conduct measurement, analysis, and visual assessments to understand system performance.
• Collaborate on developing and implementing engineering solutions to resolve technical issues.
• Produce technical recommendations, documentation, and high‑quality reports.
• Support benchmarking activities for competitor and comparator vehicles.
• Undertake additional tasks as required by the line manager.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Knowledge of automotive brake system design
• Previous experience of problem-solving tools e.g. Root Cause Analysis, 8 Disciplines of problem solving,
• Design of Experiments and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) in Manufacturing
• Previous experience and background in solving complex technical ideas and challenges
• Relevant degree
• Full UK Cat B Driving Licence

Desirable:

• Ability to identify the specifications that influence Brake attributes including performance and refinement.
• Experience in the field of NVH analysis
• Knowledge of industry standard NVH measurement systems (LMS Test.lab, HEAD Artemis, Prosig, etc.)
• Microsoft package elements Project, Power Point and Excel
• Knowledge of whole vehicle engineering knowledge and cross functional experience
• Some experience of explicit and/or implicit CAE software and associated pre and post processing packages

• Personal Profile
• An individual who is results driven with the ability to deliver operational plans in a highly demanding environment
• An individual with the ability to prioritise their workload
• A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
• An effective team player who supports team members
• Able to regularly support testing in the UK and at various European locations for two to three week test blocks – generally in Spain, Sweden and Finland

Education

• Relevant Engineering Degree, ideally MEng.
• Full UK Cat B Driving Licence