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Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of more than 165,000 talented employees in 37 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #186 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com, or follow us on Twitter @LearCorporation

Position overview

We are looking for a Project Engineer for a graduate engineering position, to work within the Lear seating development team(s) to design, develop and validate seating products for just-in time (JIT) manufacture.

Main responsibilities

  • Take part in all department rotations to ensure knowledge is grown on how the business works over a 3-year period.
  • To gain the skills and experience to become a Product / Project Engineer
  • To embrace the Lear working culture and embed themselves into the team(s) that they are assigned to.
  • To gain the skills / knowledge and experience required to become a Project Engineer working within the seating development team.
  • To gain an understanding of the design and development requirements for automotive seating products, manufacture, and to understand how they are validated.
  • Take ownership of tasks to aid the development of complex seating systems.
  • Engaging in programs to assist the Engineering Project Managers to execute seating designs to specification requirements meeting customer expectations
  • Work within the various engineering functions to get an understanding of design, analysis, validation, build, structured problem solving, tolerance analysis, drawing creation and dimensioning
  • Learn the skills to enable good competitor technical benchmarking and attribute definition
  • Management of open issues and driving them to successful closure within the agreed timing
  • Presentations to Lear colleagues and customer senior management as required with respect to your area of responsibility
  • The role may require occasional travel within the UK and Europe

Key Skills and qualifications

  • Achieved 2:1 or higher engineering or product design-based degree (BEng, BSc, BA)
  • 3x A-levels minimum, including:
    • B or above Maths
    • B in subject related to STEM

Or

  • B-Tec Higher grade National Diploma in Engineering or related subject with Maths grade B.
  • 5x GCSE’s minimum, including:
    • Lvl 5 (C) or above Maths
    • Lvl 5 (C) or above English

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resumes for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.