Manager, HV System Integration & Controls

In this role you will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for HV system integration, power electronics, and controls from concept to production. You will govern technical direction, delivery plans, and cross-functional collaboration to meet cost, timing, quality, and safety targets. You shape HV software and hardware interfaces and drive program delivery across vehicle programs. This is a chance to influence high-voltage system architecture in a world-class automotive environment with a strong emphasis on functional safety and supplier collaboration.

• 25 days’ holiday
• enhanced company pension scheme
• discretionary annual bonus
• private medical insurance and health cash plan
• life assurance benefit
• sabbatical after two years’ service

• Lead and develop the HV system architecture, integration, and controls engineering team
• Set technical direction, priorities, and delivery plans across hardware, software and functional requirements
• Govern HV controls strategy, software planning, calibration, releases and validation
• Oversee integration across HV components (DC/DC converters, chargers, inverters, MCUs, BMS) and interactions with HV subsystems
• Represent HV Systems to resolve cross-functional dependencies and risks with Software, Functional Safety and Vehicle teams
• Own supplier technical governance including scope, timing, quality, validation and issue resolution for software and control systems
• Ensure robust engineering release, change-control, deviation and concern-management processes
• Build team capability through coaching, workload management and technical review
• Deliver HV software across vehicle programmes to planed specifications, cost, timing and quality
• Approve system architecture and interfaces aligned with feature requirements and risk mitigation
• Ensure development strategies cover Model-in-the-Loop, Hardware-in-the-Loop, bench, rig and vehicle testing
• Ensure ISO 26262 functional-safety requirements are planned and delivered with Functional Safety teams
• Oversee software supplier planning, integration, validation, release readiness
• Apply diagnostics, calibration, data logging, analysis and root-cause methods to HV controls issues
• Own technical risk, quality status, resource demand and escalation for the function
• Ensure specifications, DVPs, FMEAs and validation evidence align with MDP and ETRS requirements
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Management to secure software for prototype to production builds
• Promote consistent systems-engineering practice and continuous improvement

• Strong leadership experience in automotive HV or embedded controls
• Proven ability to lead engineers across requirements, architecture, integration, validation, release and production delivery
• Solid understanding of automotive systems engineering and software development lifecycle
• Working knowledge of HV supervisory controls and components (DC/DC, chargers, inverters, MCUs, BMS)
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink modelling and MiL/HiL verification
• Experience in software development, calibration, diagnostics, data logging, testing and root-cause analysis
• Experience managing suppliers, risk, validation plans and engineering changes
• Knowledge of ISO 26262, high-voltage safety, EMC and automotive standards
• Clear communication, stakeholder management and decision-making for reviews
• Degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Automotive Engineering or related discipline
• High-voltage competency and leadership training desirable

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Technical decision-making and influencing at senior levels
• Coaching and team development
• HV system integration and controls
• DC/DC converters, on-board chargers, inverters, MCUs
• BMS knowledge