Senior Towing & Carrying Engineer

Caresoft Global Limited; Gaydon; On-site; GBP 100,000 - GBP 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist automotive recruitment consultancy is seeking a Senior Towing & Carrying Engineer in Gaydon, UK. In this role, you will focus on ensuring products meet expectations, managing vehicle level requirements, and championing systems engineering principles. Candidates should possess experience with towing hardware and engineering test activities. A relevant degree or equivalent experience is preferred. The position offers a competitive hourly rate and is inside IR35.

Qualifications

• Experience in towing trailers and using trailer towing hardware.
• Knowledge/experience of automotive technologies or systems.
• Knowledge/experience of engineering test activities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure efficient delivery of products that meet customer expectations.
• Ownership and development of vehicle level towing and carrying requirements.
• Champion development, integration, and design verification plans.

Skills

Experience in towing trailers and using trailer towing hardware

Knowledge/experience of automotive technologies or systems

Knowledge/experience of engineering test activities

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

CAD visualisation systems (e.g. 3Dx, TeamCentre)

Job description

Job Details

Job Title: Senior Towing & Carrying Engineer

Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire

Rate: £33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £25.26ph PAYE

Employment Type: Contract (initially to 05/04/2026)

Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week

Reference: J35945123

Job Description

Working in the growing Towing and Carrying team within the Vehicle Capability and Dependability department, the aim of the senior towing and carrying engineer role is to ensure efficient delivery of products that meet or exceed all customer expectations for Towing and Carrying performance. Following system engineering principles, this is achieved through attribute target setting, requirement decomposition and verification and validation sign off using both virtual and physical test methods. To ensure optimum design and delivery the role will strive to continuously improve processes, methods and solutions.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Ownership, management, validation and development of a number of vehicle level towing and carrying requirements and targets
• Ensure robust SMART requirements and targets are cascaded and accepted within all relevant engineering teams including function groups, system and component teams
• Champion through systems engineering principles the development, integration and design verification (DV) plans to ensure accumulating evidence through vehicle programme to ensure delivery of vehicle sign off on-time to requirements.
• Ensure clear status for towing attribute across all programme panel charts
• Ensure zero towing issues at programme job 1
• Support the development of towing and carrying features and designs for future vehicle solutions
• Conduct benchmarking studies to determine best practices, industry movements and future trends
• Ensure robust championing and closeout prevent recurrence actions

Skills/Experience Required

• Experience in towing trailers and using trailer towing hardware
• Knowledge/experience of automotive technologies or systems
• Knowledge/experience of engineering test activities

Skills / Experience Preferred

• Experience in Features development, delivery and validation
• Broad knowledge of vehicle and towing technologies
• Project management of complex engineering test activities
• Understanding of Systems engineering principles and delivery
• Knowledge of whole vehicle engineering and cross functional experience
• Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience in vehicle level Towing & Carrying development, testing and validation
• Knowledge/Experience of AGILE working principles
• Working knowledge CAD visualisation systems (e.g. 3Dx, TeamCentre etc.)
• Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred

Additional Information

• This role is INSIDE IR35

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Caresoft Global Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency. We are an independent highly-experienced recruitment consultancy dedicated to specialist markets within the Automotive, Aerospace, Agricultural & Construction Industries.

No terminology within this advert is intended to unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race or disability and we welcome all applications.