Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role: Durability and Robustness Lead Engineer SVO - £28/hr (Inside IR35) - Hybrid/Warwickshire - 12 Months (Potential to extend) Division: Special Vehicle Operations Position Description: This role will aim to enhance the customer experience through the design, development, measurement and balance of customer attributes for our client's vehicles. The Durability and Robustness Lead Engineer role is to ensure all customer expectations for vehicle Durability and Robustness (D&R) of our client's vehicles are met or exceeded. This is achieved through attribute target setting & verification sign-off using both virtual and physical test methods. This role specifically will support the effective and successful development of Armoured vehicles, taking responsibility for the D&R attribute on related programmes, reporting to the Vehicle Personalisation Attributes Manager and working directly within the client's Durability & Robustness Attribute team. Skills Required: - Experience of Durability & Robustness attribute target setting and delivery within the automotive industry. - Experience of Vehicle level Durability & Robustness test planning and completion on Proving Ground, Public Road and Rig based environments. - Effective technical problem solving and issue resolution, using data driven methods & tool sets Experience Required: - Broad knowledge of vehicle technologies - Understanding of Durability & Strength principles with a knowledge of data collection and analysis. - Project management of complex engineering test activities - Experience of problem solving including application of Root Cause Analysis, 8D, DoE etc. - Understanding of Systems engineering principles and delivery - Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred - Microsoft package elements Power Point and Excel Experience Preferred: - Knowledge of whole vehicle engineering and cross functional experience Armoured/Protection vehicle engineering processes, standards and challenges - CAD visualisation systems (e.g. VisMockUp, 3DX) Additional Information: This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35. The role will be based primarily in Warwickshire with flexible working - working from home on certain days as required but will need to be present in the office at least 3 days a week to achieve objectives. Likely requirement to visit third party test sites such as MIRA in the UK and potential for European travel if possible at the time. Please note to apply for this position, you MUST have a UK passport / valid UK settlement status or a Visa that does not require sponsorship of any kind. The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business. Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors