Who works in the car industry?

[Craikeybaby]

Captain Muppet said:

Powertrain design. I like it a lot, but then I was quite happy designing pipes for oil rigs.

Loving the end product is worth a few percent of job satisfaction, but as most of the jobs are designing something tedious to fit in something tedious it really helps to love the actual job rather than the end product.

I do get a rediculous hit of pride when something I've worked on drives past, and I have to resist buying unsuitable sheds just because I designed the cylinder head or something.

My proudest moment is when there was a close up of a part I'd developed for my first project after uni featured on the cinema advert for car it was going in. I was at the cinema with my mates & this was just before the car had launched.

[Engineer1]

Craikeybaby said:

I test and develop infotainment systems for a global Tier 1, it was my first job out of uni and I'm still enjoying it.

Engineer1 said:

I suspect I'm up for redundancy - I've got an MSc is Automotive Engineering from Coventry but not done any technical engineering in a while (ended up a cad jockey / monkey) how hard should it be to get into am Automotive role tier 1 or OEM?

Probably not too difficult.

Any hints who to contact JLR are hiring but are the wrong side of Birmingham - unless the jobs are Castle Brom or the new Engine plant.

[BOBTEE]

I work in roadside assistance sorting out badly designed cars

It's massively satisfying being right with the customer and being able to make a real difference to their day

[Captain Muppet]

BOBTEE said:

I work in roadside assistance sorting out badly designed cars

Punctured tyres, crash damage, flat batteries, that sort of thing?






only joking - I drive a K-series. One day I'll need you.

[Slinky1989]

Engineer1 said:

Any hints who to contact JLR are hiring but are the wrong side of Birmingham - unless the jobs are Castle Brom or the new Engine plant.

When you say wrong side of Birmingham what do you mean? Castle Brom is the opposite side of Birmingham to the new engine plant in Wolverhampton.

I work at the new engine plant as a reliability and maintenance engineer so if you have any questions, let me know.

[anonymous-user]

I dabble in automotive stuff occasionally......... ;-)

[strudel]

ajcj said:

Define car industry?

Anything to do with cars. Writing, racing, building, selling, whatever takes your pickle. I guess it's a bit vague

[kman]

I take photos of cars

[Debaser]

I'm a vehicle evaluation and development engineer. My job involves evaluating pretty much all aspects of vehicle performance, and developing vehicles during the prototype phase to ensure the end product is as good as it can be.

A lot of my driving is on test tracks, but being paid to drive some fantastic cars on the best roads in Europe and around the world is a dream job for me.

[Pit Pony]

Occasionally, I have done. New Product Introduction Quality / supplier development.

[SV8Predator]

strudel said:

ajcj said:

Define car industry?

Anything to do with cars. Writing, racing, building, selling, whatever takes your pickle. I guess it's a bit vague

What are you qualified to go for then?

[strudel]

SV8Predator said:

strudel said:

ajcj said:

Define car industry?

Anything to do with cars. Writing, racing, building, selling, whatever takes your pickle. I guess it's a bit vague

What are you qualified to go for then?

Not the faintest, which is what I want to find out. Not everything is pieces of paper though, some of it is about the right mindset!

[strudel]

However this thread isn't about me, I'd like people to share in what they do, to be proud of it, and perhaps cheer the rest of us up

[Pesty]

I've worked for TRW on EPAS and Denso on air con.

Was boring

[CarlT]

Area Sales Manager for a manufacturer. Previously a Product Manager for Renault UK, and in the dim and distance past, a shiny suited sales man.

[Dan_1981]

Engineer1 said:

Craikeybaby said:

I test and develop infotainment systems for a global Tier 1, it was my first job out of uni and I'm still enjoying it.

Engineer1 said:

I suspect I'm up for redundancy - I've got an MSc is Automotive Engineering from Coventry but not done any technical engineering in a while (ended up a cad jockey / monkey) how hard should it be to get into am Automotive role tier 1 or OEM?

Probably not too difficult.

Any hints who to contact JLR are hiring but are the wrong side of Birmingham - unless the jobs are Castle Brom or the new Engine plant.

JLR are looking for 1500 people at the new engine plant, plus about 1100 at Solihull.

[meemperor]

Not anymore

But Fuel System Specialist for aftermarket/race applications.

[Ari]

CarlT said:

Area Sales Manager for a manufacturer. Previously a Product Manager for Renault UK, and in the dim and distance past, a shiny suited sales man.

You do realise that makes you a 'failed car salesman' though?

[CarlT]

Ari said:

CarlT said:

Area Sales Manager for a manufacturer. Previously a Product Manager for Renault UK, and in the dim and distance past, a shiny suited sales man.

You do realise that makes you a 'failed car salesman' though?

It makes me someone who is earning less money than 10 years ago, but don't work weekends or Bank Holidays.. No failed sales people round here.

[Pit Pony]

Pesty said:

I've worked for TRW on EPAS and Denso on air con.

Was boring

I worked on the QFD1 team that Lucas Car Braking ran at Fen End in the early 90's on the EPAS prototype project.

IIRC They were told by Ford that 'no small car needs power steering' and by Rover that "If you can do it for £100, we might be interested" or vice versa.........Didn't TRW buy that bit of Lucas when it was chopped up in the late 90's....so I guess I was there at the start.