Vehicle R&D Project Manager

TITLE : Vehicle R&D Project Manager

Location Bedfordshire

Salary to £70,000 + bonus + car

Sector : Automotive and passenger cars

Team UK After Sales team and dealership network

Languages: Mandarin and English

Company Details

You will be joining one of the fastest growing automotive export businesses in the world at a key moment in the transformation of the sector. This is a very exciting role in which you will work for this passenger car business which has experienced stunning growth in the last 2 years. This role as a Vehicle R&D Project Manager plays a central role in ensuring that vehicles developed for the UK and European markets meet technical, regulatory, and customer requirements. The role leads programme coordination for assigned car-lines, managing prototype builds, engineering change control, and homologation readiness. This role is a bridge between UK R&D and headquarters engineering teams overseas, ensuring effective global collaboration in which you will manage prototype build activities including specification control and configuration management



DUTIES



· Coordinate vehicle development programmes from prototype through to production readiness.

· First point of contact between UK R&D, After Sales, Product Planning and headquarters engineering teams.

· Manage prototype build activities including specification control and configuration management.

· Coordinate engineering change requests (ECRs), software updates and validation activities.

• Support UK and EU vehicle homologation programmes and coordinate with regulatory bodies such as VCA and DVSA.

• Work closely with the After Sales team to integrate field feedback, service insights and quality improvements.

• Track programme milestones, risks and deliverables across engineering, validation and product teams.

• Lead programme review meetings and provide status reporting to UK leadership & headquarters.

• Support the transition from development vehicles to certified production models.

• Facilitate clear communication across international engineering teams



REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Engineering, or related

• Experience in OEM vehicle development or automotive R&D

• Experience working with UK or EU regulatory approval bodies

• Knowledge of vehicle homologation processes (GB WVTA, EU WVTA, UNECE regulations).

• Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering teams.

• MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint.

Fluent Mandarin ( ideally )

TITLE : Vehicle R&D Project Manager Location Bedfordshire Salary to £70,000 + bonus + car Sector : Automotive and passenger cars Team UK After Sales team and dealership network Languages: Mandarin and English Company Details You will be joining one of the fastest growing automotive export businesses in the world at a key moment in the transformation of the sector. This is a very exciting role in which you will work for this passenger car business which has experienced stunning growth in the last 2 years. This role as a Vehicle R&D Project Manager plays a central role in ensuring that vehicles developed for the UK and European markets meet technical, regulatory, and customer requirements. The role leads programme coordination for assigned car-lines, managing prototype builds, engineering change control, and homologation readiness. This role is a bridge between UK R&D and headquarters engineering teams overseas, ensuring effective global collaboration in which you will manage prototype build activities including specification control and configuration management DUTIES · Coordinate vehicle development programmes from prototype through to production readiness. · First point of contact between UK R&D, After Sales, Product Planning and headquarters engineering teams. · Manage prototype build activities including specification control and configuration management. · Coordinate engineering change requests (ECRs), software updates and validation activities. * Support UK and EU vehicle homologation programmes and coordinate with regulatory bodies such as VCA and DVSA. * Work closely with the After Sales team to integrate field feedback, service insights and quality improvements. * Track programme milestones, risks and deliverables across engineering, validation and product teams. * Lead programme review meetings and provide status reporting to UK leadership & headquarters. * Support the transition from development vehicles to certified production models. * Facilitate clear communication across international engineering teams REQUIREMENTS * Degree in Engineering, or related * Experience in OEM vehicle development or automotive R&D * Experience working with UK or EU regulatory approval bodies * Knowledge of vehicle homologation processes (GB WVTA, EU WVTA, UNECE regulations). * Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering teams. * MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint. Fluent Mandarin ( ideally )