Do you have a strong understanding of software/feature integration and systems engineering principles relevant to an automotive or similar environment? Step into a high-impact contract opportunity as a Feature Integration Engineer and help shape software features for real-world vehicle programmes. This role sits right at the intersection of software integration and systems engineering, giving you the chance to coordinate across stakeholders, drive clarity in feature delivery, and gain real momentum as features move from definition through to deployment readiness.
What You Will Do:
- Own the oversight of software feature content for a specific vehicle programme, ensuring it is clearly defined, delivered, and signed off to target as a Feature Integration Engineer.
- Align the customer experience offering across key stakeholders, including Marketing, Programme Management, and Vehicle teams, ensuring consistency and shared understanding.
- Work with technical domains to develop and maintain design specification readiness, reporting on maturity progress and deployment readiness as a Feature Integration Engineer.
- Interpret technical data to support decisions and keep a consolidated status narrative for stakeholders, including risk and plan updates.
- Organise feature demonstrations so customer experience can be assessed accurately and effectively.
- Lead regular discussions with feature owners to capture risks, plans, and emerging needs, then translate them into clear action and next steps.
What You Will Bring:
- A strong understanding of software/feature integration and systems engineering principles relevant to an automotive or similar environment.
- Experience planning and integrating complex electrical and software systems, with a structured, delivery-focused approach as a Feature Integration Engineer.
- Proven ability to lead engineering product delivery using project management techniques and clear coordination methods.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to influence and collaborate across business functions at different levels, including presenting progress confidently as a Feature Integration Engineer.
- Competence with Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
This company is focused on delivering reliable, customer-focused innovation, and this Feature Integration Engineer role directly supports that by turning feature intentions into actionable plans, coordinated technical work, and demonstrable readiness throughout the vehicle programme lifecycle. The emphasis on clear alignment, disciplined reporting, and structured decision-making helps the organisation keep delivery on track and features moving forward with confidence.
Location: This Feature Integration Engineer role is based at Gaydon.
Interested?: If you are energised by cross-functional delivery, clear technical communication, and seeing software features progress to launch, apply now for this Feature Integration Engineer contract and take the next step in your integration career.
This role is Inside IR35.
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Salary description
£35.94 - £35.94 per hour