Recruitment

We offer a competitive employment package at Diagnostic Associates which shows a commitment to our employees that they are the most important asset to the Company, and that we will endeavour to ensure that their working life at Diagnostic Associates is as rewarding and enjoyable as possible.

The salient points of this package are as follows, and vary dependent upon the positions held:

Due to continued expansion and to provide improved levels of support to our clients, Diagnostic Associates are looking for talented, dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated engineers to work at client sites mainly in the West Midlands area.

We are currently searching for candidates for a variety of Automotive Engineering roles who are willing to work to fulfill permanent and contracting positions.

Current Open Positions

Title : Programme Engineer (Contractor Position)

Reports to:  Global Diagnostics Procedures Supervisor – Ford Customer Service Division

Description of business: Ford service engineering team (part of Ford Motor Company) is responsible for the delivery of technical information to the Ford dealerships to enable vehicle technicians to identify vehicle issue’s and resolve them. Information includes how to diagnose what the issue is and how the system works that is being investigated which further aids the diagnostics

Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate is one which has a vehicle repair background on both mechanical and electronic vehicle systems plus is proficient with using a computer, project management, database usage (not writing a database), ability to gather information/summarize/present. Also prior employment at a company such as Ford or similar business would be advantageous

Overview of Role: With a team of nearly 40 staff writing the diagnostic information a program engineer is required to aid the delivery of the team. With many different vehicle programs being engineered the program engineer will aid the team to meet its objectives of having all information available by the time the first vehicle is sold to a customer

Roles include

• Gather information of the various vehicle programs in support of the diagnostic authors + present this information to the team in working level meetings when required
• Oversee the completion of the database system indicating status
• Compile status of programs (using database) and present to supervisor
• Represent team in various status review meetings

Skills

• Familiar with vehicle electronics architectures
• Clear written/verbal communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Excel, Word)
• Proven project management ability
• Ideally hands on experience servicing or repairing vehicles or similar products
• Able to read, write and speak English as a minimum, other languages a bonus
• Good team player but also ability to focus and work alone to meet deadlines
• Self-motivated to work remotely for majority of the time

Title: Diagnostics Engineer (Contractor Position)

Reports to: Global Diagnostics Feature Team Leader – Ford Customer Service Division

Description of business: Delivery of dealer diagnostic content for Ford vehicle programs globally

Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate is one which has a vehicle repair background on both mechanical and electronic vehicle systems plus is proficient with using a computer and has experience with software basic languages and have authored ISIP (Identity Selector Interoperability Profile) documents. Candidate could create logical steps to lead technicians to identify reasons for failure.

Diagnostic Authoring R&R

• Work with Design engineers to understand vehicle electrical architecture, how it can fail and how it can be diagnosed
• Work with core team to determine if previously authored diagnostics can be leveraged or if new diagnostic pinpoint needs to be developed
• Utilises computer application software to design, develop, create and test the diagnostic routines for implementation on the Authorised Repairer (AR) diagnostic tool.
• Validates and signs-off diagnostics routines using simulation, rigs and vehicles as necessary
• Work with Design and Release engineers to resolve issues within Part 2 specifications
• Work with Technical Assistance Center to resolve diagnostic issues in the field

Skills

• Familiar with vehicle electronics architectures
• Familiar with vehicle mechanical architectures
• Familiar with software editors
• Experience with Arbotex ISIP Editor desired
• Experience with OTX and Grade X desired
• Strong problem solving skills
• Clear written/verbal communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Excel, Word)
• Understanding of vehicle communications protocols (CAN)
• Ideally hands on experience servicing or repairing vehicles or similar products
• Able to read, write and speak English as a minimum
• Good team player but also ability to focus and work alone to meet deadlines

We will consider both graduate engineers and experienced time-served engineers/technicians in the fields defined.

Experience in the automotive industry would be very welcomed, especially if current.

If you think that you have the relevant experience and/or qualifications and would like to work for a dynamic, flexible company please forward your CV with a covering letter stating current position and salary.

You can do this via post or by email.