Customer Ref: 36312981

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

Aero-Acoustics Engineer - £34/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire/Coventry - 8 months (potential for yealry renewal)

Duties:
Responsible for monitoring and minimising the variability of wind noise performance on current production vehicle lines.

- Be an in-plant representative for the wind noise attribute, acting as a voice of the customer in the manufacturing environment.
- Detect where attribute performance could vary away from target (via objective measurement, subjective drive, static assessment/measurement, over checking build conformance to assembly process, etc.),
- Perform initial root cause investigation and drive issues through to resolution with the relevant responsible areas.
- Liaise closely with core aeroacoustics team to understand future products entering plant launch and their critical attribute characteristics as well as ongoing quality actions on current products.
- Flexibility to work across various sites (Warwickshire / Coventry / Solihull / Liverpool) as required.

Skills Required:
- Experience of working in an automotive production plant quality role
- Experience applying engineering problem solving methodologies (six sigma / 8D / Root Cause Analysis) to complex issues
- Full driving licence and ability to subjectively assess driven attributes
- Experience of plant attributes (Squeak and Rattle / Wind Noise / Water Test) / NVH development and measurement / vehicle testing and assessment / automotive component development

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.
Flexibility to work across various sites (Warwickshire / Coventry / Solihull / Liverpool) as required.

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.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 36337323

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

CGI Retouch Artist - Automotive - £43.50/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire (Hybrid potential) - 8 Months (potential for yearly renewal thereafter).

Role Overview:
As a Retouch Artist, you’ll refine and enhance 3D CGI imagery and photographic assets, ensuring every pixel reflects the client’s design excellence. You’ll bridge the gap between CGI and photography, working closely with CGI Artists and Art directors to deliver breathtaking visuals for global campaigns, digital channels, and product launches.

Key Responsibilities:
- Refine 3D renders with colour correction, compositing, special effects
- Convert 32-bit render outputs to 16-bit and 8-bit deliverables without quality loss
- Seamlessly integrate CGI cars into photographic backgrounds and vice versa using photo-bashing and photographic lighting techniques
- Perform photography clean-up: dust busting, skin and surface retouch, lens correction
- Organise and maintain digital assets, ensuring version control and easy retrieval
- Collaborate with art directors to interpret briefs and uphold brand guidelines
- Mentor junior retouchers, sharing best practices in CGI post-production and retouching
- Troubleshoot both technical and artistic challenges under tight deadlines
- Stay current with emerging retouching trends, software updates, and visual effects techniques
- Assist wider Visualisation Team on ad-hoc projects, lending your expertise wherever needed

Essential Skills:
- Adobe Photoshop

Experience & Qualifications:
- 3D CGI retouching experience preferred over pure traditional photography retouching
- Proficient in ‘Back to Beauty’ workflow, render passes, Cryptomattes, compositing, and standard CGI pipelines
- Deep understanding of photography principles and terminology
- Excellent eye for composition, colour harmony, balance, and fine detail
- Advanced skills in Photoshop
- Proven track record of converting high-dynamic-range renders into final deliverables
- Strong file-management habits and ability to maintain organised asset libraries and files
- Effective communicator and patient mentor, able to guide other colleagues

Desirable Skills:
- Automotive visualisation and advertising, basic CGI knowledge and experience.
- Experience in compositing software such as Nuke and Adobe After Effects.
- Experience using colour grading software such as DaVinci Resolve.

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

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.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 36325371

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

HIL Test Engineer - Steering Systems - £27.21/hr (Insode IR35) - Warwickshire - 8 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Duties:
- Develop test cases to be executed within the Steering System HIL.
- Implement existing JLR Vehicle test procedures in Steering HIL environment.
- Operate the Steering System HIL rig.
- Develop analysis methods and metrics to judge test case results.
- Liaise with internal customers to satisfy test requests.
- Characterise and compare different steering systems and generate reports.
- Correlate Virtual models with Steering System HIL data and vehicle data.

Skills:
- Extensive experience in HIL testing: DSPACE, XPACK4 or similar.
- Good knowledge of Vehicle Dynamics principles.
- Significant experience in mechatronic systems validation and verification.
- Experienced in vehicle simulation software packages such as Matlab/Simulink, IPG Carmaker or similar.
- Experience in programming is essential.
- Problem Solving skills and knowledge (6-Sigma or similar).
- Knowledge of Machine Learning techniques.
- Strong Analytical skills.
- Team Player.
- Good understanding of AGILE methodology.

Education:
BSc or MSc in Engineering or Data Science

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

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.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 36317179

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

NVH Modal test engineer - £27.21/hr (Inside IR35) – Warwickshire – 8 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Duties:
Measurement, analysis and reporting of vehicle, system and component modal performance status to meet key gateway requirements. Responsible for lab-based transfer function measurement to support NVH attribute needs and NVH issue investigation, i.e. Transfer Path Analysis to support road, powertrain and simulator teams

- Undertake detailed correlation work in collaboration with CAE teams both internal and external to improve future models and simulations.
- Maintain the Modal lab workspace and ensure it is fit for use, and calibration compliant
- Support taskforce activities to solve complex engineering problems as required
- Maintain up to date method statements and processes for modal and systems testing

Skills:
- Experience within a modal testing environment and setup and use of impact hammer testing and shaker equipment
- Good understanding of NVH signal processing and analysis, especially modal, structural and transfer function analysis
- A methodical and detailed approach to planning, recording and executing high quality testing, and reporting
- Ability to effectively present and communicate complex NVH data
- Capable of working closely and collaboratively within a small team, inc. some coaching of apprentice colleague
- Ability to identify and propose continuous improvements and new methods of work
- Practical capability to carry out the basic fitting tasks necessary to set up and instrument tests, including ability to design new fixtures/rigs which can then be fabricated by the workshop teams.

Education:
- Degree or relevant equivalent experience

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

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.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.

Customer Ref: 36206475

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

EDU Design Engineer - Catia - £30.30/hr (Inside IR35) - Coventry (hybrid potential) - 8 Months (potential for yearly renewal)

Duties:
- Design proposals for EDU (electric drive unit) development
- Package assessments on concept proposals
- Concept development to ensure credibility of proposal.
- Investigation of potential incremental improvements for consideration in future developments or upgrades.
- On-cycle issue resolution
- Supporting cross functional teams to generate potential design solutions to be considered by the D&R and integration squads.
- Helping to Identify design optimisation opportunities for implementation at later design freezes.
- Assembly management and drawing creation.
- Management of 3D assemblies
- Creation of detailed component and assembly drawings for manufacture
Standards, processes and tool development
- Full utilisation of current client toolset.
- Help to identify standards, processes and tools to develop.
- Ensure alignment with client standards and best practises.
- Highlighting potential weaknesses and opportunities

Skills:
- Experience of 3D modelling tools and techniques, preferably in CATIA V6
- Working knowledge of GD&T and general drafting
- Knowledge in delivering innovative design solutions.
- Experience in project management and issue resolution.
- Degree or relevant equivalent experience preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple internal and external relationships in complex stakeholder environments.
- Previous experience of the automotive or manufacturing industry
- Experience of Agile project delivery (preferred)
- Detailed knowledge of EDU design
- Experience of Agile project delivery (preferred)

Education:
- Degree in engineering or similar

Additional information:
This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35.

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.

The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment business.