Lead Charging Interoperability Engineer

<p><strong>About JLR:</strong></p><p>Innovative. Trusted. Pioneering. These three qualities have always summed up Jaguar Land Rover. They have been encapsulated within the performance, luxury and excellence of all our products. They are what every person working for us lives and breathes. From creating intelligent hybrids to building driverless vehicles, evolving existing technologies to discovering new energy storage, our ambition for the future of our vehicles and the industry beyond is endless.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Required Skills &amp; Experience :</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Must have a minimum of 8+ years of experience.*</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Technical </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Deep expertise in EV charging systems &amp; interoperability*</strong></li><li>S<strong>trong knowledge of: ISO 15118, DIN70121, IEC 61851*</strong></li><li><strong>AC/DC charging systems*</strong></li><li><strong>Strong diagnostic and root cause analysis capability*</strong></li></ul><p><strong>Leadership </strong></p><ul><li>Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams </li><li>Ability to operate at system integration level </li></ul><p><strong>Delivery </strong></p><ul><li>Experience managing multi-region test programs </li><li>Strong stakeholder and program management capability </li></ul><p><strong>Desirable </strong></p><ul><li>Experience with global interop campaigns and road-trip testing </li><li>Exposure to EVSE / CPO ecosystem collaboration </li><li>Knowledge of data-driven analytics for testing </li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities </strong></p><p><strong>1) </strong>Technical Leadership &amp; Strategy Execution </p><ul><li>-Lead execution of charging interoperability test strategy across all programs </li><li>-Ensure all releases meet objectives of: High first-time charging success </li><li>-Robust fallback behavior </li><li>-Global compatibility across EVSE ecosystems </li><li>-Define and govern test coverage across: </li><li>Conformance testing (ISO 15118, DIN70121, IEC standards) </li><li>Mini loop (release) testing </li><li>DV / official loop validation </li><li>Real-world public charging scenarios </li></ul><p><strong>2) </strong>Test Delivery &amp; Global Coordination </p><ul><li>Plan and oversee global testing campaigns, including Multi-market testing (UK, EU, NA, APAC) </li><li>Supplier / partner test execution </li><li>Parallel test activities across regions </li><li>Ensure vehicles are tested across representative EVSE coverage (CPOs, power levels, standards) </li></ul><p><strong>3) </strong>Issue Diagnosis &amp; Root Cause Leadership </p><ul><li>Lead end-to-end issue triage and root cause definition </li><li>Drive rapid identification of failures using logs and diagnostics </li><li>Coordinate cross-functional resolution across: Charging ECU teams </li><li>Vehicle system teams </li><li>Test partners and suppliers </li><li>Ensure all issues are: Logged </li><li>Prioritised </li><li>Tracked to closure </li></ul><p><strong>4) </strong>Data, Logging &amp; Evidence Governance </p><ul><li>Define and enforce logging standards and evidence capture for all tests </li><li>Ensure consistent capture of: </li><li>Charging session data </li><li>Vehicle / PLC / CAN logs </li><li>EVSE interaction behaviour</li><li>Drive the creation of: Interop reports </li><li>Pass/fail metrics </li><li>Comparison trends across releases </li></ul><p><strong>5) </strong>Sign-off Authority &amp; Release Support </p><ul><li>Own interoperability input into program sign-off decisions </li><li>Provide clear evidence to support release readiness: Pass rates </li><li>Known issues </li><li>Risk assessment </li><li>Act as escalation point for critical customer-impacting issues </li></ul><p><strong>6) </strong>Stakeholder Management </p><ul><li>Act as technical authority for interoperability across: Program teams </li><li>Validation teams </li><li>External suppliers </li><li>Charging infrastructure partners </li><li>Ensure alignment between product, engineering, and validation teams </li></ul><p><strong>7) </strong>Continuous Improvement &amp; Innovation </p><ul><li>Improve test efficiency, coverage, and diagnostic capability </li><li>Drive adoption of: Automation </li><li>Data analytics </li><li>AI-driven root cause analysis (aligned with your team direction) </li></ul><ol><li><strong>Key Deliverables / Success Measures </strong></li></ol><ul><li>90%+ charging success rate at release maturity (aligned to loop targets) </li><li>Global EVSE coverage aligned to program requirements </li><li>Reduced field charging failures </li><li>Clear interoperability sign-off evidence for each program</li></ul>