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Coventry, England, Gb

Gaydon, England, United Kingdom

- Leading team responsible for benchmarking, target setting, development and delivery of character-defining attributes (e.g. Vehicle Dynamics, NVH, Performance & Driveability) across all products in the Range Rover brand.

Gaydon, United Kingdom

- Target setting and final sign-off of all programme / vehicle attributes- Leading assessment, development and tuning of key attributes throughout vehicle programmes including the new Land Rover Defender and Range Rover Sport, from cradle to grave- Creation and management of Vehicle Statements of Intent and alignment with JLR brands and vehicle market positioning- Leading driven assessments of prototype and production vehicles, as well as competitor benchmarking- Supporting AMS score prediction, vehicle testing, press car setup and evaluation, and launch activities

Gaydon, Warwickshire, Uk

- Leading vehicle dynamics tuning of multiple vehicle programmes across MLA & D7a architectures.- Managing integration of passive and active system tuning across architectures.- Definition of vehicle targets, enabling a systems engineering approach to vehicle dynamics development.- Subjective evaluation of vehicle ride, steering and handling, both on-road and at proving grounds in the UK and Europe.- Identification of opportunities for new ways of working to enable more efficient and robust engineering of a growing vehicle portfolio, including defining requirements and supporting ongoing development of new tools and processes.

Gaydon, Warwickshire, Uk

- Lead vehicle dynamics tuner on Jaguar I-Pace.- Led tuning of elastokinematic components - springs, anti-roll bars, auxilliary sprung components, bushes etc. and supported tuning of dampers, steering and active systems- Subjective assessment of vehicle Ride, Handling & Steering attributes, both on-road and at proving grounds in the UK and Europe.- Assessment of handling behaviour on wet and dry surfaces up to and beyond the adhesion limit.- Used objective data including K&C and empirical metrics to drive decision making and tuning direction.- Led project management of tuning process, including daily and weekly planning, leading agile/scrum meetings, organising test trips etc.- Responsible for completing final vehicle stability, handling and steering sign-off (Trustmark).- Junior vehicle dynamics tuner on XE and XE AWD.

Gaydon, Warwickshire, Uk

- Led development of a novel sealed fuel system for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)

2013 BTCC - Team HARD.2012 BTCC - BINZ Racing2011 BTCC - Pirtek Racing2010 BTCC - Pinkney Motorsport- Race, performance & data engineering- Performance optimisation through tuning of suspension, powertrain and aerodynamic parameters- First principles vehicle dynamics modelling- Management of parts and consumables (tyres, fuel etc.)- Planning and execution of race/test sessions- Leading technical teams- Post-event analysis and reporting

Master Of Science (Msc), Motorsport Engineering & Management

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: FSAE Formula Student - Suspension and Dynamics Lead Engineer

Btec Diploma, Foundation Studies In Art & Design

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