System Development Engineer

Systems Development Engineer

Coventry - UK

Company Overview

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of more than 165,000 talented employees in 37 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #186 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com, or follow us on Twitter @LearCorporation

Position Overview

We are hiring a Systems Development Engineer, responsible for supporting the Systems Development Manager/Supervisor to develop and maintain our Part Management Application (PMA) and Excel based solutions to meet business requirements for end-to-end change management reporting and workflow

Main Responsibilities :

Support the development of the PMA by:

• Business Analysis - Interacting with systems team management & other stakeholders to review, assess, analyse development ideas to agree way forward / solutions specification and agree timelines.
• Develop PMA solutions to satisfy complex business issues.
• Adapt PMA solutions to accommodate new processes or changes to existing processes.
• Adapt PMAs interaction with connected systems to accommodate changes or upgrades.
• Debug and resolve issues with existing PMA solutions.
• Review/cleanse existing solutions removing redundant code and looking for ways to optimise wherever possible.
• Follow agreed coding conventions, backup strategies and source control processes.
• Develop and enhance complex Excel based worksheets that interface to the PMA and are driven by complex VBA macros.
• Implement change control processes to ensure smooth and controlled change management.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• 5 years+ development experience
• Visual studio 2013+
• C#
• ASP.Net Web Forms
• HTML/CSS
• JQuery
• Bootstrap
• Javascript
• SQL Server
• Excel VBA
• Knowledge of engineering BOMs, automotive industry is preferred
• Comfortable working with Front End, Business Layer and Data Layer

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify how one issue can impact on another and put in place the required intervention through support or from own knowledge base.

As well as an attractive salary we offer:

• Group Personal Pension with AVIVA 
• 25 days annual leave
• Life Cover 3 x Basic Salary (Expression of wishes form required)
• AXA PPP Private Medical Insurance
• EV Salary Sacrifice

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resumes for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.