Vehicle Line Manager, Software

Salary: £41,000 - 81,000 per year

Requirements:

• You have a degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related field, with a 2:1 or above.
• You have proven project leadership experience delivering automotive software programmes within an APQP, ASPICE, or similar framework.
• You have experience with high-volume or niche-volume programmes at an OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
• You have strong technical problem-solving experience with electro-mechanical systems.
• You know DFMEA and its application in an automotive environment.
• You know automotive communication protocols, including Ethernet, CAN, and LIN.
• You have strong experience with project and issue-tracking tools such as Mantis or Jira.

Responsibilities:

• You will manage Software and EE Architecture project targets and deliverables, communicate and report progress at each stage of the vehicle programme, and prepare and present MDP slides at project gateways.
• You will deliver systems in line with targets, KPIs, and milestones set by the McLaren Development Process and project management leaders.
• You will support key technology and system decisions with business cases and lifecycle planning, and ensure their consequences are reflected in targets, budgets, and plans.
• You will manage Software Change Requests with the Software Integration Engineer, agreeing changes and implementation timing.
• You will support decision meetings with concise, accurate technical and project information.
• You will define and deliver the Feature Implementation Plan (FIP) with programme management and Software and EE Architecture and Electrical Systems principals, ensuring alignment with the development plan and gateway and sign-off milestones.
• You will create the programme Software Platform plan and cascade feature implementation, software maturity, and timing requirements to software engineers and module owners. You will gather stakeholder feedback on feasibility and clarify dependencies such as ARXML releases, hardware, and test property timing.
• You will monitor functional implementation and timing, keep platforms on track to agreed software maturity and the FIP, assess technical compatibility, and address the impact of late or incomplete deliveries.
• You will work with the Lead Validation Engineer to ensure stress testing and functional attributes are assessed at each milestone, identify technical risks and priority fixes, and monitor delivery of fixes into the next platform.
• You will create platform critical-issues dashboards and ensure issues are closed.
• You will lead system-level root-cause analysis of issues from the field, vehicle DVP, MPC, and Aftersales, bringing cross-functional teams together to resolve difficult problems.
• You will be the programmes primary contact within Software and EE Architecture, represent the function group, and align with functional and departmental goals.
• You will work closely with the Electrical Systems TPM, who manages the Vehicle Line budget for Software and EE Architecture, including resources, tooling investment, D&D, and BOM costs, with support from the Vehicle Programme Manager.
• You will promote and support simultaneous engineering, maximizing early stakeholder engagement to improve efficiency and performance and prevent late changes and delays.

Technologies:

• Ethernet
• Hardware
• Support
• JIRA
• Matrix

More:

We are hiring a Vehicle Line Manager Software in our Product Development business area, based in Woking, United Kingdom. This is a full-time, permanent management/technical expert role, working Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. You will report to the Head of EE Programmes and help plan and deliver vehicle software in line with the Feature Implementation Plan, working across a matrix organization and parallel projects to deliver on time and within budget. At McLaren Automotive, we create high-performance road cars through the work of a diverse community united by a passion for visionary products and new benchmarks. We are committed to equal opportunity, diversity, equality, and inclusion. Our benefits include structured career development, 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, the option to buy or sell up to five days, an enhanced pension, a discretionary annual bonus, private medical insurance and a health cash plan, life assurance, the option to apply for a sabbatical after two years, lifestyle discounts, generous parental leave, and wellbeing support including an employee assistance programme and free financial and mortgage advice.

last updated 40 week of 2026