(Senior) Consultant Connected Cars - Automotive Engineering (all genders)
About Us
We help automotive and manufacturing organisations turn ambition into reality. As a specialist consulting firm, we operate where strategy meets delivery—driving digital transformation, shaping software solutions, elevating customer experience, and redesigning service operations for lasting impact.
The Role
We are seeking a Senior Consultant to support the delivery of Connected Car Services across a portfolio of prestigious automotive clients. In this role, you will play a hands-on part in ensuring the quality and performance of cutting-edge vehicle technologies, working across test execution, system integration, and validation activities.
You will be responsible for executing and managing end-to-end testing processes, including working with test benches and supporting vehicle preparation activities. A key part of the role involves handling ECUs, coordinating integration efforts, and ensuring that all components function seamlessly within the wider connected ecosystem. You will also oversee test management activities, maintaining clear and structured documentation to support traceability, compliance, and continuous improvement.
Working closely with cross-functional teams and client stakeholders, you will help bridge the gap between engineering, software, and operations—ensuring robust, reliable, and scalable connected vehicle solutions. This role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of automotive innovation, contributing directly to the development of next-generation mobility services.
- Code number: J000020788
- Entry level: Professionals
- Location: London, Reading
- Organization: MHP - A Porsche Company
TasksTasks
What You’ll Do
Test Execution & Integration
- Execution of manual tests for Connected Car Services on test benches and test vehicles (onsite)
- Execution of test and integration activities across vehicle, backend, and mobile app
- Analysis of test results including tracing, log file analysis, and bug reproduction
- Support of re-tests after bug fixes and software deployments
Test Benches & Vehicle Preparation
- Preparation of test benches for test activities
- Setup of new test benches from individual components, including verification of all electrical and logical connections
- Flashing and updating control units (e.g. HCP3 / HCP4 / HCP5) on bench level
- Coding of HCP3 via the Green Engineering Menu
- Maintenance and servicing of existing bench setups, including IDEX/PIDT handling
Vehicle Preparation & ECU Handling
- Preparation of test vehicles for software and functional tests
- Update, flashing, and coding of control units (e.g. HCP3 / HCP4 / HCP5) directly in the vehicle
- Alignment of ECU software versions between vehicle and bench setup
- Execution of ECU updates in the vehicle analogous to the bench setup
- Ensuring correct vehicle and software configurations for test campaigns
Test Management & Documentation
- Documentation of test results in JIRA (Xray) and Confluence
- Creation of structured test reports including software versions, configurations, and deviations
- Management of logs, traces, screenshots, and IDEX files
- Defect management via JIRA / KPM including tracking through to resolution
QualificationsQualifications
What We’re Looking For
Essential
- 2–5 years’ experience in Engineering / Connected Car Services / Vehicle Technology & Testing
- Availability to travel 2 times / week at the client's office in Crewe
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- Strong problem-solving and structured thinking skills
- Experience working with automotive clients or stakeholders
- Ability to manage workstreams and deliver outputs independently
- Basic understanding of internet protocols, network settings and connectivity in general
Desirable
- Experience within consulting and / or automotive sector
What We Offer
Opportunity to work on high-impact transformation projects
Direct client exposure and responsibility
Clear progression path within a growing consulting firm
At a GlanceAt a Glance
ENABLING YOU TO SHAPE A BETTER TOMORROW
As a technology and business partner, MHP digitizes its customers' processes and products and supports them in their IT transformations along the entire value chain. As a digitization pioneer in mobility and manufacturing, MHP transfers its expertise to different industries and is the premium partner for thought leaders on their way to a Better Tomorrow.
MHP serves more than 300 customers worldwide: leading corporations and innovative medium-sized companies. MHP provides both operative and strategic consulting together with proven IT and technology expertise and specific industry knowledge. As OneTeam, MHP operates internationally, with headquarters in Germany and subsidiaries in the USA, UK, Romania, and China.
For 25 years, MHP has been shaping the future with its customers. More than 4.000 MHP employees share a commitment to excellence and sustainable success. This aspiration continues to drive MHP - today, tomorrow, and in the future.
MHP: DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE.
Exclusive look behind the scenesExclusive look behind the scenes
At MHP, you will continuously grow with your tasks in an innovative and supportive environment. That makes us the perfect sparring partner for your career. Both for professional input and business networking. Among other things, we offer:
- We support and appreciate colleagues as they are and celebrate our successes together.
- We always welcome creativity and new impulses.
- In terms of time and place - depending on the project, at home, in the office, at the customer.
- With us, you get the opportunity to grow in your tasks, in your knowledge, and in your responsibility.
You can find a comprehensive overview of our benefits here
How to apply?How to apply?
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