Job Title
Head of Product Engineering and Delivery
Ref #
53533
Date posted
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Woking
Business area
R&D
Position level
C - Head of Department
Working time
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Working pattern
9am - 6pm Monday to Friday
What to Expect

We are recruiting for a Head of Product Engineering and Delivery to join our Autonomous, Connected Mobility and AI team in Woking. This role owns the end-to-end product development, integration and platformization strategy, ensuring that ADAS/AD software, cloud services, and connectivity infrastructure work cohesively to power McLaren Automotive next-generation AI-native vehicle platforms.

You will be responsible for cross-domain technical alignment—bridging ADAS/AD software, vehicle compute, cloud architecture, and connected mobility solutions—while ensuring system scalability, modularity, and regulatory compliance.

This role requires deep expertise in system architecture, software-defined vehicle design, and cloud-connected ADAS ecosystems to deliver cutting-edge autonomous and connected vehicle solutions.


What You'll Do
As a Head of Product Engineering and Delivery you’ll:

  • Own and evolve the technical roadmap for ADAS/AD, cloud services, and connected mobility, ensuring scalable deployment across global platforms.
  • Lead cross-domain delivery and integration: AD/ADAS stack, software-defined vehicle architecture, motion planning/control abstraction, cloud compute, OTA, and app-connected UX
  • Define and manage the motion abstraction interface that allows safe integration of AI-based driving policy models across diverse vehicle configurations
  • Define and oversee system validation frameworks, including HIL/SIL testing, functional safety compliance, and cybersecurity standards.
  • Drive strategic decisions on software architecture, balancing on-board vs cloud-based AI processing for autonomous driving capabilities.
  • Ensure McLaren Automotive connected vehicle platform integrates advanced AI, edge computing, and cloud-first OTA infrastructure.

What You'll Bring
  • Proven leadership in delivering software-defined vehicle systems and cross-domain ADAS/AD integrations
  • Deep technical understanding of ADAS/AD software, vehicle connectivity, cloud infrastructure, and motion planning/control abstraction.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams in ADAS/AD, cloud computing, and real-time AI model deployment.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical alignment across AI, chassis, powertrain, and digital UX teams
  • Proven track record in building scalable, cloud-integrated ADAS/AD platforms.
  • Experience managing large-scale distributed development teams and external integration partners

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • Structured career development framework
  • 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
  • Enhanced company pension scheme
  • Discretionary annual bonus award
  • Private medical insurance and health cash plan
  • Life assurance benefit
  • Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • Generous parental leave policies
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. 

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey. 

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