James Benson

Manager - Body Electronics

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

About

Looking to grow and develop as a technical leader.

Experience

  • Manager - Body Electronics at Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd
    Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Continental (10 yrs 4 mos)
    • Technical Manager
      Nov 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Account Manager
      May 2017 - Feb 2023 · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Responsible for the Continental Engineering Solutions account at Jaguar Land Rover

    • Project Engineer
      Sep 2013 - Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Defined broadly; this role is to work closely with the customer to deliver complete engineering solutions within a given vehicle project. Please refer elsewhere within my experience summary for a more detailed breakdown of my responsibilities within the projects I have worked on.

  • Project Engineer - Transmission Electronics at Bentley Motors Ltd
    Apr 2016 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Responsible for integration of the transmission electronics into Bentley SUV vehicle projects.

  • Project Engineer - Electrical Systems at McLaren Automotive Ltd
    Feb 2014 - Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Responsible for development of the following electronic systems into the McLaren Sports Series vehicle platform: - TPMS - Door Control Modules - Satelite Tracking System - Alarm Control Module Where my role includes carrying out the following for each of my assigned systems: - Supporting FMEA's - Creating and maintaining technical specification documents - Communicating project requirements to suppliers - Supporting commercial negotiations - Ensuring the latest legislation is adhered to across global markets - Updating vehicle networks architecture to line up with specification changes - Ownership of DVP - Meeting key Engineering project milestones and gateways

  • Project Engineer - Climate Electronics at Jaguar Land Rover
    Sep 2013 - Feb 2014 · 6 mos

    Worked with the Climate Electronics team leading the implementation of updates to the Jaguar Landrover vehicle temperature pre-conditioning feature. In brief, the role responsibilities included: - Identifying key project milestones and gateways in a timing plan - Writing system requirements for software updates - Supporting the developement of a new human machine interface - Implementing changes to vehicle networks databases