REQ ID: 131541
JOB TITLE: Lead Integration Engineer - Infotainment & Connectivity
SALARY: £55,000 - £65,000
POSTING START DATE: 24/06/2026
POSTING END DATE: 08/07/2026
LOCATION: Gaydon, Warwick, UK

Product Engineering at JLR is centred on innovation and creativity. From advanced driver assistance systems to developing the future of electric propulsion, the opportunities to create exceptional experiences for the future of motoring are wide-ranging. You'll work alongside industry experts to drive product strategy, manage programs, analyse performance, and lead transformation initiatives. Exceptional careers that bring world-renowned vehicles to life start here.

Join JLR as a Lead Integration Engineer within Infotainment and Connectivity, and play a key role in shaping the in-car experience across our next generation of vehicles. Sitting within the Entertainment and Productivity Functional Group, you’ll be at the centre of delivering features that customers interact with every day, from audio and video streaming to IP and terrestrial radio, app ecosystems and rear-seat entertainment.

This is a hands-on, technically focused role where you’ll lead the integration of complex features across the infotainment platform and wider vehicle systems. You’ll be working at the intersection of software, hardware and connectivity, ensuring seamless performance, high quality delivery and a consistently strong user experience. It’s an opportunity to work on high-visibility products, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to bring together multiple technologies into a cohesive end result.

We’re looking for someone who is confident operating at depth, comfortable navigating complexity and motivated by delivering tangible outcomes. If you enjoy solving problems, driving integration across systems and having a real impact on the end product, this is a chance to be part of something genuinely exciting within a fast-evolving and highly visible space at JLR.

WHAT TO EXPECT

In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering high-quality outcomes and supporting the wider team through a range of responsibilities, including – 

• Lead hands-on integration of entertainment features across test rigs and vehicles, planning and executing end-to-end test activities across multiple platforms (including radio reception and variable connectivity testing)
• Own and maintain entertainment test rigs, ensuring the team always has stable, up-to-date test properties available
• Conduct defect triage, root cause analysis and deep system-level troubleshooting across hardware, software and network interfaces, including capturing and analysing logs from Android, QNX, Linux and vehicle networks
• Generate and analyse feature/system performance indicators, producing metrics for project reporting and driving optimisation against KPI’s
• Lead and support issue investigation and resolution in manufacturing plants
• Actively contribute to functional group leadership activities (day-to-day operations, status, risks, prioritisation and decision making, PI/sprint planning), and coordinate and mentor junior team members
• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested from time to time

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

We’re looking for someone with the right blend of experience, qualifications, and practical skills, including – 

• Significant experience working with complex systems spanning multiple virtual machines or physical units, alongside hands-on delivery of infotainment systems and components or equivalent software and hardware systems
• Ability to deep dive into entertainment features while maintaining a strong understanding of the broader system and other feature areas
• Comfortable working with Android systems, with a solid understanding of Android architecture and core concepts
• Experience in authoring and reviewing test cases, with strong attention to detail and quality
• Full, clean driving license required, as the role includes drive testing
• Able to work independently and proactively, taking full ownership and responsibility for deliverables while remaining fully invested in successful outcomes and the wider team’s objectives
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong cross-functional relationships, influence stakeholders, learn new tools and concepts quickly

BENEFITS

This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:

• Discounted car purchase (open to family members, too)
• A 52 week maternity leave policy and a 4 week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available
• A competitive pension
• A JLR company performance-related bonus
• An employee learning scheme providing funding for; education, training and other activities which support the development of personal skills and promote lifelong learning
• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks
• Comprehensive Life Assurance and Income Protection policies
• Flexible working* 
  
  

*Flexible working is offered for specific roles dependant on responsibilities. Please speak to the hiring team for details

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.