Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd
Automotive Benchmarking Lead
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About Aston Martin
For over a century, Aston Martin has created some of the world's most iconic ultra-luxury performance vehicles. Every Aston Martin begins with a vision, one that combines breathtaking design, exhilarating performance, and exceptional craftsmanship. As we continue to define the future of ultra-luxury mobility, we are seeking an Automotive Benchmarking Lead to help shape the next generation of Aston Martin products.
Role Overview
This is a highly influential opportunity to play a leading role in concept-phase vehicle development, providing the competitive insights that underpin future product decisions. Working closely with Concept Engineering, Advanced Engineering, and Design teams, you will help define ambitious yet achievable targets that ensure Aston Martin vehicles continue to deliver world-class performance, refinement, and brand differentiation.
Responsibilities
- Own and define the benchmarking strategy for future ultra-luxury high-performance vehicle concepts.
- Identify and evaluate competitor vehicles, technologies, and innovations that align with Aston Martin's brand positioning, customer expectations, and performance ambitions.
- Provide data and insight needed to support concept definition, target setting, and programme business cases, ensuring informed decisions are made at the earliest stages of vehicle development.
- Lead benchmarking activities throughout the concept and advanced engineering phases, ensuring benchmark data collection is planned, executed, and communicated to the highest standard.
- Translate complex technical data into meaningful vehicle-level targets and attribute definitions, directly influencing future vehicle concepts and supporting concept selection decisions through objective assessment and opportunity analysis.
- Execute detailed benchmarking studies across key vehicle components, systems, and attributes.
- Assess the characteristics that define an exceptional ultra-luxury performance vehicle, balancing objective engineering measurement with subjective vehicle evaluation to understand both technical capability and customer perception.
- Streamline instrumentation strategies and data acquisition activities, eliminating duplication and ensuring engineering teams are able to gather the right information in the most efficient manner.
- Establish and maintain consistent benchmarking methods, metrics, and governance processes that deliver reliable, repeatable, and high-quality results across all benchmarking activities.
- Convert benchmarking findings into compelling stories, actionable recommendations, and strategic insights that support senior decision-makers.
- Develop and maintain a structured benchmarking knowledge base covering vehicles, emerging technologies, and future trends, creating a valuable resource that supports long-term product development.
- Represent Aston Martin at industry events, conferences, and exhibitions, providing senior stakeholders with expert analysis of competitor activity, technological developments, and market trends that may influence future vehicle programmes.
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Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience within automotive benchmarking, vehicle engineering, or performance attribute development.
- Strong exposure to premium, ultra-luxury, or high-performance vehicle programmes.
- Proven track record of influencing concept-phase vehicle definition and supporting strategic product decisions.
- Deep understanding of the attributes that define exceptional ultra-luxury high-performance vehicles and the expectations of customers within this market.
- Strong knowledge of vehicle architectures, chassis systems, powertrain technologies, aerodynamics, and NVH.
- Experience in attribute target setting, concept trade-off analysis, and the acquisition and interpretation of both CAE and physical test data.
- Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and confidently to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience within luxury, sports car, or high-performance EV environments would be advantageous, as would exposure to product strategy, market positioning, and brand development activities.
- Strategic thinker with a passion for exceptional vehicles, capable of combining analytical rigour with sound engineering judgement.
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At Aston Martin, we believe that the stunning beauty, craftsmanship, and artistry that define our brand come from the diverse voices and talents of our extraordinary team. We are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.
Your unique perspectives, shaped by your education, culture, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, abilities, and more, are what make us stronger and more innovative. We celebrate the richness of diversity and actively seek individuals who bring something new to the table.
If you require any accommodations or support during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re here to ensure that you can bring your best, in every way.
Let’s build something remarkable together.
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