Geometrical Product Specification (GPS) Specialist

5 - Supervisory / Professional - (L-16)

Based on your GPS technical expertise, your responsibility will be to ensure all authors and consumers of GPS information within the business and extended enterprise are fully conversant with the latest adopted standards. This will require the support and delivery of a structured GPS training programme for cohorts within the McLaren Automotive business and in the Supplier network. To measure success and develop capability it will therefore be key to develop methods to ensure and check all CAD data is released in accordance with the latest adopted version of BS 8888 (currently BS 8888:2025). This will be applicable for all new and legacy McLaren programmes. Other accountabilities are:

• Support and management of design execution validation standards for GPS application in 2D & 3D CAD and 1D McLaren Tolerance Calculator, including ownership of training guides and methods.
• Develop and update regularly the Golden Parts Library
• Provide "at-elbow" drawing and GPS standards support to relevant stakeholders to ensure correct application, thereby setting the overall engineering assembly concept. This is required for all components, assembly jigs, fixtures, and measurement plans.
• Ensure cost, manufacture, inspection, and maintenance concerns are addressed within the dimensions and tolerances of Engineering definitions.
• Support root cause analysis and issue resolution for relevant drawing / component tolerance problems. Ensure previous lessons learned are raised, addressed and embedded in future process, thus developing optimal design solutions.
• Develop a thorough understanding of best practice tooling philosophies in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality teams.
• Keep informed of changes to BS 8888 and adopt / incorporate relevant updates to McLaren standards and processes where appropriate.

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Manufacturing Engineering

0800 to 1700 - Monday to Friday

As a GPS Specialist supporting the GPS Manager in training and embedding the correct application of Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing / Geometrical Product Specification (GPS), you will engage with multiple stakeholders inside and outside the business to ensure a streamlined approach to the application of GPS through engineering design and component drawing release. This will have a direct and significant positive impact on the Manufacturing concepts and Quality performance of our future products through developing vehicle assembly strategies and tolerance management in the manufacturing process.

This function is crucial to integrating major vehicle systems; its outputs provide a common understanding of the GPS language and a "right first time" approach to preventing problems before they happen

As one of our Specialists you will naturally have an understanding and appreciation for low volume vehicle production and brand requirements.

As the GPS Specialist, you will naturally have an aptitude to learn and develop the technical ability of other employees throughout the McLaren Automotive business and extended enterprise.

We work in a fast-paced environment so the ability to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought, and decisive authority is crucial.

You may be required to travel to off-site development facilities, within the UK and throughout Europe, therefore a flexible approach to travel is required.

We recognise that we can only achieve our vision with the dedication and collaboration of our world class employees. It is our aim to become the employer of choice within the global automotive industry.

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