Ben Railton

• Directed large, multidisciplinary teams in delivering innovative mechanical platform architectures and electrical systems from early concept through to mass production, resolving challenges across all levels of complexity.
• Led vehicle architecture definition and enabled innovation through early-phase feasibility studies, aligning cross-functional stakeholders across engineering domains and vehicle attributes.
• Demonstrated a strong track record in scoping, route causing and resolving complex technical issues, developing integrated timing plans, and ensuring effective task ownership and delivery within quality, cost, and time constraints.
• Fostered high-level collaboration across design, manufacturing, and product teams, building trusted relationships across the business to meet complex and demanding programme objectives.

• Delivered cross-architecture subsystem strategies, focusing on innovation and reusability.
• Managed timing, delivery, and cost trade-offs across interconnected vehicle systems.
• Facilitated key integration and feasibility studies for occupant safety features.

• Led first application of new sensor-based detection systems, defining functional scope and system impact.
• Orchestrated integration strategies across 15 vehicle programmes, balancing technical complexity and cost.
• Supported resolution of systemic issues from emerging systems engineering processes.

• Defined early concepts for active/passive restraint systems and vehicle safety innovations.
• Drove alignment across engineering centres of competence (CoCs) to support emerging system strategies.