Leads the development and implementation of vehicle system strategies to achieve efficient vehicle design, mass (weight), mass properties and customer attributes. Duties include:

•       Develop and deliver global platform and vehicle mass strategies to optimize customer attributes and Fuel Economy / Emission/ Safety certifications simultaneously in multiple global markets;

•       Develop models to predict future vehicle ideal states, utilizing statistical, deterministic and parametric modeling techniques;

•       Work with interfacing commodity engineering activities to ensure successful implementation of optimized design and attribute solutions;

•       Complete in-depth analyses of competitive vehicles to develop forecasts of attribute performance, future capabilities and changing industry “standard” technologies.