Role:

Act as the interface between Powertrain Engineering and Vehicle Programs. Maintains schedules and ensure alignment between powertrain product roadmaps and vehicle programs.  Lead the engineering integration process for HV powertrain products, bringing together a cross-functional engineering team including battery systems, mechanical & electrical hardware, embedded software, prototype build, test & validation and manufacturing engineering  Responsible for budget, timing, accomplishment of performance targets, Powertrain vehicle integration and quality to ensure the projects in scope  Develop and maintain the product development timeline and resource requirements  Drive the engineering activities at the Powertrain integration level in accordance with the development timeline, including requirements definition, supplier selection, design release, prototyping, engineering testing, process development, DV & PV testing, Powertrain integration validation, APQP, etc.  Drive key decisions (technical, project timing, supplier decisions, change management, etc.) that impact system delivery  Take ownership and drive resolution of any blockers to successful delivery of the product, including:  Technical issues during development or series production - work with responsible engineers to define and drive actions to resolve, monitor and report status to management teams  Organizational issues - identify gaps in resources, processes or roles/responsibilities and escalate appropriately with management teams  Manufacturing issues that require engineering support – respond to requests for support and escalate appropriately with manufacturing teams and engineering teams to resolve  Communicate key technical decisions and issues to executive management  Ensure technical risks and issues having clear path to resolution  Chair the technical change review meeting to establish the best balanced (product and process) solution within the program scope  Confirm component and system designs and verification/validation testing are completed with efficient use of resources to reduce lead time and development costs  Own the powertrain bill-of-materials delivered to vehicle general assembly  Develop and maintain the powertrain roadmap (including variants, product improvements, supplier changes, etc) and impacts on technical specifications, validation testing, manufacturing, cost, etc.  Define and implement new processes to enable more efficient delivery of engineering projects  Fosters strong cross-functional partnerships and can effectively prioritize workload demands to meet project deadlines  Ownership mindset. Takes ownership of problems and drives them to resolution. 

Qualifications

5+ years of relevant work experience Strong understanding and experience of automotive engineering product development, from concept to series production  Strong technical understanding of the fundamentals of high voltage powertrain systems and architectures  Systems approach to engineering product development, including demonstrated ability to bring together teams from different engineering disciplines  Experience building, developing, and managing highly effective program management tools and processes.  Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work in a high-pace highly complex cross-functional environment.  Excellent organization and delegation skills with ability to own the product roadmap and schedule with a track record of delivering projects on-time.  Ability to inspire confidence to the executive members as well as the engineering project teams.  Ability to quickly comprehend complex problems and effectively facilitate the team to a decision and coordinate the action plan.  Strong analytical and quantitative skills with ability to drive decisions using data and metrics  Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills  Goal-oriented self-starter and motivator 

Education

 

5+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; a Master’s degree; or a PhD