Lead a department of supervisors, engineers, and technical specialists responsible for delivering component/systems design and release activities globally
Understands upfront design, verification plans and methods, and industrialization processes for various underbody components
Work with purchasing and suppliers to deliver high quality component designs with best cost, weight, and function
Constantly deliver cost and efficiency saves for the responsible components
Work with manufacturing and quality teams in our Powertrain Plants to launch internally manufactured components and address quality issue
Understand and can lead a team through program gateways and deliverables including design, sourcing, prototype procurement, analytical/physical validation, and PPAP in support of multiple global programs concurrently
Lead teams through problem solving for testing, launch, and quality issues
Review, analyze, and address any warranty issues attributed to responsible components
Lead team through technical design reviews and make timely data-based decisions
Develop strategic commodity plans for responsible components
Manage areas of headcount, spending, travel, and purchased service budgets
Participate in all hiring within sections including meeting head count models as well as building a strong and diverse skill team
Drive engineering excellence through strict enforcement of Failure Mode Avoidance tools

Requirements

BS in Mechanical, Industrial and/or Electrical or a related field
Formal Systems Engineering knowledge to solve complex problems
Minimum of 5 years of experience with Design and Release processes
Demonstrated strong foundation in FMA processes and documentation
Has prior experience in Components and Systems design and processes
Has proven delivery of balanced Quality/Cost/Weight/Function/Timing attributes for components or subsystems
A clear communicator and highly motivated to exceed expectations in a constantly changing product landscape
**Even better, if you have …**
Masters in product development or other Engineering degree preferred
INCOSE CSEP certification or equivalent preferred
Versed in UML and SysML modeling languages preferred
Basic software writing in Python or Groovy preferred
Model Based System Engineering development utilizing MagicDraw/3DX toolkit preferred
Experienced in analyzing a descriptive model to assist in complex decision making preferred.

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

Design and Release processesFailure Mode Avoidance (FMA)UMLSysMLPythonGroovyModel Based System EngineeringMagicDraw3DX toolkitanalytical/physical validation

Soft Skills

clear communicatorhighly motivatedproblem solvingteam leadershipstrategic planningdecision makingbudget managementhiring and team buildingquality assurancecost efficiency

Certifications

BS in Mechanical EngineeringBS in Industrial EngineeringBS in Electrical EngineeringMasters in product developmentINCOSE CSEP certification