Assistant Chief Engineer - Transmissions

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

The Chief Engineering Team is the fully accountable single technical contact for transmission and driveline products, covering product delivery for current production, new product development, and advanced projects. The Assistant Chief Engineer (ACE) oversees assigned core programs and integration programs, and supports the chief engineer in directing family (project) managers, Application Engineers, and Design System Engineers. The ACE is responsible for meeting or exceeding program deliverables and functional objectives, including cost, timing, efficiency, performance, mass, NVH, and quality metrics. The role oversees all aspects of transmission projects for a vehicle family and serves as a technical interface across vehicle and powertrain integration, engineering, purchasing, quality, suppliers, and other teams. The ACE leads engineering teams in delivering prototype and production transmission solutions that meet vehicle and program requirements, oversees program risk and issue resolution, and represents the chief organization in high-level meetings as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related degree field.
At least 7 years of engineering experience in transmission and/or driveline design, releasing, development, validation, calibration, manufacturing, program management, or related areas.
At least 3 years of propulsion system experience.
Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Engineering.

Responsibilities

Meet or exceed program deliverables and functional objectives, including cost, timing, efficiency, performance, mass, NVH, and CQI, 3MIS, EPUS, and JD Power quality metrics.
Oversee all aspects of transmission projects for an assigned vehicle family, including hardware, software, calibration, packaging, builds, validation, ED&D, DVPR, Statements of Work, and Design Change Requests.
Serve as the technical interface to Vehicle and PT Integration, AME, Purchasing, EE Core, ePT, Controls, Calibration, Quality, suppliers, and EE Systems Leads.
Lead engineering teams in delivering prototype and production transmission solutions that meet vehicle and program requirements.
Review, approve, and track the System DVP&R, and support development of component DVP&Rs.
Co-lead proactive risk-management activities with the QRE Team, including DFMEAs, DFSS, LUR, Heat Map, and Reliability Demonstration.
Track and lead resolution of all eCIMS/GIMs.
Lead program cost rollups, including piece cost, tooling, and ED&D, with manufacturing engineers and SCIE.
Represent the chief organization in high-level meetings as needed, including Steering Committees, PRs, MRs, IH meetings, PC-prep meetings, and VIT meetings.
Support the chief engineer in directing family (project) managers, Application Engineers, and Design System Engineers.