Engineer III - Validation

Porsche•Los Angeles, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Engineer III, within the Complete Vehicle department at Porsche Engineering, is responsible for Complete Vehicle Validation and Assurance in the metropolitan area of California on public roads, according to Porsche’s proprietary testing systems and methodologies. The vehicles descend from Porsche’s development process and reflect the current quality and development levels of the corresponding model ranges. As the vehicles mature, it is necessary to update the vehicles, especially with regards to the software and hardware, to ensure that any findings and/or complaints occurred are arising from the latest, released versions and are thus relevant. The main task is to coordinate and manage the Complete Vehicle activities including the corresponding communication, prioritization, assessments and reporting of the project-related activities. This also includes documentation, preparation and communication of performance records, KPIs, statistics, project- and budget-related calculations and analysis results.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Automotive, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
6+ years of Automotive Industry experience in a lead role
Additional graduate studies in fields of Engineering can be used toward experience requirements
Expert knowledge of Complete Vehicle Systems and Automotive Technologies
Excellent and confident proficiency in managing and coordinating measures in interdisciplinary and cross-functional environments
Advanced analytical skills and strong communication skills with ability to present complex subject matter to a wide range of audiences
Experience in Project Management (resource- and budget-oriented sense of responsibility)
Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment

Nice To Haves

Expert knowledge with associated diagnostic tools to analyze problems in vehicles
Experience with Porsche’s proprietary testing systems and methodologies is a plus, such as PIDT, PUDiS, PPN, FAZIT, Cluu, etc.
Confident to work in an intercultural and interdisciplinary environment
Ideal candidates are tenacious, persistent, well-organized, flexible adapting to various forms of challenges, process oriented and work well within a group
Domestic candidates are preferred to begin work as soon as possible
Fluency in German is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Support of Complete Vehicle’s Management in ensuring the budget-, result- and resource-oriented practicability for the market-specific activities
Monitor vehicle and product quality by analyzing development maturity level based on various sensors, including repetitive failures/findings reported by market-specific drivers, the Engineering teams worldwide and other sources of Quality and Engineering topics and complaints
Collaborate with PAG and PEG Departments responsible for Complete Vehicle Quality and Engineering to facilitate and expedite countermeasure development and validation
Coordinate various projects and its related teams and vehicle fleets for Complete Vehicle
Implement and support to achieve processes being established and designed are robust and comply with corporate regulations
Collaboration with Stakeholders of PAG and PEG worldwide to strengthen synergetic, interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches and cooperation
Operational coordination and performance of resource management in an interfacing function to the cross-departmental stakeholders at PAG and PEG
Creation of department and project relevant documents, reports, error analyses, statistics and its process documentation
Provide guidance and direction for technical personnel at Complete Vehicle – Engineering