Engineering Project Leader

Clarios•Milwaukee, WI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Engineering Project Leader (EPL) leads the multidisciplinary functional engineering team to execute and achieve the technical product delivery targets according to the committed overall project schedule, development cost and bill of material (BoM). The EPL drives and verifies the execution of all engineering activities product life cycle activities for a given program spanning the V-model (requirements decomposition and definition; development processes; integration and testing; and, as applicable, handoff to advanced manufacturing). The final objective is to obtain approval for system/product release.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
Minimum of 10 years’ experience of project execution experience including product launch
Minimum of 5 years in automotive electronics and software product development
Domain knowledge in automotive electronics, software and mechanical systems
Experience leading cross functional teams

Nice To Haves

MBA or master’s in systems engineering, SW or Electrical Engineering
15 years of project execution experience
5 years’ experience in propulsion domain
3 years in the eMobility space
Willing to travel 20%

Responsibilities

Matrix leads and drives the multidisciplinary product engineering team to achieve the technical/functional project targets, bill of material (BoM), project timing and industrialization targets
Ensures the achievement of the required product maturity (for example, technology readiness level) over the product life cycle
Responsible for the product BoM approval and release
Acts internally as the technical interface to program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and commercial team
Acts externally as the technical customer interface for the product/program engineering team
Organizes cross functional team meetings and drives agenda
Prepares technical decision options as input for the change control board and for management escalation
Plan technical work packages (content/schedule/quality) according to the overall project schedule
Plan and execute product/system releases according to defined schedule
Responsible for sample planning and adherence to engineering build management and sample release
Act as manufacturing interface for successful realization of the sample builds
Responsible to release the Engineering Documentation to the manufacturing plants to be able to perform sample builds