Fuel System Engineering Lead

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

3d

About The Position

The Engineering Lead for the Fuel Fill Tube & Venting commodity defines and updates specifications and coordinates and leads design reviews with release engineers to ensure designs follow best practices and meet safety and quality requirements. The role maintains the core Design Verification Plan and Report (DVPR) and establishes validation plans for new program development. It also leads root-cause and corrective-action development for field warranty returns, initiates lessons learned, and institutionalizes them in core documents.

The role requires broad structural and functional understanding of end-to-end fuel systems, including how tanks, pumps, tubes and lines, seals, and valves interact and integrate to achieve system performance, packaging, and reliability. The lead also teaches and develops design release engineers (DREs) by breaking down complex engineering concepts and system anomalies into foundational, understandable elements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of automotive engineering experience, including at least 5 years dedicated to fuel system design, development, and validation.
• Proven structural and functional understanding of end-to-end fuel systems and how tanks, pumps, tubes or lines, seals, and valves interact and integrate.
• Demonstrated ability to explain complex engineering concepts and system anomalies clearly to teach and develop DREs.
• Direct, hands-on experience authoring and executing DFMEAs and DVP&Rs, including review of virtual and physical test setups and results.
• Deep knowledge of fluid mechanics, permeation barriers, plastics and metals, and manufacturing processes.
• Strong analytical ability to turn hands-on testing, vehicle data, and teardown feedback into actionable engineering deliverables and tasks.
• Self-starter with excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to lead initiatives or support peers in a fast-paced team environment.
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and/or Reactive Problem Solving Green Belt certification.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Mechanical, Automotive, or Aerospace Engineering.
• DFSS Black Belt certification and Shainin/Reactive Problem Solving methodology certification.
• Extensive experience managing Fill Tube, Venting, and Cap/Capless commodities from early concept through post-launch, including successful launches of multiple production programs.
• Familiarity with ISO 13331, refueling test procedures, and global evaporative emissions standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and update fuel fill tube and venting specifications.
• Coordinate and lead design reviews with release engineers to ensure designs meet best practices and safety and quality requirements.
• Maintain the core DVPR and establish validation plans for new program development.
• Lead root-cause and corrective-action development for field warranty returns.
• Initiate lessons learned and incorporate them into core documents.
• Teach, train, and develop DREs by explaining complex engineering concepts and system anomalies in understandable foundational terms.
• Author and execute DFMEAs and DVP&Rs, including reviewing virtual and physical test setups and results.
• Translate testing, vehicle data, and teardown feedback into actionable engineering deliverables and tasks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior