Project Engineer (Automotive Lighting)

EDAG UK•Lake City, FL

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

This Project Engineer role is focused on automotive lighting, requiring leadership and coordination across engineering, production, and supplier teams. The successful candidate will manage task distribution within the EDAG project team, serve as the primary technical interface to the customer, and provide onsite support for vehicle assembly issues. Key responsibilities include monitoring project timelines, managing cross-functional teams from concept to launch, and integrating lighting solutions into vehicle designs while optimizing technologies and ensuring compliance with OEM standards. The role also involves delivering exterior lighting commodity plans, managing supplier design and validation, supporting ECU software integration, and coordinating R48 and FMVSS 108 certifications. The engineer will be accountable for achieving quality, cost, and time targets, liaising with OEM departments, resolving technical issues, contributing to product specifications, identifying risks, and conducting design reviews and prototype testing. The position requires ensuring all program targets, including Piece Cost, ED&D Budget, Timing, Weight, and Quality, are met, and managing the product launch until J1+90. The company is open to considering alternative engagement arrangements, including a self-employed basis, subject to mutual agreement.

Requirements

Knowledge of automotive lighting systems, standards and validation processes.
Experience working with OEMs or Tier 1 suppliers in the automotive industry.
Proven project coordination or team leadership experience in an automotive environment.
Degree educated in relevant field.
Minimum five years of related Project Engineer experience within automotive lighting industry.
Experience of CATIA V5, PLM system and electrical documentation.
Effective teamwork skills in a global team environment.
Effective in solving quality challenges.
Automotive Product Development Processes (V-model).
High level of analytical ability, where problems are unusual and difficult.
Proven body engineering experience within a matrix organization.
MS-Office proficiency.
Willingness to travel to customer location as required, local and global.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Nice To Haves

ECUK registration would be beneficial.
German as a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate the lighting project across engineering, production and supplier teams.
Manage task distribution within the EDAG project team, ensuring smooth collaboration and clear responsibilities.
Serve as the technical interface to the customer, including onsite support if issues arise during vehicle assembly.
Monitor and track project timelines, milestones and deliverables.
Manage cross-functional teams from concept to launch.
Work closely with design and engineering teams to integrate lighting solutions into vehicle designs for oncoming vehicles.
Expertise in selecting and optimizing lighting technologies.
Ensuring compliance with OEM standards.
Achieving aesthetic and functional objectives.
Deliver exterior lighting commodity plan to achieve on-time program milestones with 100% design release adherence.
Manage supplier design and validation activities.
Support ECU software integration and vehicle validation, enabling 100% functional compliance across ECU networks.
Coordinate R48, FMVSS 108 certification and on-road validation.
Own and deliver the commodity plan to quality, cost and time.
Liaise with OEM Engineering /Manufacturing departments throughout the development and launch process.
Achieve all certifications vehicle and components requirement.
Lead suppliers to assist in concept/production ready design & development requirements.
Manage product launch till J1+90.
Ensure all appropriate standards and requirements are met throughout the development process.
Resolve issues with component and sub-system engineering and vehicle attribute teams, to develop designs that meet targets.
Contribute to the development of product specification books, test plans, DVP&R, DFMEA, Control Plans and Quality Assurance requirements.
Identify risks, initiate corrective actions and proactively solve issues throughout the project lifecycle.
Conduct product evaluation and design reviews during prototype and pre-production development phases.
Develop prototypes for virtual and physical verification testing, including field testing.
Ensure all program targets, including Piece Cost, ED&D Budget, Timing, Weight and Quality, are met.
Other tasks as assigned by your manager.