Propulsion Systems Launch Center Manager
About The Position
This role involves leading system development for a team of 6-15 engineers, focusing on planning resources, timelines, and developing system-level hardware, controls, and calibration solutions to meet functional objectives. The position spans all powertrain subsystems, including engine, transaxle, driveline, and ePT, and encompasses functional objectives such as performance, emissions, fuel economy, regulatory compliance, and drivability. The manager will ensure that decomposed requirements from the Chief Engineer for each subsystem are met or exceeded and will support all aspects of the PTCP and CPCP lifecycle, including vehicle milestones and production milestones. This includes generating and tracking progress through the project lifecycle for each subsystem's contribution to fuel economy, emissions, performance, regulatory compliance, and drivability. The role also involves planning and leading hardware development tasks, chairing weekly systems meetings, providing systems engineering solutions, and ensuring the propulsion system achieves targets established in simulation models. Key responsibilities include conveying program milestones and priorities, communicating technical decisions and risks to management, reporting project status, and interfacing with integration and engine systems teams for hardware development. The manager will also review bulletins for impact analysis, lead technology readiness projects, and manage resources (virtual, dyno, vehicle) to meet development and calibration requirements. Interface with NVH is required to ensure compliance with propulsion system targets.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related
- 7 years of experience in job offered or related
- Working with powertrain controls and calibrations, including PHEV technology
- Working with vehicle drivability metrics and customer drivability expectations
- Production calibration release
- Working with ETAS INCA
- Database management of production calibrations
- Working with automotive transmission systems
Responsibilities
- Leading system development work for a group of 6 – 15 engineers
- Planning resources and timelines
- Developing system level hardware, controls and calibration solutions that meet functional objectives defined by the Propulsion System Chief
- Conducting performance reviews
- Mentoring new engineers to ensure propulsion systems function
- Assuring that the decomposed requirements from Chief Engineer for each subsystem are met or exceeded
- Supporting every aspect of PTCP and CPCP lifecycle including all mule/proto vehicle milestones as well as plywood buck, DDV and production milestones
- Generating and tracking progress thru project lifecycle of each subsystem contribution toward fuel economy emissions, performance, regulatory compliance and drivability
- Planning and leading hardware development tasks across engine, trans, driveline, ePT which meet hardware release requirements to support builds
- Chairing weekly systems meeting for assuring hardware, controls, and calibration teams are developing results aligned to propulsion system's functional objectives
- Providing systems engineering solutions and seeking approval from the propulsion table where required
- Assuring that the project center's propulsion system is achieving the targets as established in the simulation models
- Conveying relevant program milestones and priorities to cal lead and controls lead
- Communicating key technical decisions, resource gaps and/or risk mitigations to Propulsion Chief Engineer and senior management
- Reporting cross functional project center status, risk management and issue resolution status to engine / transmission platform teams as well as senior management
- Developing hardware (induction, exhaust, after treatment), that supports functional objectives defined by propulsion chief
- Reviewing all bulletins for impact analysis with regards to project center
- Leading and supporting Technology Readiness Projects which may be coupled with the new propulsion system
- Managing, scheduling and prioritizing all resources virtual, dyno, vehicle to meet cross functional requirements for system development and calibration maturity to meet QG requirements
- Interfacing with NVH to assure compliance with PT and vehicle targets for propulsion system
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
