Strategy Specialist / Engineer

Astemo Indiana • Farmington Hills, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Under the direction of the Lead Strategist, this position exercises responsibilities contributing to Customer Intelligence and Product & Business planning activities within the Electronics Management Department. The department is in charge of establishing the strategy and ensuring its proper execution, for the Software-Defined Vehicle Solution Business Unit (SDVBU) in Americas region. The SDVBU supplies Electronic Control Units, Sensors, Advanced Driver Assistance and Automated Driving Systems (AD/ADAS), Software and Mobility services, to major OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Automotive engineering.
• Preferably a broad engineering background, with knowledge in at least one of the following fields: Embedded electronics, Software, Systems, AD/ADAS, Services.
• Strategic thinking.
• Customer oriented thinking.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to work in a team environment and present development outcomes to sponsors and customers.
• Excellent writing and communication skills will be required.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction is required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with PCs and application software, such as MS Office tools is also required.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related area required.
• Minimum 6 years of development, industry experience or strategy is required.
• Exposure to Automotive is required, including the following: An understanding of automotive components and embedded systems.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• Knowledge of ADAS and Autonomous Driving is a plus.
• An understanding of Software, Cloud, AI and data related business is a plus.
• An understanding of chassis systems and vehicle dynamics is a plus.
• An understanding of Powertrain systems for ICE and EV is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collect, analyze, and consolidate information about customers and competitors.
• Draw assumed roadmap and directions of our main customers.
• Formulate proposals for comparison with the Business Unit roadmap (Product strategies, company research and advanced engineering plan, America region advanced engineering and development plan) and competitors’ roadmap.
• Formulate proposals for recommendations for key technologies to be acquired.
• Formulate proposals for recommendations for product roadmap amendments.
• Formulate proposals for recommendation for advanced engineering and promotion activities.
• Contribute to redacting strategy description documents, including product roadmap, business forecasts, resource plan, strategy execution plan.
• When receiving requests for information or for quotation (RFI/RFQ) from customers, gather information swiftly about the business opportunity.
• Share information and hold meetings with peers and management in America region and Japan to reach consensus on the relevance to pursue each opportunity.
• Update information database used to take strategic decisions, such as Human resource plans, Production footprint plans, Sales forecasts, Cost related databases.
• Formulate proposals for, and contribute to improving processes, workflows and database related to activities described therebefore.
• Collaborate with international cross-functional teams to understand the company situation and to discuss the relevance of the proposals.
• Represent the company with its major customers, and the public.
• Travel to customer locations supporting promotion, sourcing activities, with periodic travel with customer to company manufacturing facilities (domestic and international).
• Maintain a safe workplace and follow all regulations and requirements related to safety and environmental compliance.
• Follow all quality policy standards and ensure legal compliance in all activities.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) – Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, disability, protected veteran status and national origin.
• At Astemo, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration.
• Our goal is to build an inclusive work environment that celebrates the differences of our employees.
• We want to ensure that every employee feels valued, respected and empowered.
• We don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community.
• Astemo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Astemo, please send the nature of the request and contact information to [email protected] when applying for the position.

What This Job Offers

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