System Design Lead

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

The System Design Lead (SDL) acts as a leader for individual propulsion system programs, ensuring consistency and target achievement for FE/CO2, capability, performance, drivability, and NVH, supported by virtual system engineering functional teams. The role involves driving propulsion system development across HEV, PHEV, REPB, and ICE platforms, and supporting activities to finalize architecture decisions for global products. The SDL will also support activities to improve operational efficiency by streamlining SDL workflows and program governance processes. This position requires partnering with propulsion chief engineers, sub-systems, vehicle, and planning teams to balance tradeoffs between FE, performance, drivability/capability, and thermal requirements to meet critical propulsion system and vehicle functional requirements. The SDL is accountable for providing propulsion system engineering performance scorecards/health reports at key gates and reviews according to the PSDP process. Additionally, the SDL is responsible for leading the requirements engineering team members to develop requirements documents across program milestones, focusing on vehicle functional objectives and sub-system functional requirements. The SDL will lead the implementation of technical solutions, recommendations, and roadmap inputs for various propulsion system programs, and lead risk management and issue resolution with internal counterparts, expertise networks, and supplier teams. Finally, the SDL is accountable to develop and ensure the implementation of global technical and departmental processes to improve overall operational efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related fields.
Minimum 7 years of experience in product development (preferably in the automotive area) simulating ICE (internal combustion engine) hybrid and/or electrified propulsion systems.
Thorough knowledge of Microsoft office products.

Nice To Haves

Thorough knowledge of vehicle Propulsion Systems including transmissions, axles, drivelines, batteries, and electric motors.
Thorough knowledge of commercial simulation/coding SW including, but not limited to: MATLAB /Simulink, GT Suite or AMESim.
Thorough knowledge of vehicle & propulsion system design processes.
Thorough knowledge in the disciplines of hybrid control strategies or energy management optimization.
Thorough knowledge in the disciplines of fluid dynamics and heat transfer.
Thorough knowledge of vehicle functional requirements such as Fuel Economy, Emissions, System Power, NVH, Drivability, and Capability.
General knowledge of commercial CAD packages including NX and Teamcenter.

Responsibilities

Acts as leader for individual propulsion system programs ensuring consistency and targets achievement for FE/CO2, capability, performance, drivability, NVH, supported by the virtual system engineering functional teams.
Drive propulsion system development across HEV, PHEV, REPB, and ICE platforms.
Drive & support activities to finalize architecture decisions for global products.
Support activities to improve operational efficiency by streamlining SDL workflows and program governance processes.
Partner with propulsion chief engineers, sub-systems, vehicle and planning teams to balance tradeoffs between FE, performance, drivability/capability and thermal requirements to meet critical propulsion system and vehicle functional requirements.
Provide propulsion system engineering performance scorecards/health report at key gates and reviews according to PSDP process.
Lead the requirements engineering team members to develop requirements documents across program milestones with focus on vehicle functional objectives and sub-system functional requirements.
Lead the implementation of technical solutions, recommendations and roadmap inputs for various propulsion system programs.
Lead risk management and issue resolution with internal counterparts, expertise network and supplier team.
Develop and ensure implementation of global technical and departmental processes to improve overall operational efficiency.