Technical Project Leader (Automotive)

ALTEN Technology USA•Auburn Hills, MI

4h•Onsite

About The Position

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company that partners with leading companies in various sectors like aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, and rail. They help clients develop groundbreaking ideas, from space exploration to autonomous electric vehicles. As part of the global ALTEN Group, they have over 3,000 experts in North America and deliver across the entire product development cycle. Joining ALTEN Technology USA offers collaboration on challenging engineering problems, supported by mentorship, career growth, and comprehensive benefits. The Project Leader (PL1) holds technical responsibility for IQP 3 to 5 projects, managing technical activities to ensure agreed deliverable time and quality, compliance with customer requirements, and internal staffing qualification. The role also involves developing and adhering to project timelines.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from a technical college or university in Engineering or another technical/scientific discipline
Combined minimum 5 years of engineering and project management experience (minimum 4 years of engineering/product development experience, minimum 1 years of project lead/management experience in a technical field)
Significant experience in systems engineering, requirement engineering, or software development
Automotive experience is essential
Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, and Outlook)
Demonstrated ability to manage projects successfully to customers requirements (scope, cost, schedule, margin, delivery of contractual deliverables)

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree may be substituted for experience
Ability to read, write, speak, analyze and interpret all forms of communication and business correspondence, primarily in English
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
Ability to systematically analyze complex problems, draw relevant conclusions and implement appropriate solutions
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Responsibilities

Support client meetings and mainly onsite presence at CTC needed
Monitors delivery progress with the customer
Technical/Engineering work in the project
Give technical direction within project
Mentoring team members
Monitor delivery progress on projects
Manage technical scope of the projects
Responsible of the quality of the deliverables
Support definition of roles and responsibilities in the project organization
Monitor the technical skills of the team members
Support validation of the project organization and the team members
Support improving project processes
Report if technical/project training is needed in projects
Supervising and managing a team
Provide guidance, assign tasks, set goals, and evaluate the performance of their team members
Work closely with executive leadership to align department's goals with the overall organizational strategy and report on department's performance
May provide guidance and mentorship and support their team members in acquiring new skills and knowledge