Technical Project Manager

Bosch Group•Farmington Hills, MI

About The Position

The Technical Project Manager is responsible for successfully executing customer programs involving embedded automotive and stationary control units. The role is the primary interface between customers and Bosch engineering teams, accountable for Quality, Cost, Delivery, Scope, and Customer Satisfaction targets. The manager leads multidisciplinary teams across systems engineering, software, hardware, mechanical engineering, validation, quality, manufacturing, purchasing, and production, collaborating with globally distributed teams across North America, Germany, India, China, and other Bosch development locations. The position requires technical knowledge, business acumen, stakeholder management skills, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in fast-paced development environments. It leads customer programs from project initiation through SOP and closure, coordinating product development, production readiness, launch, and issue resolution while managing project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and performance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or a related engineering field.
8+ years of experience in automotive, off-highway, industrial, or embedded systems development.
5+ years of technical project management experience leading global engineering projects.
Proven experience managing complete product development lifecycles from concept through SOP.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.
PMP, IPMA, or equivalent project management certification.
Experience working directly with North American OEMs and Commercial Vehicle manufacturers.
Experience with battery-electric, fuel-cell, and hydrogen-based propulsion systems.
Experience managing globally distributed development teams.
Exposure to stationary energy storage systems and industrial power applications.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary technical and project interface for customer engineering organizations and build strong relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
Lead technical discussions, project reviews, escalation meetings, and executive steering committees; communicate with engineering teams and senior leaders through Director and Vice President levels.
Coordinate customer requirements, change requests, issue resolution, and release planning to support customer satisfaction and long-term business growth.
Lead global cross-functional project teams in compliance with organizational development processes, from project initiation through SOP and project closure.
Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and risk management strategies; monitor performance against milestones and deliverables.
Establish recovery plans and corrective actions when targets are at risk, manage escalations, and facilitate timely decisions.
Track program financials, engineering budgets, development costs, and investment requirements; conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation plans.
Support quotation activities, feasibility assessments, and customer RFQ/RFI responses; capture lessons learned for future projects.
Coordinate product development across systems engineering, hardware, software, integration and validation, and production readiness.
Manage requirements throughout the product lifecycle; facilitate architecture and design reviews and technical readiness assessments.
Align customer requirements with internal engineering teams and support engineering release and change management processes.
Coordinate PPAP activities and production readiness reviews; support manufacturing launch and industrialization.
Lead issue resolution during pilot production and launch, ensure successful introduction into serial production, and monitor field quality performance and corrective actions.
Lead multicultural engineering teams across regions and time zones, fostering collaboration, innovation, transparency, accountability, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.