Technical Project Manager, Powertrain Integration

Role:

• Act as the interface between Powertrain Engineering and Vehicle Programs. Maintains schedules and ensure alignment between powertrain product roadmaps and vehicle programs. 


• Lead the engineering integration process for HV powertrain products, bringing together a cross-functional engineering team including battery systems, mechanical & electrical hardware, embedded software, prototype build, test & validation and manufacturing engineering 


• Responsible for budget, timing, accomplishment of performance targets, Powertrain vehicle integration and quality to ensure the projects in scope 


• Develop and maintain the product development timeline and resource requirements 


• Drive the engineering activities at the Powertrain integration level in accordance with the development timeline, including requirements definition, supplier selection, design release, prototyping, engineering testing, process development, DV & PV testing, Powertrain integration validation, APQP, etc. 


• Drive key decisions (technical, project timing, supplier decisions, change management, etc.) that impact system delivery 


• Take ownership and drive resolution of any blockers to successful delivery of the product, including: 


• Technical issues during development or series production - work with responsible engineers to define and drive actions to resolve, monitor and report status to management teams 


• Organizational issues - identify gaps in resources, processes or roles/responsibilities and escalate appropriately with management teams 


• Manufacturing issues that require engineering support – respond to requests for support and escalate appropriately with manufacturing teams and engineering teams to resolve 


• Communicate key technical decisions and issues to executive management 


• Ensure technical risks and issues having clear path to resolution 


• Chair the technical change review meeting to establish the best balanced (product and process) solution within the program scope 


• Confirm component and system designs and verification/validation testing are completed with efficient use of resources to reduce lead time and development costs 


• Own the powertrain bill-of-materials delivered to vehicle general assembly 


• Develop and maintain the powertrain roadmap (including variants, product improvements, supplier changes, etc) and impacts on technical specifications, validation testing, manufacturing, cost, etc. 


• Define and implement new processes to enable more efficient delivery of engineering projects 


• Fosters strong cross-functional partnerships and can effectively prioritize workload demands to meet project deadlines 


• Ownership mindset. Takes ownership of problems and drives them to resolution. 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience 


• Strong understanding and experience of automotive engineering product development, from concept to series production 


• Strong technical understanding of the fundamentals of high voltage powertrain systems and architectures 


• Systems approach to engineering product development, including demonstrated ability to bring together teams from different engineering disciplines 


• Experience building, developing, and managing highly effective program management tools and processes. 


• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work in a high-pace highly complex cross-functional environment. 


• Excellent organization and delegation skills with ability to own the product roadmap and schedule with a track record of delivering projects on-time. 


• Ability to inspire confidence to the executive members as well as the engineering project teams. 


• Ability to quickly comprehend complex problems and effectively facilitate the team to a decision and coordinate the action plan. 


• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with ability to drive decisions using data and metrics 


• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills 


• Goal-oriented self-starter and motivator 

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field (Master’s degree preferred)