Technical Project Lead/ Sr. Mech. Engineer

Job ID: 35895

Location: Chatham

Salary Classification: 10/11

Job listing detail

Acting as a Technical Project Leader within the North American Thermal Management Actuators. The Technical Project Leader is responsible for technical functions of Thermal Management products.

Core Responsibilities:

Leads coordination of technical activities within a project and prioritizes work for the team.

• Regularly assesses technical priorities as needed, communicate priorities within the technical team, communicates status to the Project Manager.
• Works with all engineering disciplines within the project to meet project goals and timing.
• Works with other disciplines (purchasing, manufacturing, quality) to meet project goals and timing.
• Follows the product development processes (PDP).
• Manages problems and issues as they arise within the project and reports status to Project Management.
• Develops products that are optimized to balance performance and cost.  

Additional Responsibilities:

• Responsible for reviewing and ensuring the technical specifications define the performance, operation, and environmental requirements for products within the project.
• Ensures the technical risk assessments (Design For Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Design For Manufacturing) are completed, and applicable risks are added and managed on the project risk list.
• Acts as the main technical interface internally and in front of the customer.
• Supports the Segment and Business Development for quotations.
• Manages the timing for test activities, verification and validation, and manages the planning for the test means and methodologies.

Job Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Minimum of an Engineering degree (Bachelor’s).
• 5+ years of applicable automotive engineering experience.
• Proven technical leadership skills.
• Knowledge of automotive systems and architectures.
• Software Tools: Excel, MS Office, CAD (Creo or Catia).
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required.
• Willingness to work on-site as required.
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience facilitating technical meetings with suppliers and customers.
• Good communication and technical presentation skills.
• Team player, autonomous, shows initiative and creativity.
• Can provide examples of practical application of Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) principals, Design of Experiments (DOE), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) analysis and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).

Please Note: No relocation or immigration support is available for this position.

Working Time: Full time 

Your Contact Partner: Todd Armstrong 

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