The Chief Engineer (CE) is the fully accountable single point technical contact for transmission and driveline products. This includes all aspects of product delivery for current production, new product development, or advanced projects. (the “what” and the “when”.) The CE directs a team of family (project) managers (FMs), Application Engineers (AEs), Design System Engineers (DSEs), and Assistant Chief Engineers (ACEs).The CE closely collaborates with PRC managers, other CE teams, the DEVVAL team, and additional stakeholders to ensure department goals and objectives are met.
The candidate will ensure the team follows all applicable department and corporate standards, practices, and procedures, manage team training plans and progress and ensure employee development and care through regular 1/1s with all employees and contractors.
The candidate oversees and ensures completion of:
- DFMEAs to assess designs for failure modes robustness
- DVP&R plans to validate new designs and design changes, and complete DRBTR assessments
- All required technical source package documentation to support supplier quotes
- Appropriate Design Detailing and CAE activities for new designs or design changes either with Stellantis teams (in house design) or with suppliers
- Internal and supplier product engineering activities and deliverables, including test plans and test execution for components and subsystems/assemblies
- Product engineering work plans in accordance with program and project timing and milestones. Prepare presentations and score cards for senior management reviews.
- Root cause analysis of gear reducer and transmission issues in product development, warranty/quality, or manufacturing
The Candidate will also:
- Support manufacturing on production-related issues
- Generate and implement cost reduction ideas
- Provide guidance and direction to DREs and suppliers through resourcing, process or sourcing changes, and development using the appropriate change management systems
- The CE is fully accountable for all transmission and driveline-related deliverables and results, regardless of which team is responsible for certain actions. The CE must sign off on all launch readiness certifications and approve all PSDP PSK reviews and decks.
The CE Responsibilities include:
- Recognized as single point contact for all Engineering activities for the given scope of work
- Technical Interface to Vehicle & PT Integration, AME, Purchasing, EE Core, ePT, Controls, Calibration, Quality, Suppliers and EE Systems
- Reviews & approves all Trade of Studies (TOS). Empowered to make executive decisions on engineering direction for projects and programs.
- Responsible for meeting or exceeding program deliverables and functional objectives (i.e. cost, timing, efficiency, performance, mass, NVH, and CQI, 3MIS, EPUS, JD Power quality metrics)
- Leads coordination with Vehicle/Powertrain Team on initial Packaging studies (Application Engineer as delegate)
- Develops and maintains the Transmission Technical Roadmap. SWOT analysis and benchmarking activity to ensure industry competitiveness for mass, efficiency, NVH, shift quality, etc.
- Promotes Intellectual property development (patents, NDAs, EBPs, etc.) as a result of product innovation
- Provide oversight of entire transmission system (i.e. controls, SW, calibration, HW incl. TCM and PIM, diagnostics)
- Supports Purchasing, Supplier Quality, and Engineering in the Source Package planning. Ensures cost, quality and engineering assessments are used to drive best supplier selections
- Overall Owner of “Improvement List” to address JD Power, CQI & 3MIS issues.
- Empowered to work directly with CoE Managers, Technical Specialist & DREs on programs and project assignments
- Responsible for incorporating all vehicle/program requirements per bulletin or PC request into Design and Development Plans
- Develops & coordinates acceptable engineering milestone dates to support critical mule and pilot builds (i.e. qty, MRD, design content, calibration needs, etc)
- Build best team, develop leaders and complete succession planning
- Support and ensure technical infrastructure includes Transmission Technical Specifications (TTS), Engineering Best Practice (E-BP), Lessons Learned (LL), DFMEA templates, Trade off Studies (TOS), standard DVP&R templates and other standard work tools.
- Engineering budget: establish and meet targets for ED&D (i.e. FTE, Supplier ED&D, Parts, Purchased Services, etc).
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Applied Physics, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Chemical or Computer Engineering or related degree field
- A minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in product development design and release with a minimum of 3 years of propulsion systems experience
- Demonstrated experience leading collaborative and global teams
- Understanding of typical automotive manufacturing and quality processes
- Advanced English language skills 90% (Read and Write).
- Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
- Excellent work ethic, organization skills, and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in an engineering related field
- Design for Six Sigma certification
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Applied Physics, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Chemical or Computer Engineering or related field
- Minimum 10 years engineering experience in product development design and release
- Minimum 3 years propulsion systems experience
- Demonstrated experience leading collaborative and global teams
- Understanding of automotive manufacturing and quality processes
- Advanced English language skills (read and write)
- Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
- Excellent work ethic, organization skills, and communication skills
- Master's degree in an engineering related field
- Design for Six Sigma certification
Stellantis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stellantis and has not been reviewed or approved by Stellantis.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Contract-driven increases lifted hourly wages roughly 25% over 4.5 years and restored cost-of-living adjustments, pushing top rates near $42 per hour by the end of the agreement. Union hourly positions appear to have benefited most since the 2023 deal.
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Affordable Benefits — UAW-represented hourly workers pay no premiums and about 3% of total healthcare costs while receiving comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage. This creates materially lower out-of-pocket costs for represented hourly roles.
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Retirement Support — Post-2007 hourly hires receive a 10% employer 401(k) contribution and legacy workers saw defined-benefit improvements with retiree bonuses. Salaried roles also cite a 401(k) with employer match and contribution up to a maximum of 8%.
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