The Role
Leads Body, Chassis, and Interior vehicle launch activities from engineering validation through quality volume production. Manages launch timelines, milestones, technical reviews, design validation, part conformity, manufacturing readiness, issue resolution, supplier coordination, and escalation processes. Analyzes geometrical compliance, industrial indicators, safety conditions, rework, and product maturity while reporting progress to plant management. Requires extensive automotive engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, and launch experience.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
The Body, Chassis, Interior (BCI) Quality Team is looking for a Launch Project Manager to join our team focused on ensuring all project quality targets are met, managing launch timelines & deliverables and insure the transition to quality volume production.
Specific Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Responsible for BCI part and assembly compliance and geometrical analysis. Ensures convergence of industrial indicators, issue containment, rework timing and perimeter within the assembly plant. Manages engineering robustness and launch issue solving before handover to manufacturing for volume production.
- Accountable for safety conditions and ensures working quality for the launch team.
- Leads Technical review, status for each milestone, maturity plan tracking and handover to manufacturing.
- Responsible for skill quotation of subcontractors working with his team.
- Ensures high level of communication to the team and progress reporting to Plant Management.
- Ensures the progress pace of all launch BCI activities, manages part conformity, design validation and change requests system for launch vehicle issues.
- Responsible for escalation process, in contact with all partners, suppliers, subcontractors for timely resolution of issues.
Additionally:
- Manage engineering robustness and launch issue resolution through the application of engineering principles and technical analysis before handover to manufacturing for volume production.
- Lead technical reviews, engineering status assessments for each milestone, maturity plan tracking, and handover to manufacturing.
- Apply engineering judgment and analytical methodologies to achieve all project quality targets.
- Manage launch timelines and deliverables by ensuring engineering objectives, technical requirements, and product maturity targets are achieved within designated project milestones.
- Lead the engineering transition to quality volume production through validation of design, manufacturing readiness, and product performance requirements.
- Evaluate and optimize Body, Chassis, Interiors (BCI) part and assembly compliance and geometrical analysis.
- Analyze industrial indicators, issue containment, rework timing, and perimeter within the assembly plant to drive engineering convergence and launch readiness.
- Evaluate safety conditions and optimize working quality for the launch team through technical risk assessment and engineering best practices.
- Evaluate and optimize the technical skills and engineering capabilities of subcontractors working with the team.
- Maintain a high level of technical communication within the team and provide engineering progress reporting to Plant Management.
- Optimize the progress pace of all launch BCI activities by identifying and resolving engineering constraints impacting project execution.
- Manage part conformity, design validation, and change request systems for launch vehicle issues to ensure compliance with engineering specifications and performance requirements.
Escalate technical issues with all partners, suppliers, and subcontractors for timely engineering resolution, and maintain project and launch objectives.
Preferred QualificationsBasic Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent (Materials /Chemical/ Civil/ Aerospace)
- Minimum of 10 years' experience in automotive areas of Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality and/or Product Quality
- Being mobile, mission that can lead to short or long-term displacements (manufacturing plants) for 6-8 months
- Mastery of geometry assessments (technical documents and processes)
- Management of scheduling, organization, and internal processes for the launching phase activities
- Knowledge of Manufacturing processes and trades (stamping, welding, painting and assembly)
- Knowledge of the BCI product design fundamentals
- Self-motivator with a strong passion for automobiles and appreciation for quality
- Basic understanding of statistics and root cause problem solving
- Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master of Science degree (Engineering, Quality, or Business) or equivalent
- Reactive Shainin or DFSS Master Black Belt
- Manufacturing process & launch experience
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, Chemical, Civil, or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent
- At least 10 years of experience in automotive product engineering, manufacturing, supplier quality, and/or product quality
- Willingness and ability to relocate or travel to manufacturing plants for short- or long-term assignments of 6–8 months
- Mastery of geometry assessments, including technical documents and processes
- Experience managing schedules, organization, and internal launch-phase processes
- Knowledge of stamping, welding, painting, and assembly manufacturing processes
- Knowledge of Body, Chassis, and Interior product design fundamentals
- Basic understanding of statistics and root cause problem solving
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills
- Self-motivated with a strong passion for automobiles and commitment to quality
- Master of Science degree in Engineering, Quality, or Business, or equivalent
- Reactive Shainin or DFSS Master Black Belt certification
- Manufacturing process and launch experience
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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