Sub System Technical Lead

Seeking a highly motivated individual to lead technical program management across one or more vehicle lines. This role serves as the primary liaison between the design team and cross-functional areas including vehicle program management, engineering, and manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership: Drive technical program execution from development through end-of-life, ensuring alignment across all functional teams.
• System Integration: Ensure systems meet all functional and performance requirements while achieving targets for cost, weight, investment, timing, and quality.
• Issue Resolution & Support: Lead resolution of engineering and quality issues throughout all program phases. Provide hands-on support for bulletin responses, including concept development, packaging studies, cost/weight analysis, prototype procurement, supplier coordination, sourcing, tooling, validation, and launch.
• Launch Support: Act as a visible and active member of the launch team, supporting plant development and onsite activities.
• Development Planning: Define, communicate, and maintain the vehicle development plan to ensure feature availability and vehicle behavior consistency throughout the program lifecycle.
• Requirements Management: Release specifications to suppliers and manage requirement changes via Design Change Requests (DCRs), ensuring alignment with product planning, supplier feedback, and issue resolution.
• Warranty & Quality: Post-launch, lead warranty performance initiatives and manage warranty tables for all assigned commodities to meet targets.
• Value Optimization: Champion cost-saving initiatives through teardown events, supplier VO meetings, and idea processing via the ILO (0-4) framework to meet program value targets.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in automotive engineering, product development, or program management.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex technical programs from concept through launch.
• Strong understanding of vehicle systems, manufacturing processes, and engineering development cycles.
• Experience with issue resolution, change management, and supplier coordination.
• Proficiency in tools such as CAD (e.g., CATIA, NX), PLM systems (e.g., Teamcenter), and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to travel and support onsite launch activities at manufacturing plants.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in OEM product development or technical program management.
• Experience with vehicle launch, warranty analysis, and post-launch quality improvement.
• Familiarity with Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), APQP, FMEA, and other quality tools.
• Demonstrated success in value optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
• Experience managing supplier relationships and leading sourcing/tooling activities.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and compliance standards in automotive engineering.
• Ability to interpret and manage technical specifications and design change requests.