Since 1965, Stoneridge has designed and manufactured advanced, award-winning technologies including driveline and transmission actuation systems, vision systems, emissions control systems, safety systems, and security and monitoring systems for vehicle OEMs in the commercial vehicle, automotive, off-highway and agricultural vehicle markets. We’re focused on the areas of greatest market need – both today and tomorrow. Our core products and technologies are aligned with industry megatrends including safety and security, vehicle intelligence, fuel efficiency and emissions. Join the Stoneridge Team as we continue to build upon our strong history and reputation for quality products to deliver innovative products and systems that address a need, exceed our customers’ expectations, and motivate our team.
Job Summary
The Technical Project Management Lead will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of a portfolio of products and systems, leading multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver innovative, high-quality, and cost-effective solutions. The role combines technical leadership, system ownership, people management, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful product development and delivery.
What You’ll be doing
- Own the system architecture and drive system design decisions, translating customer and business requirements into scalable, maintainable, and cost-effective solutions
- Lead technical analysis, design reviews, problem-solving activities, and implementation of corrective actions based on validation and test results
- Provide technical direction and guidance throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, product roadmaps, and engineering standards
- Support project teams in the development, integration, testing, and release of hardware, software, and system solutions while monitoring technical risks and project progress
- Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team and foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Develop and manage departmental plans, resources, and budgets to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within cost targets
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, Program Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Suppliers, and Global Engineering teams to ensure successful product delivery and alignment of technical solutions
- Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and engineering best practices, driving improvements to products, processes, tools, and development methodologies.
What You’ll Need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Strong knowledge of systems engineering and product development, with the ability to work across software, hardware, and mechanical domains. Experience with ADAS, computer vision, optics, or machine learning is an advantage.
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivering complex products throughout the full development lifecycle.
- Experience in automotive development environments, including familiarity with ASPICE, Functional Safety (ISO 26262), SOTIF (ISO 21448), and Automotive Core Tools (IATF 16949, APQP, DFMEA).
- Strong problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset, including experience with structured methodologies such as 8D; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt is a plus.
- Knowledge of embedded systems, real-time operating systems, Linux, and/or Windows environments, with the ability to guide technical teams in system-level development.
- Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and customer-facing skills, with fluent written and spoken English and experience working in global, cross-functional organizations.
What we Offer
- Salary based on knowledge and experience.
- Full-time employment of 40 hours per week.
- 8% holiday allowance.
- Travel allowance home-work: 23ct per kilometer one way up to a maximum of 50 km
- CAO: Metalektro HP
- Retirement: PME (Pensioenfonds Metalektro).
- WIA: WIA floor, WGA gap and WGA gap additional insurances in accordance with the stipulated provisions.
- PAWW: Compulsory supplementary insurance when the statutory unemployment WW or WGA benefit expires.
- Holiday days: 27 days on an annual basis (full-time).
- ATV: 13 days on an annual basis (full-time)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline
- Strong knowledge of systems engineering and product development across software, hardware, and mechanical domains
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivering complex products through the full development lifecycle
- Experience in automotive development environments
- Familiarity with ASPICE, Functional Safety ISO 26262, SOTIF ISO 21448, and Automotive Core Tools including IATF 16949, APQP, and DFMEA
- Experience with structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D
- Knowledge of embedded systems, real-time operating systems, Linux, and/or Windows environments
- Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and customer-facing skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Experience working in global, cross-functional organizations
- Experience with ADAS, computer vision, optics, or machine learning
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
Stoneridge Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stoneridge and has not been reviewed or approved by Stoneridge.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical coverage is solid with multiple plan options and core dental and vision offerings. References to established carriers and HSA support indicate breadth in health plan design.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) program is a notable strength, with a company match described as strong in recent reports. Plan information and maintenance indicators point to an actively managed retirement benefit.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests salaried employees receive a front‑loaded PTO allotment with tenure-based increases. Mentions of paid holidays complement the core time‑off structure.
Stoneridge Insights
What We Do
Stoneridge, Inc., is an independent designer and manufacturer of highly engineered electrical and electronic components, modules and systems for the automotive, medium and heavy-duty truck, agricultural and off-highway vehicle markets. The Company conducts its business into two segments: Electronics and Control Devices. The core products of the Electronics reportable segment include vehicle electrical power and distribution systems, and electronic instrumentation and information display products. The core products of the Control Devices reportable segment include electronic and electrical switch products, control actuation devices and sensors.
