Role Purpose
The CV W&A Leader is responsible for end-to-end wheel development and qualification, including design, development, manufacturing APQP, and release. The role ensures aerodynamic performance, mechanical durability, manufacturing feasibility, and cost targets are achieved, while also leading team capability development and supporting future portfolio and technology roadmap needs.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end wheel development and qualification activities
Lead pre-development activities aligned with customer STRAP plans
Define best technical solutions with GBE Lead Engineers, Powertrain, and W&A SMEs
Ensure solutions meet aerodynamic, durability, manufacturing, and cost targets
Sign off stage designs and qualification tests as required
Represent W&A in Product Assurance design reviews
Lead root-cause and corrective-action actions for field and development issues
Manage workload, priorities, standardization, and knowledge management across the team
Train, mentor, hire, and develop W&A engineers
Lead UCP and HPD reviews for the team
Maintain team skill balance and support multi-skilling development
Build development plans for key talent with the W&A Domain Leader
Develop future technical roadmap needs for compressors and turbines
Identify portfolio, process, and tool gaps and drive improvement actions
Represent W&A in customer meetings and collect voice-of-customer input
Must-Have Qualifications
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
Minimum 8 years of aero/mechanical development experience
Strong testing and analytical capability
Experience with advanced engineering tools such as CFD, FEA, and Matlab
Proven leadership in a fast-paced technology environment
Strong communication skills
Ability to work across multiple teams with a continuous-improvement mindset
Ability to quickly grasp deep technical issues and connect multiple observations
Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of aero development experience in automotive or industrial turbochargers
5+ years of leadership experience managing a mid-size team (~10 people)
Experience leading multi-regional and multicultural teams
The Garrett Engineering organization is responsible for developing a differentiated product portfolio of boosting solutions that enables our customers to set new benchmarks in vehicle performance – both for our traditional core turbocharger business as well as new growth areas such as electrification and software.
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum 8 years of aero or mechanical development experience
- Strong testing and analytical capability
- Experience with CFD, FEA, and MATLAB
- Proven leadership in a fast-paced technology environment
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work across multiple teams with a continuous-improvement mindset
- Ability to quickly grasp deep technical issues and connect multiple observations
- 10+ years of aero development experience in automotive or industrial turbochargers
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing a mid-size team of approximately 10 people
- Experience leading multi-regional and multicultural teams
Garrett Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Garrett and has not been reviewed or approved by Garrett.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair or above average in several teams and markets, with comments highlighting “fair pay for job” and “above average pay.” Core engineering compensation in the U.S. is characterized as competitive in certain locations, albeit based on directional data.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include “unlimited” PTO at some locations and a defined holiday schedule, with many describing positive experiences using time away. Other sites reference straightforward vacation/PTO programs within a globally guided framework.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is a standard element of the U.S. package and is consistently referenced. This provides a conventional foundation for retirement savings within the total rewards mix.
Garrett Insights
What We Do
Garrett Motion is an automotive technology leader, serving vehicle manufacturers worldwide for more than 65 years. Garrett’s cutting-edge technology enables vehicles to become cleaner, more efficient and connected. The company’s broad offering of gas and diesel turbocharging applications, electric boosting and fuel cell technologies and automotive software solutions empowers the transportation industry to redefine and further advance motion.
