Engineering Group Manager (f/m/d)

Aptiv; Wuppertal; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Permanent contract with internalcareer

Training programs and certifications

Internal career development

International environment

CSR initiatives

OEM collaboration opportunities

Job summary

Aptiv in Germany is seeking an Engineering Group Manager to lead a team of systems engineers, technical leads, and project engineers across advanced automotive products. You will drive requirements, architecture, validation planning, and customer deliverables, ensuring on-time, high-quality results.

The role emphasizes technical and organizational leadership, process compliance, risk management, and fostering engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of automotive product development experience.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or people management.
• Experience with requirements management and systems engineering processes.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with ADAS and autonomous systems.
• ASPICE experience.
• ISO 26262 Functional Safety experience.
• Cybersecurity experience.
• Experience with Polarion, Jira, and DOORS.
• Global engineering team leadership experience.
• Quote leadership and resource planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities from concept through launch.
• Ensure development of high-quality requirements, architectures, interfaces, and technical specifications.
• Drive engineering quality and technical rigor across assigned programs.
• Review engineering deliverables and provide coaching to technical leads and engineers.
• Support root cause analysis and complex technical issue resolution.
• Monitor platform reuse opportunities and drive standardization across projects.
• Ensure robust traceability between customer requirements, system requirements, architecture, software, and validation artifacts.
• Ensure engineering commitments are delivered on time, within scope, and with appropriate quality.
• Support program planning, estimation, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Monitor engineering capacity, workload balancing, and utilization.
• Escalate program risks and resource constraints proactively.
• Support launch readiness and issue management activities.
• Ensure compliance with ASPICE, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and internal development processes.
• Drive process improvements across systems and software development activities.
• Promote adoption of AI-enabled engineering tools and automation opportunities.
• Track and improve engineering KPIs related to quality, productivity, reuse, and delivery.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements management

Cross-functional teams

ADAS

ISO 26262

Cybersecurity

Polarion

Jira

DOORS

Global leadership

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Polarion

Jira

DOORS

Job description

The Engineering Group Manager is responsible for leading a team of systems engineers, technical leads, and project engineers supporting advanced automotive products and platform developments. The role is accountable for delivering high-quality engineering work products across the full development lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture, integration, validation planning, issue resolution, and customer deliverables. The manager is expected to build a high-performing engineering organization while driving technical excellence, process compliance, execution rigor, and customer satisfaction. This role requires a balance of technical leadership, organizational leadership, and program execution.

Your Role

• Lead systems engineering activities from concept through launch.
• Ensure development of high-quality requirements, architectures, interfaces, and technical specifications.
• Drive engineering quality and technical rigor across assigned programs.
• Review engineering deliverables and provide coaching to technical leads and engineers.
• Support root cause analysis and complex technical issue resolution.
• Monitor platform reuse opportunities and drive standardization across projects.
• Ensure robust traceability between customer requirements, system requirements, architecture, software, and validation artifacts.
• Ensure engineering commitments are delivered on time, within scope, and with appropriate quality.
• Support program planning, estimation, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Monitor engineering capacity, workload balancing, and utilization.
• Escalate program risks and resource constraints proactively.
• Support launch readiness and issue management activities.
• Ensure compliance with ASPICE, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and internal development processes.
• Drive process improvements across systems and software development activities.
• Promote adoption of AI-enabled engineering tools and automation opportunities.
• Track and improve engineering KPIs related to quality, productivity, reuse, and delivery.

Your Background

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of automotive product development experience.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or people management experience.
• Experience working with requirements management and systems engineering processes.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting customer-facing programs.
• Experience with ADAS, autonomous systems, software-defined vehicles, or embedded control systems.
• ASPICE experience.
• Functional Safety (ISO 26262) experience.
• Cybersecurity experience.
• Polarion, Jira, and DOORS experience.
• Global engineering team leadership experience.
• Quote leadership and resource planning experience.

Why join Aptiv?

You grow at Aptiv. Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win. You make an impact at Aptiv. One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day. You have support at Aptiv. We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package

Benefits

• In addition to an attractive compensation package, Aptiv offers 30 days of annual leave and overtime compensation.
• You can look forward to a secure, permanent employment contract with continuous opportunities for internal career development, including within an international environment.
• Through access to internal and external training programs, coaching, and certifications, you will have ongoing opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
• We recognize and reward innovation and outstanding performance.
• You will work in a highly international and collaborative environment, partnering with industry experts on equal footing.
• You will have the opportunity to get involved in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
• At Aptiv, you will have the chance to actively shape the future of mobility by working closely with nearly all major global OEMs and leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as e-mobility and autonomous driving.

Meet the Next Generation Aptiv

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most. Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies. Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.

Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust! #LI-PP1

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