Assistant Chief Engineer- EDM Gear Reducer & Driveline

Stellantis; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis is seeking a senior mechanical engineer to oversee EDM gear reducer and driveline programs across vehicle families. You will coordinate hardware, software, calibration, and validation tasks to meet cost, timing, and performance targets.

The role requires extensive experience in transmission/driveline design, strong communication skills, and the ability to lead engineering teams through prototypes to production milestones. A master's degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10 years of experience in mechanical engineering roles.
• 8+ years in transmission and/or driveline design, release, development, validation, calibration, manufacturing, or program management.
• Clear written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of EDM Gear Reducer & Driveline programs, ensuring cost, timing, performance, and quality targets are met.
• Coordinate hardware, software, calibration, packaging, builds, validation, and DFMEA/DRBFM activities across vehicle families.
• Lead engineering teams to deliver prototype and production solutions meeting vehicle and program requirements.
• Co-lead risk management tasks with CQI teams and manage trade-off studies and proposals.
• Support cross-functional interfaces with purchasing, quality, and suppliers to ensure program milestones and milestones dates are met.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Transmission design

Driveline design

Project management

Communication skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's in engineering or MBA (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Candidate will be responsible for technical oversight of the assigned for EDM Gear Reducer & Driveline, for meeting or exceeding program deliverables and functional objectives (i.e. cost, timing, efficiency, performance, mass, NVH, and CQI, 3MIS, EPUS, JD Power quality metrics) and will have oversight of all aspects of the Gear Reducer / Halfshafts / Wheel End Disconnect project for a given vehicle family (hardware, software, calibration, packaging, builds, validation, ED&D, DVPR, Statement of Work, Design Change Requests, etc).

The Candidate will also Support the CE Technical Interface to Vehicle & Propulsion System Integration, Chassis/Brakes, EE Core, ePT, Controls, Calibration, AME, Purchasing, Quality, Suppliers and Supply Operations, provide oversight of entire Axle/Driveline/AWD/4WD system (i.e. controls, SW, calibration, HW) including hardware - software - controls integration and diagnostics DFMEA/DRBFM and develops & coordinates acceptable engineering milestone dates to support critical mule and pilot builds (i.e. qty, MRD, design content, calibration needs, etc).

The Candidate will also Lead engineering teams to deliver prototype & production solutions that meet vehicle / program requirements, reviews, approves & tracks the System DVP&R and supports the development of the component DVP&Rs

Co-leads proactive Risk Management tasks with QRE Team (i.e. DFMEAs, DFSS, LUR, Heat Map, Reliability Demonstration), track & lead resolution of all GIMs and will handle the coordination of all Trade-off Studies (TOS). Must be able to complete proper analysis to recommend the proper proposal.

The candidate will also:

• Support Purchasing, Supply Operations and PM in Source Package planning
• Lead program cost roll ups (i.e. piece cost, tooling, ED&D) with manufacturing engineers & SCIE
• Coordinate the execution of Performance & Fuel Economy for specific applications (AE to support tasks)
• Co-owner of the "Top 10 List" to address JD Power, CQI & 3MIS issues. Works with assigned Leads (i.e. Cal, Development, Engineering) to implement improvements
• Represent chief organization in high level meetings as needed (Steering Committees, PRs, MRs, IH mtgs, PC-prep mtgs, VIT mtgs, etc)
• Lead build readiness tasks (build fixtures, test fixtures, dyno support)
• Lead technical reviews/evaluations and technical specification signoffs. (Design Reviews)
• Lead the technical responses to investigate/action bulletins that relate to the technology.
• Coordination of Technical Cost Reductions (TCRs) / Value Optimization (VO) and Benchmarking

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree field
• 10 years of experience
• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience in transmission and/or driveline design, releasing, development, validation, calibration, manufacturing, program management, etc.
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's in engineering field or MBA

At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.