Automotive Assembly Systems Lead — IT & Quality

Stellantis; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis seeks an ICT Manufacturing Assembly Systems Specialist/ SME to own end-to-end floor systems across North American plants. You will drive standardization, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement while interfacing with ICT, plant operations, Quality, Central Engineering, and strategic suppliers to deliver measurable value.

You will lead complex, cross-plant initiatives for new programs, major system enhancements, and production readiness, ensuring adherence to cybersecurity policies

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years supporting manufacturing systems, plant ops, or quality-critical apps in automotive/industrial settings.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead or SME for production-critical systems.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction for quality-critical manufacturing applications.
• Ensure production stability and data integrity for quality systems in vehicle build and shipment.
• Lead incident, problem, and risk management for production-critical issues and drive long-term corrective actions.
• Drive enterprise adoption of standardized processes, reducing plant-specific customization.
• Participate in modernization initiatives leveraging automation, analytics, AI/ML, and data quality improvements.
• Translate complex business requirements into clear solution direction for suppliers.
• Oversee delivery execution, aligning with schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Provide executive-level status, risk, and decision updates to ICT and leadership.
• Oversee strategic suppliers, ensuring SLAs, cybersecurity, and quality standards.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional influence

Production-critical systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering/Manufacturing Systems

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Mainframe tech (COBOL/CICS)

DB2/IMS/JCL

MQ/scheduling tools

Job description

Stellantis seeks an ICT Manufacturing Assembly Systems Specialist/ SME to own end-to-end floor systems across North American plants. You will drive standardization, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement while interfacing with ICT, plant operations, Quality, Central Engineering, and strategic suppliers to deliver measurable value.

You will lead complex, cross-plant initiatives for new programs, major system enhancements, and production readiness, ensuring adherence to cybersecurity policies