Automotive Technical Program Lead - Vendor & Delivery Leader

Edag-Mexico; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EDAG-Mexico seeks a Technical Program Lead to guide automotive programs with vendor teams in Novi, MI. You will provide technical direction, balancing build volume with capital costs, and tracking mass and spend against targets.

You will serve as the primary liaison between the vendor and the client's leadership to ensure design decisions meet requirements and gateway reviews succeed. You will lead cross-functional engineers from prototype to production-intent vehicles, directing material

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years of automotive or vehicle-systems engineering experience, including senior technical leadership roles.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams through prototype to production-intent vehicle programs.
• Strong knowledge of structural, mechanical, and packaging integration for exterior/interior vehicle systems.
• Experience managing supplier relationships, DFM processes, and component release through PPAP.
• Proven ability to manage cost, mass, and timing targets across a multi-workstream program.
• Prior experience working directly with an OEM on base-vehicle interface negotiations.
• 8 months contract

Responsibilities

• Manage vendor team resources and distribute work to meet the program timing.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to the engineering team, making design decisions and ensuring components meet the client's requirements.
• Guide material selection and manufacturing technology choices to balance build volume against capital investment, subject to the clients' sign-off.
• Track mass and program cost/spend against targets.
• Serve as primary point of contact and escalation lead between the vendor team and the clients Lead Engineer/Management team.
• Ensure the vendor team operates independently while using the clients Lead Engineer effectively to achieve overall program goals.
• Represent the vendor at program gateway reviews and status presentations to the client's leadership.

Skills

Technical leadership

Vendor management

Program management

Cost and mass targeting

Prototype to production experience

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering, Business, or related field

Job description

EDAG-Mexico seeks a Technical Program Lead to guide automotive programs with vendor teams in Novi, MI. You will provide technical direction, balancing build volume with capital costs, and tracking mass and spend against targets.

You will serve as the primary liaison between the vendor and the client's leadership to ensure design decisions meet requirements and gateway reviews succeed. You will lead cross-functional engineers from prototype to production-intent vehicles, directing material