Electronics Process Lead Engineer

Autoliv; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive compensation package

Recognition awards, company events, {m

Gender Pay Equality

Job summary

Autoliv's Electronics Process Lead Engineer role focuses on leading engineering execution, coordinating cross-functional teams, and maintaining strong OEM customer relationships to ensure successful program delivery. You'll drive open issues, develop launch readiness plans, and mentor engineers while sustaining timely communication and escalation when needed.

If you have a bachelor’s in engineering, 7+ years of automotive experience, and fluent English, this is your chance to impact safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 7+ years of automotive engineering experience, including leading engineering teams, managing technical reviews, customer-facing activities, issue resolution, and launch support.
• Fluent English communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with OEM customers and collaborate within global cross-functional teams.
• Strong technical knowledge of electronic and mechatronic systems, as well as expertise in program timing plans, open issue management, escalation management, and product launch activities.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, validation, quality, manufacturing, suppliers, and program management while driving successful project execution and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary engineering interface with OEM customers, leading technical discussions, design reviews, issue resolution meetings, and escalation management while maintaining strong customer relationships.
• Drive engineering execution and program delivery by communicating project status, technical risks, timing concerns, and recovery plans to both customers and internal stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership across cross-functional engineering teams, coordinating resources, facilitating decision-making, mentoring engineers, and ensuring accountability for deliverables and commitments.
• Own and manage the Engineering Open Issues List, ensuring issues are properly documented, prioritized, assigned, tracked, escalated when necessary, and closed with verified resolution.
• Develop and maintain engineering project plans and launch readiness activities, including detailed timing plans, 30/60/90‑day execution plans, DV/PV validation planning, build coordination, customer review preparation, and launch support.

Skills

Leadership

Customer-facing

Program timing

Open issue management

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Autoliv's primary goal is to Save More Lives. Our products never get a second chance. This is why we can never compromise on quality. We are working to increase vehicle safety by developing seatbelts, airbags and steering wheels and you can be part of our team as Electronics Process Lead Engineer.

In this role you will beresponsible for for driving engineering execution, maintaining strong communication with OEM customers, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing technical project timelines, and ensuring all open issues are effectively identified, tracked, and resolved to support successful program delivery.

Should you be interested in overseeing these tasks and aiming for enhanced performance standards, your role will involve

• Serve as the primary engineering interface with OEM customers, leading technical discussions, design reviews, issue resolution meetings, and escalation management while maintaining strong customer relationships.
• Drive engineering execution and program delivery by communicating project status, technical risks, timing concerns, and recovery plans to both customers and internal stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership across cross-functional engineering teams, coordinating resources, facilitating decision‑making, mentoring engineers, and ensuring accountability for deliverables and commitments.
• Own and manage the Engineering Open Issues List, ensuring issues are properly documented, prioritized, assigned, tracked, escalated when necessary, and closed with verified resolution.
• Develop and maintain engineering project plans and launch readiness activities, including detailed timing plans, 30/60/90‑day execution plans, DV/PV validation planning, build coordination, customer review preparation, and launch support.

If You Have/are

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a strong foundation in automotive product development and engineering principles.
• 7+ years of automotive engineering experience, including leading engineering teams, managing technical reviews, customer‑facing activities, issue resolution, and launch support.
• Fluent English communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with OEM customers and collaborate within global cross‑functional teams.
• Strong technical knowledge of electronic and mechatronic systems, as well as expertise in program timing plans, open issue management, escalation management, and product launch activities.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate cross‑functional teams across engineering, validation, quality, manufacturing, suppliers, and program management while driving successful project execution and customer satisfaction.

We will be more than glad to chat with you about your experience and your career goals.

In our international work setting, you will find a range of opportunities that are designed to enhance your career and personal development. Including new and different perspectives is part of what ensures the team's success. We are committed to develop people's skills, knowledge and creative potential. Our training and development programs emphasize technical competency, leadership development and business management skill.

More lives saved - more life lived!

What's In It For You

• Attractive compensation package
• Recognition awards, company events, family events, university discount options and many more perks.
• Gender Pay Equality

Autoliv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Autoliv does not discriminate in any aspect of employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Autoliv does business.