Engineering Project Lead - Automotive Electronics & eMobility

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Missouri seeks a senior engineering leader to drive cross-functional teams across automotive electronics and software product development, from requirements to manufacturing handoff.

You will manage BOM, product releases, and technical decisions, coordinate with program management, supply chain, and customers, and travel up to 20%.

MBA or systems/electrical background preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• Minimum 10 years of project execution experience including product launch.
• Minimum 5 years in automotive electronics and software product development.
• Domain knowledge in automotive electronics, software, and mechanical systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• MBA or master’s in systems engineering, software, or electrical engineering preferred.
• 15 years of project execution experience preferred.
• 5 years’ experience in propulsion domain preferred.
• 3 years in the eMobility space preferred.
• Willingness to travel 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead the multidisciplinary engineering team to deliver targets per schedule and BOM.
• Drive activities across product life cycle and V-model.
• Lead the product engineering team to achieve technical, functional, BoM, timing, and industrialization targets.
• Ensure required product maturity throughout the product life cycle.
• Approve and release the product bill of material.
• Serve as technical interface to program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, commercial teams, and external customers.
• Organize cross-functional team meetings and drive agendas.
• Prepare technical decision options for change control boards and management escalations.
• Plan technical work packages according to the overall project schedule.
• Plan and execute product/system releases.
• Manage sample planning, engineering build management, and sample release.
• Interface with manufacturing to realize sample builds.
• Release engineering documentation to manufacturing plants for sample builds.

Skills

Project Execution Experience

Automotive Electronics Development

Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Product Launch Management

Technical Decision-Making

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

MBA or Master’s in Systems Engineering

Job description

Jobtailor in Missouri seeks a senior engineering leader to drive cross-functional teams across automotive electronics and software product development, from requirements to manufacturing handoff.

You will manage BOM, product releases, and technical decisions, coordinate with program management, supply chain, and customers, and travel up to 20%.

MBA or systems/electrical background preferred.