Engineering Project Leader

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

• Lead the multidisciplinary functional engineering team to achieve technical product delivery targets according to project schedule, development cost, and bill of material
• Drive and verify engineering activities across the product life cycle and V-model, including requirements, development, integration, testing, and manufacturing handoff
• 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

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• Minimum of 10 years’ project execution experience, including product launch
• Minimum of 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%

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading multidisciplinary engineering teams to achieve product delivery targets while managing the product life cycle, including automotive electronics and software development. Proficient in project execution, cross-functional collaboration, and technical decision-making.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Execution Experience
• Automotive Electronics Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Product Launch Management
• Technical Decision-Making

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Product Development
• Requirements Engineering
• Integration Testing
• Manufacturing Handoff
• Bill of Material Management
• Sample Planning
• Engineering Build Management
• Technical Documentation
• Change Control Management
• Project Scheduling

Soft Skills

• Team Leadership
• Communication
• Organizational Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Agendas Management

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• MBA or Master’s in Systems Engineering

Industry Keywords

• Automotive Electronics
• Software Development
• Mechanical Systems
• Propulsion Domain
• EMobility
• Product Life Cycle
• V-Model
• Technical Interface
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Project Management