EV Seating Program Engineer — From Concept to Production

Stefanini Group

Long Beach (CA)

On-site

USD 58,000 - 65,000

Full time

33 hours ago

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Job summary

Stefanini Group seeks an early-career Project Engineer to drive EV seating programs from concept to industrialization in Long Beach, CA. You will own programs, coordinate across engineering, supply chain, finance, and strategy, and ensure on-time delivery with cost and quality targets.

Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in technical program management or project engineering for hardware development, with experience in automotive seating or EV systems, and familiarity with AIAG APQP/PPAP.

Qualifications

2–5 years of experience in technical program management, project engineering, or a similar role supporting hardware development.
Experience with automotive seating, interiors, or EV systems.
Familiarity with AIAG APQP and PPAP processes.
Experience with performance testing.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Use your technical background to drive complex engineering challenges to resolution, keeping programs on track for SOP and beyond.
Drive engineering teams to resolve issues identified in reviews, virtual builds, and physical events.
Track and manage program deliverables while flagging incompatibilities or synergies across vehicle systems.
Facilitate cross-functional decision-making with engineering, finance, and strategy stakeholders.
Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tools, and team execution.
Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, finance, and strategy teams to scope work, define requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and deliver updates.
Support the full engineering lifecycle from ideation through validation, integration, and industrialization for seating and interior systems.
Surface issues from design reviews, virtual builds, and physical build events and drive containment across teams.
Monitor deliverables for system compatibility, integration opportunities, and velocity.
Maintain supplier relationships with Supply Chain to secure parts for build events.
Prepare focused meeting agendas to drive decisions, remove bottlenecks, and mitigate risks.
Champion transparency by exposing problems early and executing risk-mitigation plans.