Global Engineering Leader

Shape Corp.; Novi (MI); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Shape Corp. is seeking a Global Engineering Leader to drive product development for a key automotive account.

This role partners across functions to set strategy and day-to-day direction for a global product development and design team, delivering customer-focused engineering leadership. The leader will manage a cross-functional global team, build trusted customer relationships, and guide projects from concept to execution while championing Shape’s engineering processes and regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of product development engineering experience in the automotive environment.
• Expert in Shape internal processes (DFM/SPS/SES).
• Proven success building strong customer and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
• Willingness to travel globally up to 30%.
• Experience managing a global engineering team across time zones and cultures.
• IATF requirements and audit experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop the overall product development vision, strategy, and work plans for a key customer account.
• Provide day-to-day direction to a global team of engineers and designers.
• Guide continuous skill development and high performance; ensure projects follow engineering principles.
• Anticipate and allocate global resources to execute Shape's strategic plan.
• Build strong customer relationships by understanding trends and unmet needs.
• Serve as liaison between Advanced Product Development, Sales, and customer stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for incremental and game-changing innovations.
• Contribute ideas to Shape's corporate engineering improvements.
• Maintain awareness of market trends and regulatory/regional requirements.
• Identify backups to cover key tasks when absent.
• Additional duties as directed.

Skills

Global team leadership

Product development engineering

Customer relationship management

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel up to 30%

IATF compliance

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree

Job description

Position Summary: The Global Engineering Leader has overall accountability for the product development of a key customer account, partnering across function to develop deep knowledge and relationships with the customer to position Shape to win. As a key member of our Product Engineering Team, this leader will be responsible for setting the strategy and day-to-day direction for a product development and design team, exhibiting a high level of leadership, customer focus, and drive to win.

Essential Job Functions include, but not limited to, the following:

• Develop the overall product development vision, strategy, and supporting work plans for a key customer account
• Provide day-to-day direction to a global team of product development and product design team members
• guiding continuous skill development and high performance and ensuring projects are on track and aligned with sound engineering principles.
• Anticipate, estimate, secure, and develop the global resources needed to ensure successful execution of the Shape OEM strategic plan.
• Develop and maintain strong, trusted customer relationships by demonstrating deep understanding of customer trends and unmet needs and positioning Shape as a unique solution provider who can meet those needs.
• Act as primary liaison and escalation point between Advanced Product Development, Sales, and Customer stakeholders for new products and processes as they are developed.
• Partner with the team to identify opportunities for both incremental and game changing innovation for the customer.
• Contribute thought leadership to the broader Corporate Engineering Team, providing continuous improvement ideas related to Shape’s engineering products, systems, and processes on a regular basis.
• Maintain global market awareness, proactively identify competitor trends, and anticipate regulatory changes and regional requirements that may impact Shape.
• Identify and train a back-up(s) to manage key tasks when absent.
• Additional functions not specifically outlined in this position description as directed by the leader.

Requirements

Position Skills and Experience Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty effectively. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineerings required with Master’s Degree preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of product development engineering experience in the automotive environment.
• Must have Product Development expertise with Truck Frames.
• Proven success building strong customer and cross functional stakeholder relationships.
• Advanced proficiency in all forms of communication.
• Expert in Shape Internal processes ( DFM/ SPS/ SES….)
• Proven success managing multiple priorities and complex customer project plans.
• Prior experience managing a global team of engineering resources, working across time zones and cultures.
• Willingness and ability to travel globally up to thirty percent of the time.
• IATF Requirement and Audit system

Address

28175 Cabot Dr Suite 100, Novi , Michigan 48377 , United States