Launch Engineering Director — Global Product Rollouts

McLaren Engineering; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Engineering seeks a Director of Engineering – Product Launch to lead the end-to-end introduction of McLaren-developed products into Linamar facilities. You will drive launch readiness, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure designs are fully industrialized for quality, cost, and timing goals.

You will establish a global launch framework, mentor staff, manage engineering transfers, and report progress to senior leadership while mitigating risk and enabling stable ramp-up across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 10+ years of related automotive experience.
• Master’s degree in a technical field preferred.
• Must demonstrate progressive increases in responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop product development organizational structure and capabilities for Priority 1 products.
• Directly manage others and is responsible for staffing, driving performance of each direct report, and the team through yearly STAR DGO…
• Own end-to-end engineering execution for the launch phase of all McLaren products transferring into Linamar manufacturing facilities.
• Serve as the engineering authority for launch readiness, ensuring products are fully industrialized and design intent is clearly communicated and transferred.
• Establish, deploy, and govern a standardized global launch framework for McLaren-to-Linamar product introductions.
• Act as the primary engineering interface between McLaren Engineering, Linamar receiving plants, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management teams.
• Lead cross-functional launch reviews, including DFMEA/PFMEA alignment, process readiness, run-at-rate, and PPAP approval.
• Ensure product designs meet manufacturability, tooling, automation, capacity, and cycle-time requirements at receiving facilities.
• Oversee tooling and equipment strategies, supporting buy‑off, validation, and production readiness for launch builds.
• Accountable for engineering support to achieve first-time quality and stable ramp-up performance at launch.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements, regulatory standards, and internal Linamar quality systems.
• Lead structured root cause analysis and implementation of permanent corrective actions for launch-related issues.
• Define, track, and report key launch performance indicators including timing, quality, cost, scrap, and ramp‑up metrics.
• Provide clear risk assessments, mitigation plans, and executive-level launch status updates.
• Capture lessons learned and deploy best practices to improve future product launches and engineering transfers.
• Drive continuous improvement in launch processes, documentation standards, and engineering handover methodologies.
• Build organizational capability in advanced product launch, APQP execution, and global manufacturing transfer.
• Partner with senior leadership to align launch execution with McLaren and Linamar strategic and commercial objectives.

Skills

Drivetrain/Powertrain knowledge

Leadership/Staffing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

McLaren Engineering seeks a Director of Engineering – Product Launch to lead the end-to-end introduction of McLaren-developed products into Linamar facilities. You will drive launch readiness, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure designs are fully industrialized for quality, cost, and timing goals.

You will establish a global launch framework, mentor staff, manage engineering transfers, and report progress to senior leadership while mitigating risk and enabling stable ramp-up across