Project Engineer Advanced Development

Brose North America Inc; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brose North America Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to plan and drive automotive engineering programs in Detroit. You will manage milestones, schedules, budgets, and deliverables for complex projects, ensuring design compliance and timely customer communications.

The role requires a degreed Mechanical or Industrial Engineer with 3–4 years in automotive engineering, strong PDP/product development knowledge, and proficiency in DFMEA, BOMs, GD&T, and change management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering required.
• 3–4 years of related automotive engineering experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement engineering programs and milestones per customer requirements.
• Maintain schedules and budgets for assigned engineering projects.
• Provide status reports on milestones and adjust schedules as needed.
• Control expenditures within project budgets.
• Coordinate preparation and delivery of project deliverables and design documents.

Skills

Project management

DFMEA

BOM creation

Engineering Change

GD&T

Cost to design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP

IQRM

MS Office

Job description

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.

Your Tasks

• Plans and implements engineering programs, activities and milestones, per customer requirements.
• May develop and maintain a schedule and budget for the assigned engineering projects.
• Provide reports on the status of project milestones and adjust schedules accordingly.
• Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget.
• Coordinates preparation and delivery of project deliverables including: internal and external samples, design documents for internal release and customer.
• Coordinate and create deliverables for bid packages regarding engineering (including BOM creation, product sizing, fit and form evaluation).
• Assigns and oversees project personnel to specific phases or aspects of project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and product testing.
• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Directs integration of technical activities and products.
• Responsible for the technical analysis of risks and errors (ie. DFMEA) / problems and / or impact of changes, preparation of proposals and implementation of technical changes.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of changes.
• Implementation and management of the DTM (Development Team Meeting) responsible for change control management.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's degree or Master's Degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering; and three to four years related experience and/or training in engineering within the automotive industry; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Project management / PDP, Product Development, Product X knowledge, Engineering Materials, Tol. Stacks / GD&T, DFMEA creation and analysis, Technical Documentation, BOM creation and development, Engineering Change Mgt, Relating cost to product design, DFM / Assy Process Knowledge, Necessary IT Tools (SAP, IQRM, Communication, Networking, Decision Making, Time Management, Self-Motivation, Conflict Resolution, Problem-Solving, Ability to Influence, Resilience/Self-Confidence, Ability to Mentor

We offer you a modern working environment with our Brose working world

Department

AM/EW

Location

Detroit

Job Start Date

08/26/2026

Job Type

Permanent

Temporary

Full-time