Resident Engineer: Automotive Electronics (On‑Site)

Rinf; Auburn Hills, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Career growth support

Job summary

rinf.tech seeks a resident engineer to work on-site at the Stellantis R&D center in Auburn Hills, representing the supplier's engineering team daily and managing the full program lifecycle from RFQ to post-SOP support.

You will interface with Stellantis on technical reporting, escalate issues when needed, and collaborate with software, electrical, mechanical, and systems teams to resolve challenges across validation, functional tests, and customer reviews.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a resident engineer within Stellantis R&D at CTC Auburn Hills.
• 2+ years working on automotive electronic products such as displays, IVI, ECU, or BCM for global OEMs.
• Automotive validation experience (2+ years preferred), including validation across electrical, mechanical, software, and environmental disciplines.
• Experience with issue tracking tools (JIRA, Redmine, IBM RTC, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Work on-site at the Stellantis R&D center in Auburn Hills as the resident engineer for a leading Tier 1 automotive electronics supplier, representing their engineering team with the customer every day.
• Own the local customer interface across the full program life, from RFQ response through development, validation, and post-SOP support.
• Interface with Stellantis on technical reporting, discussions, and negotiations, and elevate to the supplier's management when needed.
• Capture customer-reported issues, document and track them in the relevant issue tracking systems, and drive them to closure.
• Work with every engineering discipline to resolve customer issues, on-site at Stellantis and at the supplier's Detroit-area engineering office.
• Take part in program reviews, gate committees, alert meetings, and internal RFx, program, and quality meetings.
• Support debug and validation sessions on customer benches, including work alongside other Tier 1 suppliers whose systems integrate with the supplier's products.
• Navigate a large OEM to find the right people, connect the right dots, and keep programs moving.
• Act as the technical face of the supplier's product portfolio: present current products and listen for future needs, connecting those needs back to engineering.

Skills

Resident engineer

Automotive electronics

Validation experience

Issue tracking tools

Tools

JIRA

Redmine

IBM RTC

Job description

rinf.tech seeks a resident engineer to work on-site at the Stellantis R&D center in Auburn Hills, representing the supplier's engineering team daily and managing the full program lifecycle from RFQ to post-SOP support.

You will interface with Stellantis on technical reporting, escalate issues when needed, and collaborate with software, electrical, mechanical, and systems teams to resolve challenges across validation, functional tests, and customer reviews.