RESIDENT ENGINEER (M/F/D)

Forvia SE; Northville (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HELLA Automotive Sales, Inc., USA is seeking a Resident Engineer (M/F/D) in Northville, Michigan to support customers, coordinate products and projects, and drive value creation. The role combines technical and commercial responsibilities, including on-site client support, cost control, and meeting deadlines.

The position emphasizes building strong customer relationships, managing product updates, and coordinating cross-functional teams to secure new orders and maintain profitability.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain customer relationships through presentations and consultations of a technical and commercial nature.
• Coordinate customer visits, provide on-site representation and support for strategic issues.
• Manage product planning and updates, coordinate development projects with internal units.
• Manage cost specifications with customers and ensure budget adherence.
• Monitor market and competitor activity to grow market share long term.
• Support quality processes during and after production to avoid negative customer impact.
• Drive acquisition activities in early design phases to win new orders.
• Participate in exhibitions and booth service for internal support.

Skills

Customer relations

Project coordination

Quality assurance

Cost control

Education

Electrical Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Job description

RESIDENT ENGINEER (M/F/D)

Standort Northville, USA

HELLA ist ein börsennotierter, international aufgestellter Automobilzulieferer, der unter der Dachmarke FORVIA agiert. Innerhalb dieses faktischen Konzerns steht HELLA für leistungsstarke Lichttechnik sowie Fahrzeugelektronik. Zugleich deckt das Unternehmen mit seiner Business Group Lifecycle Solutions ein breites Service- und Produktportfolio für das Ersatzteil- und Werkstattgeschäft sowie für Hersteller von Spezialfahrzeugen ab. HELLA ist mit rund 36.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern an über 125 Standorten weltweit aktiv und hat im Geschäftsjahr 2021/2022 einen Umsatz in Höhe von 6,3 Milliarden Euro erzielt.

IHRE AUFGABEN

This is a hybrid position located in Northville, Michigan

Job Objective

To provide optimum customer support in terms of acquisition and product coordination, customer service, and quality.
Ensuring the achievement of deadlines, cost control, quotation preparation and securing optimum pricing.
To recognize market developments from customer and competitive points of view and make suggestions about the joint
definition of future technologies and necessary measures. Building up a good customer relationship and looking after
personal contacts at the customer whilst realizing personal and departmental targets / objectives.

• 1 Customer relationsContinually build and improve customer relationships through presentations and consultations of
  both a technical and commercial nature. Coordinate customer visits internally and externally,
  provide representation on site and support for strategically important issues. In so doing to
  maintain current business while obtaining new orders, thereby securing and improving
  turnover/yield.
• 2 Product planning/ updating and project coordinationTo look after existing and development projects at the customers, and start/ stop developments on
  site in agreement with superiors. Process tasks set by the customers/Hella Companies and forward
  the tasks resulting from these to internal organizational units. Arrange for product-specific
  rationalization and value creation measures to be initiated. Process engineering change management
  requests by Hella or the customer during and after the project phase
  in order to
  be able to present and implement optimum technical solutions to the customer.
• 3 Project controlPush cost specifications at the customers in connection with cost lifetime and special production
  costs. Arrange for invoicing for samples / prototype series deliveries as well as for tool costs
  in order to
  guarantee adherence to the budgeted costs or even remain below them.
• 4 Competitive situationsTo observe, analyze and report on the market situation, competitive activities, customer wishes,
  trends, benchmark components
  in order tosecure and extend optimum market shares in the long term
• 5 QualityTo support the respective departments within the company if serious problems occur during the
  course of series production, series processing, in the event of quality defects,
  in order to avoid negative customer reaction with regard to future business.
• 6 ContactsTo build up and look after personal customer contacts,
  in order to achieve the best possible customer contact network for the advancement of business opportunities.
• 7 AcquisitionTo carry out acquisition activities according to "strategic selling" in early phases
  (design-finding phases) up until order placement, in order towin new orders.
• 8 Exhibition serviceParticipation in exhibitions (booth service) and support for internal

IHRE QUALIFIKATIONEN

Graduate in Electrical Engineering,Industrial Engineering orMechanical Engineering

HELLA Automotive Sales, Inc., USA
Noel Vargas