Senior Technical Program Leader - Applications & R&D

valeo; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo in the United States (Auburn Hills) seeks an Applications Senior Technical Program Leader to drive on-time technical outcomes, lead R&D teams, and manage budgets and risks for complex product development projects.

The role partners with cross-functional groups, interfaces with customers, and ensures adherence to PDP/CPM/ASPICE standards while delivering robust, high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver on time technical outcomes respecting engineering gates milestones and established budget.
• Accountable for the whole scope of technical activities in a project.
• Lead and synchronize R&D contributors - disciplines, for project targets achievement.
• Structures and assigns tasks to disciplines according to customer and project need.
• First technical contact of the project internally & externally.
• Control and Monitor R&D effort & costs. Strict control on Engineering Change Requests.
• Supervise R&D schedules in the project.
• Proactively control of technical project risks.
• Work on problem solving, focused on root cause analysis to find effective solutions.
• Accountable for technical issues escalation in the project and report progress in action plan.
• Arbitrating technical solutions with Discipline contributors when necessary.
• Act as the first technical contact of the project internally & externally.
• Interface with the customer for the R&D subjects of the project, break down and cascade internally customer requests and needs.
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery of components for product development.
• Ensure product development is completed within the defined budget, meeting the highest quality standards and design robustness.
• Ensure the implementation and integration of standardized platform solutions within the project.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, implementing active resolution plans.
• Organize reviews and technical meetings, addressing key issues and ensuring alignment between stakeholders.
• Monitor all topics from DRs, define action plans and ensure no late resolution
• Work on problem solving, with the support of the disciplines, monitor the progress and ensure no late resolution
• Report progress and escalator critical issues to the Project Manager or R&D Manager as required.
• Adhere to the specified development processes to ensure compliance with organizational (PDP, CPM, ...) and industry standards (ASPICE, ...)

Job description

Valeo in the United States (Auburn Hills) seeks an Applications Senior Technical Program Leader to drive on-time technical outcomes, lead R&D teams, and manage budgets and risks for complex product development projects.

The role partners with cross-functional groups, interfaces with customers, and ensures adherence to PDP/CPM/ASPICE standards while delivering robust, high-quality solutions.