Senior Manager Engineering
Location
Plymouth, MI | United States
Job description
Summary
The Sr EE Manager is a key leadership role within the engineering team. In this role you will be responsible for leading and managing two sites with engineering responsibilities ranging from Controls to PCB design and mass production launches for electromechanical products including, but not limited to, steering and driveline for passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and off-highway equipment. You must ensure that project teams are properly resourced to deliver innovative and cost-effective products. Playing key roles such as Mentor, Coach, Manager and Team Leader are important in addition to the formal management functions of objective setting, employee appraisals and vision development.
If you are looking for a challenging, rewarding opportunity to display your expertise, we want you!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead diverse teams of EE engineers working across multiple domains (software, hardware, systems, system test, manufacturing, and project management) and multiple sites to deliver state of the art products.
- Drive the Vision and Mission of the Engineering team, while acting in accordance with the Jtekt Values at all times.
- Develop expertise in the organization focusing on maximizing the efficiency of highly capable engineers and deploying effective processes.
- Provides team leadership, management support, including coaching and active engagement with direct and extended team.
- Support Programs from quotation to production, meeting internal and customer milestones in between as well as technical and budget targets.
- Be aware of the big picture (Technical, Product Space, Financial, Organizational, etc.) and proactively support it.
- Support customer negotiations for delivery timing and content, set implementation and defect resolution priorities and manage release activities.
- Incorporate ASPICE and Functional Safety (especially ISO26262) activities into project plans.
- Ensure standardization of products and processes across multiple projects and locations.
- Build strong relationships with the OEM engineering teams in North America through transparency and exceptional customer service
- Lead benchmarking activities and participation in industry events to stay up to date on technology and Identify areas of improvements, cost reduction and business opportunities.
- Build strong relationships with JTEKT's current and potential electrical suppliers in order to develop outstanding systems and deliver exceptional customer service to the OEMs in North America
- Work daily overtime and Saturdays and/or Sundays when directed by immediate supervisor or, as necessary, to complete essential job duties.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Lead the department in a manner that creates high morale and delivers excellent results
- Coach the team members to become the best engineers they can be
- Define key objectives and provide formal and informal performance feedback against them
- Control and approve documents and designs released by the group
- Plan for and use resources efficiently, always looking for ways to reduce costs, creating accurate and realistic budgets.
- Create and communicate a long-term vision, balancing short and long-term goals, keeping team's work aligned with overall Company goals
- Provide leadership to group members for customer technical interface
- Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with JNA policies and applicable laws
Key Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Self-motivated and able to thrive in a team environment, without close supervision
- Strong strategic vision along with the planning and tactical skills to achieve the vision
- Good judge of character and technical ability, i.e. good people assessment skills
- Able to combine patience, persistence, and organizational agility to operate in a multicultural, global corporate structure
- Motor, motor control, and Model Based Software knowledge
- In depth understanding of development processes and best practices in development, testing, analysis, design tools and associated standards (IEEE, etc.), ISO26262, and ASPICE/CMMI.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Software, Controls or related discipline. Masters degree is preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in automotive safety product development.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Managerial role of a technical team is required
- Demonstrated direct leadership, planning, monitoring and communication skills.
- Experience in safety chassis mechatronics (Electric Power Steering, Brakes...) is highly preferred
Physical Demands:
- Sit with intermittent walking
- Communicate (hearing and speech) with individuals in person and by phone
- Visually read reports, computer screen, etc.
- Maintain a minimum of 8 hours worked/day, 5 days/week
Work Environment:
- Work is performed in a normal office setting with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards
- Substantial time is spent working on a computer
- The performance of this position may occasional require exposure to the manufacturing areas where under certain areas require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses with side shields and mandatory hearing protection
- Travel by automobile and plane required as needed
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