The Technical Manager is responsible to ensure overall program level technical feasibility and achievement of performance & KPI targets during the full program life cycle.
The Candidate responsibilities include:
- Managing the technical content, definition and configuration of the Platform including:
- BOM Management for the Platform including Change Management
- Technical data and VISBOM content
- Platform diversity and component interchangeability
- Achieving Quality, Cost, Timing, and Performance Objectives
- Coordinating with purchasing for RFQ, supplier selection, and change management
- Supporting regional requirements and content
- Leading the technical activity of component and system development:
- Design, development, and validation of component and systems
- Leading decision / stakeholder meetings at the platform level
- Design freeze and tooling kick off
- Conformity of regulatory requirements
- Coordination of technical teams
- Coordinating activities with Manufacturing Engineering and the plant:
- Alignment of design and manufacturing process to support cost, investment, and quality objectives
- Compatibility of product and process
- Packaging issues and requirements with logistics
- Make buy convergence
- Managing the technical relationship with Top Hats, other Platforms, and Advanced Engineering
- Confirming that platform supports Top Hat requirements and future product requirements
Critical Skills:
- Design and Development of components/systems associated with Chassis, Propulsion, or Body through a full project cycle.
- Understanding of vehicle construction by systems (Body, Chassis, Powertrain, Interior, etc) and subsystems (Underbody, suspension, trim, cooling, HVAC, etc).
- Understanding part break up of vehicles and how they are assembled.
- Ability to identify and organize technical commodities into their functional purpose.
- Identify and propose design alternatives to meet and exceed aggressive cost targets
Methodology/Tools Expertise:
- Microsoft Office Suite (Excel & PowerPoint)
- Excel commands (VLOOKUP, pivot tables)
- Fastcar2
- EBOM & STV
- SMAK (Vehicle volume tracking)
- CCD/CN Process
- PDP for TKO/DV testing
- ETKO Process
- Source Package System (Review and Approval)
- GIM's / Tracking and Issue Resolution
- Teamcenter / Vis Pro
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related degree field
- 8 years of Automotive Industry experience
- Experience in vehicle / component design / release engineering, vehicle finance cost, program management, and / or component cost analysis
- Experience with NVH, Durability, Safety
- Excellent leadership communications / people skills
- Attention to detail
- Able to manage change and present ideas / concepts to all levels of management
- Able to motivate and lead people that do not report directly to you
- MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced technical or management degree
- Excellent relationship building skills
- Ability to present ideas and concepts successfully to all levels