Senior Project Engineer

2 months ago

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States gentex corp. Full time

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Purpose of the Position

This individual is responsible to plan, monitor, and coordinate the technical execution portion of a development project. This position coordinates the product development and engineering changes of new and sold business for a new complex technology by both leading cross functional teams and mentoring other Project Managers. This role is based in West Michigan working onsite Monday-Friday.

Primary Responsibilities
  • Creates the engineering plan and leads the project execution (work breakdown structure, Gantt chart, durations, etc.).
  • Works with the various engineering disciplines to establish a technical/detail level scope document, including managing any recovery plans
  • Captures and leads the resolution of technical issues and risks.
  • Coordinates regular technical project launch meetings with the cross functional engineering teams and documents status with detailed notes.
  • Holds engineering problem solving meetings as necessary
  • Interfaces with the customer's technical team as established and directed by the Program Manager
  • Works with the team to establish the DVP&R
  • Coordinates the engineering release levels for pre-production builds
  • Coordinates all ME/HW/SW pre-production builds with Launch Engineer
  • Tracks Bill of Materials costs and reports changes to the Program Manager and Commercial Management
  • Ensures product meets customer requirements and industry specifications.
  • Manages engineering scope changes
  • Supports pre-sales activities, strategy, and product definition coordinating with the product teams as necessary.
  • Supports the development and execution of customer, technology, or regional product strategies
  • Works with internal engineering groups to plan resource needs in support of new and future programs
  • Responsible for monitoring, approving and auditing the project team's milestone and project deliverables.
  • Accountable for leading, coaching and developing the direct reporting Project Managers
  • Functions across the Project Management organization to assure consistency, and drive cross-company best practices and continuous improvement

How You'll Do It:

  • Complying with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace.
  • Maintaining high level of honesty, integrity and confidentiality with respect to company matters.
Educational and Professional Experience
  • BS/BA degree required. Advanced technical or business degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 9-12 years of product development and/or manufacturing experience in automotive manufacturing or product development preferred.
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of applying project/program management fundamentals in an automotive product development environment preferred.
  • Mastery of automotive standards and requirements.
Working Relationships
  • This position reports to the Director of Project Management.
  • This person will manage other Project Managers
  • Significant interaction with the following internal departments: Purchasing, Production, Quality, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and executives.

Gentex is an equal opportunity employer

Gentex extends equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual's race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), disability, marital status, military service, height, weight, genetic information, or any other reason protected by law.

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