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JOB ID 23688

Engineering Project Leader

  • Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
  • Electronics, Program・Project Management
  • Kanagawa
  • ¥10,000,000～¥13,000,000

A global technology company dedicated to the future of safe and sustainable mobility, providing software and hardware solutions primarily for the automotive sector. The company's business focuses on advanced automotive safety systems, connectivity, and electrical architecture, designed and developed for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company also leads the industry in data and power distribution capabilities and plays a key role in the design of next-generation vehicle architectures.

The company operates in more than 77 locations worldwide, with a particular focus on developing solutions for connected cars, sensors and electric vehicles. The company is particularly focused on developing solutions for connected cars, sensors, and electric vehicles. In addition, the company promotes sustainable initiatives to achieve carbon neutrality.

The company is an American Tier 1 mega-supplier with more than 200,000 employees worldwide and more than 100 factories and technical centers.
Through its expertise in software and systems integration, the company addresses mobility challenges and provides solutions to its customers.
We are looking for an Engineering Project Leader (EPjL) to work with the engineering team to resolve issues across competencies.

American Tier 1 mega-supplier with over 200,000
Through their expertise in software and systems integration, they address mobility This Engineering Project Leader (EPjL) role has the responsibility to solve cross-competency This Engineering Project Leader (EPjL) role has the responsibility to solve cross-competency issues within Engineering.

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Job Description

  • Responsibilities
    - Supervise the engineering project sub-team and serve as the liaison with the Project Manager for project scheduling and execution of all engineering side activities and deliverables.
    - This person is the Single point of contact to the Project Manager organization for the engineering project timing plan and execution of all engineering activities and deliverables by supervising Engineering project sub-teams.

    - Work with clients to manage engineering deliverables at the delivery, cost, and quality level through coordination of resident engineers.
    - Collaborating with the customer to manage engineering deliverables on time, on cost and on quality levels through coordination of the Resident Engineers.

    - It is expected to serve as the primary interface with the client regarding engineering deliverables, schedule management, and execution.
    - It is expected that the EPjL acts as a Primary interface to Customer for engineering deliverables, time plan and execution.

    Main Responsibilities】
    1. Technical / Risk management | Technical / Risk management:
    - Prepare and conduct design reviews and peer reviews in accordance with the product development process and ensure the integrity of the design review workbook.
    Responsible to prepare and execute Design Reviews & Peer Reviews and completeness of the Design Review workbook in compliance with product development process. development process.
    - In the Technology Risk Register, responsible for: risk identification, project scope changes, assessments, rating rates, action plans, changes, and contingency plan management.
    Responsible for the Technical Risk Register: Identify risks, project scope changes, evaluate, rate, action plans, change points and manage contingency plans.
    - Ensure that each engineering representative considers the design for manufacturability (DFA, DFM).
    Assure the engineering competencies are considering design for manufacturability (DFA, DFM).
    - Approve start/stop/change/sign-off of engineering activities in project/component level work packages.
    Approve Start/Stop/Change/Signoff of engineering activity on project/component level work packages.
    - Responsible for evaluating and managing technology (product) change requests from internal and customer sources, providing estimates (man-hours/dates/costs) and impact of changes.
    Responsible for the evaluation and management of internal and customer technical (product) change requests, provide an estimation (effort/timing/ cost) and the impact of the change. cost) and the impact of the change.
    - Work with customers to address defects, prepare reports, and resolve issues.
    Work with customers to address defects, prepare reports, and resolve issues.

    Develop and maintain compliant Engineering deliverables timing (HW (ME/EE), Validation, SW, Systems) in collaboration with the Program Management.
    - Develop and maintain compliant Engineering deliverables timing (HW (ME/EE), Validation, SW, Systems) in collaboration with the Program Management.
    Develop and maintain compliant Engineering deliverables timing (HW (ME/EE), Validation, SW, Systems) in collaboration with the Program Management:
    - Oversee that engineering work follows standard practices and best practices. That deliverables are in compliance with applicable organizational policies and procedures.
    Monitoring that engineering execution is following standard work and best practices. and procedures.
    - Responsible for troubleshooting issues with customers and driving corrective actions.
    Owns customer problem troubleshooting and drives corrective action.
    - Responsible for the coordination and delivery of product solutions and handover to the customer at every milestone.
    Responsible for coordination and delivery of the product solution hand-over to customer at milestones.

    3. budgetary control |Budgetary:
    - Oversee engineering budgets for resource demand, capital expense, material, credits.
    Monitor engineering budget input for BBP cycle: resource demand, capital expense, material, credits.
    - Collect engineering expenditures against approved engineering budgets for assigned projects, Owns the collection, consolidation and agreement of engineering expenditures against the approved engineering budget for the assigned project.
    Owns the collection, consolidation and agreement to engineering spend against the approved engineering budget further to their assigned projects.
    - BOM Responsible for the BOM cost and stretch and related technical topics.
    Responsible for the BOM cost and stretch and related technical topics.
    - Responsible for working with the Competency Leader and/or Engineering Program Leader to identify and execute staffing assignments for engineering projects. Responsible for working with competency leads and/or engineering program leaders to identify and execute staffing assignments for engineering projects.
    Responsible for working with competency leads and/or Engineering Program Leaders in identifying and fulfilling staffing assignments for engineering projects.
  • Requirements
    Requirements
    - Master's or PhD in engineering with relevant work experience
    Master's degree or bachelor's degree in Engineering with relevant years of experience
    - Business level Japanese and English
    Business level Japanese and English
    - Knowledge and experience with product development processes
    Product Development Process knowledge and experience
    - Skilled in preparing technical reports and summaries
    Proficiency on technical reporting and summary
    - Planning / Organizational Capabilities
    Planning / organizing skills
    - Customer service experience
    Customer contact experience
    - Ability to work in a global team environment
    Ability to work in a global team environment
    - Ability to collaborate and network with multiple stakeholders in a matrixed organization
    Ability to network & collaborate with multiple stakeholders in a matrixed organization
    - Working experience based on domain knowledge in product development (recommended)
    Prior experience supported with domain knowledge for Product developed (preferred)
  • Location
    Kanagawa
  • Work Style
    Flex working possible
  • Salary
    ¥10,000,000～¥13,000,000
  • Attractive
    Points
    Foreign capital company, Make use of languages

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