JTEKT North America, 47771 Halyard Drive, Plymouth, Michigan, United States of America Req #4627
Summary
In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team of Electrical engineers to achieve excellence in electrical engineering for electromechanical products including, but not limited to, steering and driveline for passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and off-highway equipment. You will be responsible for a variety of products in various stages of their lifecycle from definition and architecture, control algorithms and robust design to mass production.
If you are looking for a challenging, rewarding opportunity to display your expertise, we want you!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Lead a diverse team of EE engineers working across multiple domains (software, hardware, systems, system test, manufacturing, and project management) to deliver state of the art automotive products.
* Develop expertise in the organization focusing on maximizing the efficiency of highly capable engineers and deploying effective processes.
* Oversee multiple projects for the design and development of mechatronics products.
* Monitor quality and cost data in development and production phases to update cost targets and development processes and objectives for continuous improvement and best practices.
* Support programs from quotation to production, meeting internal and customer milestones in between as well as technical and budget targets.
* Identify time, budget and technical risks, define mitigation plans and execute them as needed.
* Manage overall work distribution and allocation within the team and identify potential third party when outsourcing is more efficient.
* 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.
* Interview and hire outstanding electrical engineers that fit well in the JTEKT culture.
* 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.
* Collaborate with the JTEKT electrical engineering groups in Japan and Europe.
* Work daily overtime and Saturdays and/or Sundays when directed by immediate supervisor or, as necessary, to complete essential duties.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
* Lead the group in a manner that creates high morale and delivers excellent results.
* Coach the group members to become the best electrical engineers they can possibly 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 as 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 control software knowledge.
* Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, while maintaining on-time customer delivery.
* Exceptional capacity to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
* 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.
* 10+ years experience in automotive safety product development.
* Demonstrated leadership (direct or indirect), planning, monitoring and communication skills.
* Experience leading a project from development into production.
* Experience in safety chassis mechatronics (Electric Power Steering, Brakes…) is highly preferred.
Work Environment & Physical Demands:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is performed in a normal office setting with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards, and with substantial time spent working on a computer. Requires sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate computer keyboard and other office equipment.
* 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.
* This job also requires significant time working in a prototype lab and/or test lab, overseeing prototype parts builds.
o Ability to routinely climb up steps to reach machine levels and storage areas.
o Ability to stand for 2 hours at a time.
o Ability to use hand tools for machine setups, sample builds and sample teardown.
o Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
o Ability to pull, push, squat, twist, reach, grab and bend.
* The performance of this position may occasionally require exposure to the manufacturing areas where under certain areas require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses with side shields, ESD Safety toe shoes, and mandatory hearing protection.
* Travel by automobile and plane required as needed.
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