Advanced Vehicle Engineering Design Group Manager

Job Description

The Role

The Advanced Vehicle Engineering Design Group Manager (DGM) leads the up-front progressive design activities for low volume Engineering and Manufacturing programs in a fast-paced highly technical environment.

You will lead manage mentor and oversee a team of Designers delivering complete vehicle design solutions that meet Business Development program and customer requirements. This includes workload prioritization and balancing driving creative and innovative design solutions for low volume manufacturing environment and ensuring robust execution of key design deliverables across programs.

The DGM will collaborate extensively with Chief Engineers Program Engineering Managers Architecture System Engineers Compartment Integration Teams Advanced Build Operations Manufacturing Suppliers and other stakeholders. You will also build and foster strong relationships with GMs Commercial (LLC) Design organizations to leverage common processes tools and resources where appropriate.This role is part of a project expected to last approximately three years.

What Youll Do (Key Responsibilities)

Leadership & People Management

• Lead a highly skilled widescoped design team providing daytoday direction coaching and mentoring.
• Set clear individual and team priorities assign and balance workload to meet program milestones and deliverables.
• Conduct regular group meetings communicate policies procedures leadership and safety messages and share business and program updates.
• Provide continuous performance feedback recognition and development planning support training needs and career development goals for team members.

Program & Technical Delivery

• Lead the team to meet program key design deliverables for all projects ensuring strong technical solutions and high design quality.
• Champion innovative design solutions suitable for low volume manufacturing techniques
• Lead the team in problem solving as new issues and opportunities emerge often under ambiguity and aggressive timelines.
• Ensure alignment and integration with crossfunctional partners (engineering manufacturing advanced builds suppliers) to deliver cohesive vehicle design solutions from concept through build.

Operational & Process Excellence

• Develop and improve design processes standards and operational plans to support business strategies with direct impact on functional results.
• Influence adoption of new concepts practices and approaches across the organization including solving complex problems where procedures may be undefined.
• Oversee and approve work schedules overtime and other workrelated records ensuring efficient and compliant operations.

• Proactively identify and remove roadblocks escalating or resolving issues to maintain program momentum and quality.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Electrical Design Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 10 years of postgraduation experience in design engineering manufacturing and leadership preferably with complex vehicle systems.

• Demonstrated experience leading design or engineering teams including setting direction mentoring and driving results in a crossfunctional environment.

• Strong understanding of design and engineering operations processes and best practices including product development methodologies and engineering systems/tools.

• Complete vehicle design experience with proven ability to design in context within tight packaging and performance constraints.

• Extensive analytical ability and a track record of making sound decisions under ambiguity on unusual difficult or complex problems.

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills including the ability to work effectively with engineers managers executives and outside customers.

• Strong interpersonal skills to motivate engage and align crossfunctional teams.

• Eligible to obtain a security clearance after hire

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Knowledge of commonly used materials and related properties component fabrication methods and Press Brake / fixtureless bending.
• Experience working with internal and external fabrication shops including prototype and lowvolume environments.
• Design experience with armor system designs and survivabilitydriven solutions.
• Ability to apply advanced design tools to increase robustness and efficiency (e.g. modern CAD/PLM analysisdriven design).
• Understanding analysis tools (CAE 3D Scanning etc) and how to integrate analysis into the design process.
• Capability and desire to create and review math data daily
• Expert understanding of the Vehicle Architecture System (VAS) and File organization
• Understanding of NX / TeamCenter data management for release to production and file transfers.
• Capability and knowledge to create and review Engineering Drawings within NX

This position requires a valid security clearance or ability to obtain a security clearance at a level for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. The successful candidate must have eligibility to access classified information at that level.

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