The Mechanical Project Leader coordinates all project component related tasks and activities from start of development until end-of-production. Manage communication between internal/external stakeholders. Capable of leading projects of medium to high complexity.  Acts as a technical counterpart to the Project Manager and is responsible for planning, coordinating and executing global multi-disciplinary engineering activities to achieve project success. Responsible for making sure the technical team understands and fulfills the customer and internal requirements on specification, on schedule and on budget.

• Will be responsible for coordinating cross functional engineering teams to achieve project goals during the project life cycle. ME-PL leads the support teams (e.g. purchasing, production plant project leader, mechanical design engineer, testing engineer) within the project execution, on topics related to mechanical topics.
• Manage international cross-functional teams to assure automotive project requirements implementation on time, within costs and specifications.
• Collaborate with SW and HW development functions on advanced Driver Assistance technologies.
• Main contact/interface and coordinator with customers and other stakeholders to understand their needs to deduce prioritization of increments by business value.
• Implementation of defined technical content to project targets.
• Risk management within discipline scope and support of the Project Manager
• Project planning and tracking within discipline scope, cross-functional aligned between the disciplines for mechanical topics
• Evaluation and planning of mechanical requirements and estimation of effort within project scope
• Direct contact with OEMs on technical discussions within project scope
• Support of the Project Manager in the management of mechanical issues within project scope.
• Preparation of releases within the project scope (e.g. Technical Releases, Quality Gates)
• Take design and implementation decisions to fulfill the technical requirements in the project within the defined boundaries. Accept / reject technical requirements in the customer project.
• Responsible for evaluating customer specifications, translating requirements into requirement evaluation, tests coverage, and support of issues tracking.
• Carry out project management according to Bosch APQP.
• Costs estimation and budget development, tracking and control.
• Plan and moderate samples build and delivery.
• Project meeting organization internal & external for monitoring to report project status to upper management (open topics, issues monitoring, tracking and resolving) on recurrent basis (weekly, monthly, other). 
• Support all continuous improvement and cost reduction efforts.
• Supports sales and purchasing departments in acquisition phases for development efforts and technical descriptions.
• Responsible for the timely delivery of product goals and targets, including specifications and samples. (resource planning and timelines).
• Assures documentation of the project to fulfill internal and customer quality standards ensuring best practices.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechatronic Engineering or related technical field (Mechanical, Electronic, Industrial Systems) or equivalent.

• 3 to 5 years of full experience in technical project management of automotive projects (product development (life cycle automotive industry experience).
• 3 to 5 years of experience in leading project teams.
• Experience with vehicle and system testing and release procedures in automotive or related industry.
• Ability to work with team members of other disciplines or departments.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Team oriented, problem solving, strong coordination and diplomatic skills and assertiveness.
• Ability to promote integration and motivation of the project team.
• Travel required approximately 20% of the time – more or less depending on Project type and status.

• Essential Project Management Skills
• Project Management Organizational Awareness. Excellent communication Skills. Time Management. Problem-Solving Leadership. Risk management Skills.
• Goal-oriented, structured way of working.
• Capable to work independently in an organized and structured fashion with strong analytical skills, that supports as systematic approach to problem resolution and strong communication skills to discuss issues/challenges with global development teams and external customers.
• Efficiency, flexibility, ability to influence/convince, team building.
• Working directly with end customers in USA, Europe or Asia.

• Language & Tools:
• English: Advanced (Fluent) (Good written / verbal communication and presentation skills to discuss and negotiate issues / solutions with team and external customers).
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Project).

Additional information

Travel required approximately 5% of the time within Mexico or USA

Vacancy applies to the referral program.

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