Automotive Mechanical Project Leader

Company Description

Bosch was founded in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) and for more than 130 years has been distinguished by a unique corporate culture based on solid values that drive us to improve every day. Our products, present in a wide variety of fields, that contribute to improve the quality of life of millions of people

Job Description

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.