Cummins Troy , MI 48066
Posted 2 weeks ago
Technical Project Leader
Description
This dual product/project focused, developing leadership position leads the overall technical coordination of complex product development activities and is accountable for the project management of technical risk and quality of the product up to and including early production. This position integrates the requirements of the many interdisciplinary and cross functional stakeholders of product development, often involving difficult decisions that impact cost and delivery without sacrifice to the quality expectations of the value package profile.
Obtains input and negotiates with program leadership, customers, customer teams, product engineers or technology teams to deliver robust prototype and production designs, technical risk mitigation plans, and coordinated deliverables of new or current product change activity.
Other important stakeholders of this role include preferred partner suppliers, manufacturing, purchasing, technical leadership and marketing teams.
Makes decisions in the areas of design and project risk trade-offs that impact program cost or delivery without sacrifice of quality expectations.
Main focus will include working in business processes of Product Preceding Technology (PPT), Value Package Introduction (VPI) or Current Product Support (CPS) and using tools such as Product Development Six Sigma (PDSS), iDFMEA, Voice of the Customer and Voice of Other Stakeholders (VOC/VOX), Integrity, MS Office Suite, New Unique and Difficult (NUD) and project risk 9-box and Value Package Introduction
Provides problem resolution leadership for complex systems with a high degree of ambiguity and often global business impact.
Leads the development and improvement of work processes and systems across function(s) within a global business unit or managing improvement across business units.
Coordinates and directs work of technical project teams, up to and including direct management of small to mid-sized teams.
Operates as the recognized multi-competency specialist or expert in a discipline or product area across a site or global business unit with responsibility for developing local talent (direct or indirect).
Coaches and mentors other engineers, project managers and cross-functional team members.
May also include academic or industry collaboration in a competency or discipline area.
Qualifications
Skills
Product Development Execution, Monitoring and Control
Product Function Modeling, Simulation and Analysis
Product Platform Development
System Requirements Engineering
Systems Thinking
Builds networks
Communicates effectively
Cultivates innovation
Decision quality
Manages ambiguity
Manages complexity
Optimizes work processes
Project Management
Education, Licenses, Certifications
College, university, or equivalent Bachelor's degree in Engineering or appropriate STEM field is required.
Post-graduate (Master's) degree relevant to this discipline area may be required for select roles.
This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
Experience
Demonstrated success having worked in a Technical Specialist/Specialist Engineering role on lower complexity product development activities, translating customer needs and negotiating into product development plans, technical profiles and/or product specifications with a proven track record of successful product decisions.
Job Summary:
This position coordinates complex product development activities for eAxle platform(s) within Accelera Traction Engineering team.
Key Responsibilities:
Stakeholder (internal & external) requirements and tracking risk / compliance for eAxle platforms
Liaise with cross functional Traction engineering teams and other support functions for activities such as problem resolution, system integration, analysis / validation
Contribute to and facilitate implementation of system level eAxle product platform strategies
Recommending and driving decision making on all aspects of the product and/or projects
Serve as key representative of product both internally and externally
Competencies:
Product Knowledge
Job ENGINEERING
Primary Location United States-Michigan-Rochester Hills-US, MI, Troy, 2135 West Maple Road
Job Type Experienced
Recruitment Job Type Exempt
Job Posting Apr 15, 2024, 2:57:40 PM
Unposting Date Ongoing
Organization Accelera Business
Role Category Hybrid
Relocation Package Ineligible
Req ID: 2400037Z
Cummins