RCO Engineering

Compensation

Full Description

Position: Automotive IP/Console Project Manager, PMP Location: Roseville/Warren, MI Duration: Long term Shift: 1st – 8:00 am – 5:00pm. Monday – Friday, WFH Monday and Friday, Onsite GM Warren Tech Center Tues, Wed, Thurs. Travel: Will need to be available to travel throughout the US. Every other week to Detroit. Interview Format: 1 hour, In person with the hiring manager and other team members. Pay: depending on experience. Top skills used everyday: 1. Design Development experience in IP and floor consoles. 2. Lead projects and curiosity and initiative to improve and make process improvements. 3. Basic engineering requirement and criteria, creating DFMEA and understanding DFMEA. 4. Ownership of the program 5. Urgency to meet deadlines, keep the work flow going 6. Leadership to motivate the team 7. Empowered to ask questions and improve quality, cost… Overview Creating the future of mobility will include developing instrument panels and consoles that contain a wide array of next generation displays and electronics. You will balance a list of vehicle and occupant performance requirements while engineering the highly styled instrument panel and console. These are the major systems that a customer sees and touches daily. The project engineer is responsible for project design / efficiency / innovation, scope management, cost control, quality, and performance reporting. Typical Day: Each day is going to be different. Mondays: Team meetings to go through open issues on either current or future programs. Tuesdays: Group meetings Design Review meetings throughout the week with both the studio and the design teams. Internal design meetings where they come back and discuss different issues, sourcing package one day and could also be working with the studio on an issue, duties are different every single day Business Group – instrument panel trim and floor consults, instrument panel, a lot of different styling working with the studio, different materials, different stiches and colors, fit and finishes is a big part of their department. Interaction level with the team – 10 people on the team, all separated by different programs, they work with all different cross functional teams including the studio, electrical (packaging switches and displays), manufacturing, safety teams (airbag performance), finance (costing and understanding cost models) Key Responsibilities: • Design, development, analysis, implementation, and validation of the complex instrument panel and console subsystems will be your day to day duties. • Perform engineering design evaluations and concept development across vehicle programs • Utilize engineering tools (DFMEA, ICDs, PFMEA) and leverage CAE groups including Safety Performance to successfully develop the best system solution • Assessment of design to manufacturing processes (e.g. injection molding, vibration welding, vacuum forming, foam-in-place, wrapping) • Package components, manage CAD development through supplier or GM designers and collaborate with other systems within the vehicle (Thermal, Electrical, Body, Chassis, Restraints, etc.). Ensure best practices are incorporated in the CAD and seeks support when best practice not met. Schedule and lead Peer Reviews • Work cross-functionally to support initial vehicle configuration work, realize cost optimization, deliver customer-driven requirements, and implement product and process improvements • Balance business imperatives, including but not limited to cost, part count, mass, complexity, timing, and content • Communicate information to and from internal and external customer organizations (e.g. Creative Design, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers) and lead the product development team (PDT). Track and resolve open issues with support. • Review, support and apply benchmarking for design direction competitiveness. • Lead execution through change management process to support workstreams and initiatives described above. • Support in the development of Statement of Requirements (SOR) Creation and lead in the development of statements of work, key partner for DFMEA/DRBFM/FEA • Lead launch activities for your program and commodity with a quality and on time execution mindset. Required Skills: • Demonstrated strong sense of ownership and urgency. • Proven project management experience. • Demonstrated ability to be flexible / adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities. • Advanced knowledge of engineering principles and theory. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization. • Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles engineering and business functions. • Ability to work independently and manage one’s time. • Established knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. • Established knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, and production methods. • Established knowledge of computer software, such as MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Project, CAD tools (eg VisMockup, UniGraphics, or others), etc. EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field. • PMI or PMP certification preferred. • 8-10 years of experience preferred from other OEMs and/other Cockpit suppliers.