Responsibilities

• Planning and coordinating the execution of their team’s tasks to ensure the timeliness and quality of the required deliverables. In addition, interacting with clients to determine and understand their requirements and ensure they are met
• Developing budgets and operating plans for programs and writing program funding proposals
• Lead, control and support the overall product development activities across functions form conceptualization trough production and customer support
• Mentoring, motivating and efficiently utilizing assigned team members to achieve project goals
• Reporting to Senior Management and customers regarding project schedule, budget performance, Risk, and Issue mitigation planning, etc.
• Execute development programs from start to production flawlessly
• Execute development programs within budget and on time
• Support engineering talent development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronic or Electronic Engineering
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in Automotive Engineering Development
• 3 – 5 years of experience in Program Management
• Good understanding of automotive industry stakeholders, practices, and processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication (English)
• Excellent in planning projects, performing task management and delegation
• Solid organizational, planning skills and attention to detail
• Advanced computer literacy with MS Excel and MS Projects
• Self-starter and Team player with ability to work under pressure

Where will you work? This position will be based in Birmingham, AL. We may also consider candidates who can work from our Cape Town, South Africa location.

What do we offer in benefits? We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package, to include base salary and benefits such as medical/dental/vision options, retirement/401K plans, etc.