Project Leader (Mechanical Engineering) (Newton)

Planning and management of development and application projects with focus on the mechanical part (mechanical domain) of electric drive systems or sub-systems for electrified vehicles.Responsible for the implementation of the mechanical part of the technical development programme (engineering) in line with timing, costs, quality and (customer) specifications.Cross-component and cross-domain coordination of the Client divisions, suppliers and the engineering interface to the customer for the mechanical content.Responsibilities:Independent planning and management of mechanical development projects and electricdrive (sub)systems from the concept phase to series production readiness, taking intoaccount the CAPM, Automotive SPICE and DES development processes.Technical support in project acquisition:Examination of development results for patentability and support of patent applicationsPreparation, regular review and maintenance of development, activity and time plans aswell as resource and project cost planning for own projects or in coordination with thehigher-level overall programme management for system programmesPlanning, controlling, tracking and reporting of project efforts (workload) and itiation and monitoring of cost reduction measures (VA/VE)Regular reporting / presentation of the development progress and its results as well as, ifnecessary, presentation of problem-solving analyses and their proposed solutionsinternally as well as to the customer.Technical management of international development teams, including external resourcesCollaboration in the analysis of customer complaints and in the initiation of correctivemeasures to avoid future complaints and the resulting measures for product improvement(ISO 26262, FMEA)Coordinating resources with other engineering functions (e.g. design, test, prototyping),also with regard to prioritiesCoordination of requirements, capacities (internal & external) and costs for the development and acceptance tests to be carried out. Clarification of priority conflicts.ToolsMicrosoft Office Standard Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)Microsoft Project / Planisware / Easy RedmineBasic CAD skills (CreoView or similar)IQ-RM/APIS (FMEA Tool)Ideally PTC (Integrity Lifecycle Manager + Source) / Windchill RV&SIdeally PTC WindchillIdeally ReqManIdeally IPMPreferred skills5 years' experience in the automotive industry, preferably in project management forelectric drive systems or transmission development.Ideally 1 year of experience in requirement engineering.Ideally 1 year experience supporting software and systems engineeringProject management practice experience; ideally proof of experience according to IPMALevel D or higher, PMI or similar.

Created: 2025-09-13