Automotive Program Manager

Develop standard and custom power electronics assemblies for the electrification of the transportation market in a fast-paced, startup environment. Work with global automotive OEMs developing next generation electric vehicle components, such as on-board chargers, DC-DC converter and traction inverters.

Position: Automotive Program Manager

Roles and Responsibilities

• Primary customer interface responsible for ensuring customer product requirements are delineated and documented in engineering specifications
• Create, manage and maintain customer timelines working with engineering personnel assigned to teams to ensure alignment and timeliness for all project deliverables
• Proactively coordinate engineering activities between internal engineering resources and customer engineering resources for design reviews, meetings, updates, etc.
• Coordinate the scheduling of materials with the corporate procurement team to ensure product deliverables and schedules are met in accordance with contractual obligations.
• Maintain engineering and all other resource time spent on tasks within Microsoft Project with costs for cost accounting purposes.
• Identify scope changes that impact project deliverables, costs or timeline and work with customers to properly manage expectations and change processes.
• Maintain expenses associated with projects to ensure those expenses are accounted for and within the scope of a project.
• Manage customer and internal expectations with regards to timelines, product deliverables and costs.
• Facilitate and maintain DFMEA, PFMEA, Reliability/Confidence and any other automotive quality standards dictated by the customer.
• Use your understanding of the automotive development processes to guide the team through development, proof of concept, DV, PV and SOP, including APQP and PPAP processes.

Experience

• 5 years minimum of automotive program management experience with a proven track record of delivering automotive products
• PMI/PMP certification

Software and Tools Proficiency

• Microsoft Project
• DFMEA tools such as XFMEA a plus
• Knowledge of Trello a plus

Education

BSEE, BSME with 5 years relevant experience

Current Ways, Inc. offers an attractive compensation package along with an excellent benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and 401(k) savings plan. For more information on our company, please visit http://www.currentways.com

Salary is commensurate with experience and qualification. Compensation is in line with the current salary data for this position

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off