Director - Core Engineering

About the Role

The ADAS Director leads the core engineering team(s) through the product development and manufacturing readiness cycles in the delivery of innovative and cost-effective high performance compute solutions. The person has responsibility for both people management (development, coaching) and project leadership for these projects in his/her domain.

Your Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership in directing the efforts of a cross functional engineering team in the development and release of all relevant engineering deliverables in compliance with the product development process.
• Direct a technical team that includes technical leads and architects in the implementation of project objectives and overall activities.
• Provides team leadership, management support, including coaching and active engagement with direct and extended team.
• Resource planning to develop and approve budget and alignment to ensure responsible projects are properly staffed with the right quality and quantity of resources to meet the deliverables.
• Ensures that programs are properly resourced (both quality and quantity) for success, whether through assignment of direct resources, or leverage of external resources as required.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, reward, disciplinary actions, and performance appraisals of direct reporting employees.
• Ensures engineering timing plans, defect / issues list, risk assessments, lessons learned are created and maintained.
• Provide engineering status for project reviews (e.g. gate, design, milestones, etc.) per program timing for all assigned projects.
• Tracks and reports on engineering targets (BOM cost, quality, timing, performance, project and department engineering budget, core re-use metrics, etc.) for all assigned projects.
• Manage key supplier technical relationships for technologies needed for the product.
• As appropriate, acts as primary interface for all escalated technical issues.
• Responsible for ensuring new technology is aligned with market needs to maximize re-use.
• Leads all Technical Design Reviews within responsible product line
• Responsible for all engineering quote response (effort, material, capital, tooling, etc.) for new program opportunities.
• Directs core continuous improvement efforts for products, processes and programs.
• Ensures compliance to Company procedures (e.g. Process - Work Instructions) and applicable standards (e.g. ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC TR 15504).
• Performs other duties as necessary for completion of projects and achievement of departmental goals
• Complies with the requirements of Quality Operating System (QOS)

Who we are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in systems, electrical, or SW engineering is a must.
• Master’s or PhD in relevant technical field preferred.
• Management/Leadership is required.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in the Automotive/ADAS ECU/Controller areas as a design engineer, technical lead, and as a manager of highly complex ADAS projects. Includes the responsibility within a team environment the identification, development, and customer delivery of complex systems with embedded SW.

Your preferred qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of product development and engineering practices in the automotive field
• Comprehensive working knowledge in structured engineering approach
• Comprehensive working knowledge of structured problem solving (8D)
• Comprehensive working knowledge of configuration management, project planning, monitoring and control techniques
• Comprehensive working knowledge on what is needed to deliver high performance compute solutions in the automotive field
• Personal Requirements
• Able to work effectively in a global environment
• Able to travel (domestic and international may be needed). Expected travel 25%
• Able to lead, coach, and motivate a cross functional team, including matrixed resources
• Able to present technical topics internally and externally

What we offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

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