BU ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT LEADER - LEAD PROJECTOR ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for leading the local mexican Projector development team and its results. Ensuring the development according the company Projectors strategy in alignment with the global MLM team.
• Ensuring professional training and staff development in conjunction with key users of all the particular competences. Ensuring professional training for the adaptation of the newcomers.
• Support of the  team members in setting goals and their evaluation in company defined time periods.
• Team capacity planning together with Lead Projector Engineers. Identification of resources gaps and initiation of recruitment activities in conjunction with Projectors management.
• Motivation and coaching of team members in critical situations. Monitoring Lead Projector Engineers in leading the projects.
• Responsibility for assigning and monitoring team tasks and priorities in conjunction with global Projectors management.
• Responsibility for regular reporting of project results by Lead Projector Engineers
• Responsibility for administration related topics regarding the department and reporting from all the team members accordingly.
• Support of documents preparation for the group / cost-center budget.
• Supervision of compliance with internal processes.
• Close cooperation with teams working on standardized solutions like MPP, uLED...
• Close cooperation with Global launch support team to support smooth launch phase.
• Support and checking of the projects timing plans and customer milestones ND, LMU...
• Support and checking of the project TDR proces, connected documents and internal milestones.
• Challenging optical/mechanical/electronical design of projector unit on running programs in order to prove technically best/cheapest solutions.
• Escalation possible threat to customers specification, timings to manager, before it will happend.
• solving operational tasks related to customer requirements/escalations.
• Support on patence clearence verification of designed solutions.
• Cooperation with other departments in compliance with internal processes.
• Support of continuous processes improvement in conjunction with Projectors management.
• Performs other activities according to the superior's instructions which do not contradict with the position's activities.
• He/she complies with EHS, fire protection, internal regulations and applicable legislation at his/her work.
• Identifies and fosters a local successor for his/her position

Required education:

• University Education, Engineering or Physics field of study

Required Experience:

• More than 5 years of experience in the automotive industry in the field of product development, lighting technology advantage
• Experience with team / project leadership preferred, good communication and organizational skills
• Upper – intermediate knowledge of English (German, French, Spanish or Italian very welcome) 
• Professional knowledge / Technologies /  Methodologies
  • Good knowledge of MS Office, Windows
  • Good overview of automotive lighting industry technologies
  • Base knowledge of CAD (CATIA advantage), GD&T, DFMEA, simulation tools

• Certificates

• •  Driving license B
• Experience in the field
• Spanish skills would be good but are not required

Additional Information:

• Organizational and planning skills
• Ability to make decisions
• Priority setting
• Customer orientation
• Presentation skills
• Clear and open communication
• The ability to lead
• The ability to delegate
• The ability to motivate
• Employee evaluation
• Level of natural authority