Engineering Project Leader
Job in
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, 64101, USA
Listed on 2026-08-26
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-26
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Product Engineer, Operations Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Lead the multidisciplinary functional engineering team to achieve technical product delivery targets according to project schedule, development cost, and bill of material
- Drive and verify engineering activities across the product life cycle and V-model, including requirements, development, integration, testing, and manufacturing handoff
- Lead the product engineering team to achieve technical, functional, BoM, timing, and industrialization targets
- Ensure required product maturity throughout the product life cycle
- Approve and release the product bill of material
- Serve as technical interface to program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, commercial teams, and external customers
- Organize cross-functional team meetings and drive agendas
- Prepare technical decision options for change control boards and management escalations
- Plan technical work packages according to the overall project schedule
- Plan and execute product/system releases
- Manage sample planning, engineering build management, and sample release
- Interface with manufacturing to realize sample builds
- Release engineering documentation to manufacturing plants for sample builds
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- Minimum of 10 years’ project execution experience, including product launch
- Minimum of 5 years in automotive electronics and software product development
- Domain knowledge in automotive electronics, software, and mechanical systems
- Experience leading cross-functional teams
- MBA or master’s in systems engineering, software, or electrical engineering preferred
- 15 years of project execution experience preferred
- 5 years’ experience in propulsion domain preferred
- 3 years in the eMobility space preferred
- Willingness to travel 20%
Demonstrates expertise in leading multidisciplinary engineering teams to achieve product delivery targets while managing the product life cycle, including automotive electronics and software development. Proficient in project execution, cross-functional collaboration, and technical decision-making.
Highest-signal resume keywords- Project Execution Experience
- Automotive Electronics Development
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Product Launch Management
- Technical Decision-Making
- Product Development
- Requirements Engineering
- Integration Testing
- Manufacturing Handoff
- Bill of Material Management
- Sample Planning
- Engineering Build Management
- Technical Documentation
- Change Control Management
- Project Scheduling
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Organizational Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Agendas Management
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- MBA or Master’s in Systems Engineering
- Automotive Electronics
- Software Development
- Mechanical Systems
- Propulsion Domain
- EMobility
- Product Life Cycle
- V-Model
- Technical Interface
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Project Management
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