Application Engineering Manager

Director of Talent Acquisition and Workforce

Roush Power Systems manufactures and sells world‑class power systems for the on‑road and off‑road market sectors focused on class 4-8 commercial vehicles, mobile off‑road, and stationary off‑road equipment.

An Application Engineering Manager at Roush Power Systems focuses on the integration of power systems and powertrains into OEM applications and is responsible for all design activity and the sign‑off of the application of our products into the OEM applications. Their duties include hiring and training qualified engineering staff, setting project budgets and timelines for completion and helping their staff to execute the project deliverables.

The Engineering Manager will collaborate with other team leaders and departments to ensure program profitability and success. This position is located in Livonia, MI.

As a Engineering Manager, you will:

• Lead the effort to establish and implement Engineering Services strategic priorities in alignment with business strategy to drive results to grow the business.
• Manages staff and assigns tasks to engineering and technical personnel in alignment to business and financial objectives.
• Ensure that processes and programs are standard and effective to meet business and customer goals.
• Forges and maintains relationships with suppliers and customers.
• Participate in the formulation of business goals, objectives, policies, financial projections and customer quoting.
• Secures the resources needed for teams to excel, including researching and proposing capital investments.
• Collaborates with other team leaders and departments.
• Participate in company presentations and contract negotiations.
• Maintains high level expertise in their field or sector.
• Communicates technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

To be considered an Engineering Manager, you will need:

• Due to compliance with US export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a US Person.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of management experience.
• Personnel and project management skills.
• Expert-level knowledge of sector technology and processes.
• Leadership, teambuilding, and mentoring skills.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
• Critical thinking and problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• Organizational, planning, and documentation skills.
• Proficiency using presentation software to explain complex information to non-technical management personnel and other stake‑holders.
• Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously.
• Proven customer relationship skills including the ability to interpret customer requests and deliverables with a focus on cost, quality and delivery.

A successful candidate may also have:

• Working knowledge of program management tools (risk analyses, communication plans, timing plans, business cases, comprehensive financial analyses).
• Strong leadership and management skills, ability to solve complex problems, work independently, and be customer focused while managing cost, quality, and delivery.
• 5 years of experience in a Senior or Lead engineering capacity.
• Integrating engines / powertrains into automotive applications, commercial vehicle applications, as well as mobile and stationary off‑road equipment.
• Performing detailed powertrain packaging studies in OEM applications with customers.
• Designing engine harnesses, automotive‑style exhaust systems, vehicle fuel systems, and other key powertrain/vehicle areas of interface.
• Developing and executing application sign‑off procedures for integration of powertrains into customer applications including confirmation of customer vehicle system performance to meet RPS requirements (e.g., cooling system, inlet restriction, back pressure, fuel system, etc.).
• Coordination of design activities internally, with customers and suppliers including the leading of design reviews.
• Use of design robustness and problem solving methods such as FMEAs, DVP, 8‑Ds.
• Developing system and sub‑system requirements, including the decomposition and traceability to component level requirements.
• Developing and tracking requirements, validation plans, and test data…