Chief Engineer - Roush Power Systems

Livonia, MI
Full Time
Roush Power systems - 1728
Experienced

At Roush, we fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense, and theme park industries. With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage.  We want motivated, ambitious people who put the needs of our customers first, bring creativity to their work and will do whatever it takes to achieve success.  If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team.  

At Roush, we work alongside the best and brightest to do incredibly cool things you wouldn’t believe. At Roush, you are part of building the future.    

The Chief Engineer will serve as the technical leader for all Roush Power Systems (RPS) programs over the full product life cycle including design, integration, testing, validation, and deployment to the customer. Duties include performing systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade-off studies, requirements allocation and interface definition, technical management, architecture design, performance and emissions development, integration, system testing, and risk management. The Chief Engineer will be responsible for managing the overall engineering effort across all programs ensuring adherence to cost, quality, and schedule targets defined by the business.  This is a full-time, onsite position based in Livonia, MI.
                               
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provide overall technical leadership for RPS, following the Roush Product Development Process, ensuring that timely decisions are made to move product development programs, Roush, and its customers forward.
  • Lead the coordination with customer engineering teams, ensuring that Roush and its customers remain on track to deliver the technical content on time, under budget with excellence.
  • Partner with the RPS program management leader to ensure effective cross-functional coordination across the organization and with external partners for each product development program undertaken.
  • Partner with the RPS program management leader to oversee the development of engine controls including management of the RPS engine controls partner.
  • Direct the product development architecture/design (system, physical, data, communications, structure, survivability, thermal, controls, etc.). Includes approval of system architectures, and any changes, conditions, inputs and final resolution for requirements, trades, and alternatives.
  • Lead technical requirements definition for products including all interface requirements with customer applications (ex., packaging, electrical, controls, transmissions, fuel systems, cooling systems, etc.).
  • Direct application engineering efforts to ensure products are integrated into customer applications consistent with program objectives. Includes being the signatory on application sign-off with customers.
  • Deliver the overall product technical design integrity, design compliance with all requirements, and that the product will function as an integrated system within its intended environment.
  • Responsible for day-to-day product design and development engineering, system integration, product verification, and compliance with prevailing emissions regulations.
  • Lead all design reviews – internally, with partners, and with customers.
  • Lead the resolution of design and/or development conflicts.
  • Responsible for technical risk management without compromising quality, cost or schedule.
  • Oversee the use of design robustness tools such as DFMEAs and DVPs at the system, sub-system, and component level where appropriate.
  • Responsibility for technical completeness and review of all Factory, Material and Field Problem Reports prior to closure.

Required Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or in a related field.
  • Minimum of 10 years relevant experience in engineering.
  • Demonstrated experience managing technical staff including mentoring and conducting performance reviews.
  • Demonstrated systems engineering experience including developing, documenting and managing project requirements.
  • Proven experience in technical interface with customers.
  • Due to compliance with US export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a US Person.
  • Analytical skills and ability to direct and consult on technical analyses.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.
  • Knowledge of systems engineering practices.
  • Must possess strong leadership and management skills, ability to solve complex problems and be self-motivated.
  • Excellent communication skills; written, verbal, and presentation in the English language with the ability to lead team meetings, design review, etc.

Preferred Skills:

  • Master’s degree in engineering, Business Administration, or similar.
  • Demonstrated experience leading calibration development of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines for on-road commercial vehicles, mobile off-road, and stationary off-road applications.
  • Demonstrated experience using advanced engine controls for spark-ignited engines.
  • Proven experience with specification of aftertreatment systems for spark-ignited engines to meet more stringent emissions standards.
  • Calibration experience for CNG and propane engines.
  • Knowledge of best practices in documentation of software and software development.
  • Understanding of business processes: creation, refinement, and gap analyses.
  • Professional Engineering accreditation.

To apply, please visit the Roush careers page by clicking on this link: https://jobs.roush.com/us/en

Our full-time benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

Visit our website:  www.roush.com

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Roush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. If you need a reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at (734) 779-7087.

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