AVL Mobility Technologies Inc offers a job in the United States (US) as

Chief Engineer - Vehicle

AVL Mobility Technologies, Inc. (MTI) forges new ideas, creating exciting breakthroughs, and providing mobility solutions for combustion engines, transmissions, hybrid applications, fuel cell, battery, ADAS/AD, data intelligence, and embedded systems for all types of vehicles. Our mission is to be the leading engineering consultancy providing excellence and sustainable mobility solutions to North America and the world as a key member of the global AVL network to help improve vehicle safety and reduce emissions. 

MTI is looking for a motivated engineer to join our team located in the San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area. We are specifically looking for a Chief Engineer - Vehicle who is responsible for the technical delivery of large, multi-disciplinary projects. The Chief Engineer leads a team of project members, as assigned, to satisfy customer requirements and AVL's contractual obligations and serves as the technical authority on projects.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Employer will not sponsor an applicant for a work visa for this position.

Roles:

• Responsible for the technical delivery of the assigned technical programs, meeting AVL and Customer standards.
• Supports the program manager for management of finances and timelines.
• Works with colleagues to ensure appropriate technology is developed/applied to ensure program success.
• Develop a significant relationship with the customer with the objective of securing additional and future business.
• Work with Managers and VP to ensure programs are resourced effectively.
• Identify future program resource needs and communicate this to the required management representatives.
• Identify project performance issues and bring to the attention of Management team.
• Provide status reports to Leadership Team.
• Review and approve technical project reports.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in area of expertise.
• 5 years’ experience leading projects of value greater than $150k.
• Demonstrated ability to lead project teams of greater than 10 persons.
• Demonstrated customer care skills.
• Experience in full production development process for vehicles, preferably in the public transit field
• Demonstrated understanding of Federal Transit Administration regulations
• Experience in components, system and full vehicle testing
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve complex matters and make appropriate project decisions in a timely manner        

Physical Requirements:

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces
• Bending and Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Hours per day
• Climbing Stairs: Ascending or descending stairs to gain access to a building or to move from one floor to another

• Light Carrying: Physically transporting items weighing less than 15 pounds from one location to another
• Moderate Carrying: items weighing 15 to 44 pounds
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with fingers (including thumb) and palm
• Light Lifting: Raising objects under 15 pounds from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from one position to another
• Moderate Lifting: Objects 15-44 pounds
• Reaching above shoulder: Extending hands and arms in any direction
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers for sustained periods
• Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time
• Standing: hours per day
• Walking: Moving about on foot, particularly for long distances
• Visual Requirements: Enough to read PC screens, detect color coding and read fine print
• Hearing Requirements: Enough to detect specific noises and proper equipment operation

Mental Requirements:

• Comprehension
  • Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information
  • Ability to understand, remember and communicate routine, factual information
  • Ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions
  • Ability to understand opposing points of view on highly complex issues and to negotiate and integrate different viewpoints
• Organization
  • Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology
  • Ability to organize and prioritize own work schedule on short-term basis (longer than one month)
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work schedules of others on short-term basis
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work schedules of others on long-term basis
• Reasoning and Decision Making
  • Ability to apply common sense in performing job
  • Ability to make decisions which have moderate impact on immediate work unit
  • Ability to make decisions which have significant impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside immediate work unit
  • Ability to make decisions which have significant impact on the department’s credibility, operations, and services
• Communication
  • Ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines
  • Ability to complete routine forms, use existing form letters and/or conduct routine oral communication
  • Ability to compose letters, outlines, memoranda, and basic reports and/or orally communicate technical information
  • Ability to communicate with individuals utilizing a telephone; requires ability to hear and speak effectively on phone
  • Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicating orally with others accurately, loudly, and quickly

• • Ability to make informal presentations, inside and/or outside the organization. Speaking before groups
  • Ability to compose materials such as detailed reports, work-related manuals, publications of limited scope or impact, etc., and/or to make presentations outside the immediate work area
  • Ability to formulate complex and comprehensive materials such as legal documents, authoritative reports, official publications of major scope and impact, etc., and/or to make formal presentations
• Mathematics
  • Ability to count accurately
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide and to record, balance, and check results for accuracy
  • Ability to compute, analyze, and interpret numerical data for reporting purposes
  • Ability to computer, analyze, and interpret complex statistical data and/or to develop forecasts and computer models

AVL provides a competitive compensation and benefits package to all direct hires.  Specific benefit details and offer packages will be communicated during the interview and/or offer stage.

We look forward to receiving your details; please use our online application form or send your application to AVL North America, Inc. / AVL Test Systems, Inc. / AVL Mobility Technologies, Inc. EOE Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

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ABOUT AVL NORTH AMERICA

AVL North America has a staff of more than 650 people and has five technical centers in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Metro Detroit area, and Lake Forest, California.