Job Details

Our Plymouth, MI customer is seeking an experienced Chief Engineer for a direct hire.

Duties:

• Coordinating technical capacity building and development planning

• Responsible for the chassis architecture, technical direction, and products planning & development

• Lead company chassis platform and platform planning

• Lead chassis performance integration (handling, ride, steering, braking performance, four-wheel drive performance)

• Responsible for the DNA of company chassis performance development

• Understand and translate the marketing input, company strategy into Vehicle Dynamics Engineering specifications and requirements; making associated technical plans

• Support company chassis development capacity building, technological capacity building, and trouble shooting

Requirements:

• Bachelors’ Degree in Engineering or higher

• 10+ years’ working in vehicle development, chassis AND performance development

• Possess vehicle dynamics theory and knowledge of automotive design and manufacturing

• Possess the ability of comprehensive subjective evaluation of vehicle performance

• Good project management and leadership skills

• Strong communication skills; verbal and written expressions

• Strong interpersonal communication and team leadership skills

• Multinational experience is preferred

• OEM experience is required; Asian OEM experience is highly preferred

• Chinese bilingual is preferred, but not required

• Must be able to travel to China 2-4x per year