Assistant Chief Engineer

Assistant Chief Engineer

Kongsberg Automotive provides world class products to the global vehicle industry. Our products enhance the driving experience, making it safer, more comfortable and sustainable. The company, with total revenues of approximately one billion Euros, is headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway and has more than 10.000 employees in 20 countries worldwide.

Department
The Chief Engineer area are consisting of 20 persons located globally with purpose to be the main technical contact person to our customers. For placement in our Mullsjö tech center we are now seeking an Assistant Chief Engineer.

Main objectives
Assistant Chief Engineer main objectives are to be the main technical contact for the assigned customer. Translating the customer requirements to KA. Lead KA engineering team to meet timing, technical requirements and cost target on product.
Being the R&D participant into the Customer Focus Team.

Areas of responsibility
. Being customer R&D interface.
. Find, understand and communicate customer requirements
. Lead internal KA R&D team in development activities in projects.
. Ensure that KA quality system are properly documented and followed
. Balancing requirements.
. Ensure KA R&D deliverables internally and externally regarding timing, requirements and cost.
. Escalate any obstacles that endangering project execution.


Personal tasks
. Build up strong relationship with customer, from engineering level up to management level.
. Understand customer requirements and future needs.
. Share summary of customer needs within KA organisation
. Plan, call and lead regularly R&D project meetings with clear agenda and action lists.
. Ensure full control of R&D deliverables into the projects.
. Build up own competence in all KA DS product areas.
. Lead, plan and follow up R&D actions in running projects and task forces, including preparing summarizes internally and externally.
. Identify resource needs for projects and request allocation of these resources from line managers.
. Enable and ensure communication is established between R&D and other KA functions.


Main challenges
. To build up a strong and thrust full relationship with the customer. Aiming to be the natural speaking partner for the customer for new projects, ongoing issues and daily work
. To ensure all R&D deliverables in different projects.
. To build up strong project teams that understands the project targets and knows the different deliverables.


Candidate profile
Education:
. University degree in, master or bachelor, in mechanical engineering, or equivalent.
Experience and skills:
. Experience within design work, preferably within technology areas with similarities to the actual position.
. Fluent knowledge in English, spoken and written.
. General knowledge of development processes, methods, and tools.
. Personal qualities appropriate for working in a design team; analytic, structured, good communicative skills and able to take initiatives.
. Preferably past OEM experience.
. Project leader experience



For any questions or information, please contact:
Lennart Garpenstedt - Global Chief Engineer R&D / Driveline
Mobile: +46 727 27 82 46