Vehicle Integration Engineer Specialist - Bertrandt

Overview

Looking for a career, not just a job? Want to join a dynamic team working for an international industry leader? Enjoy an energetic work atmosphere? Bertrandt US may be just what you have been looking for!

Bertrandt Group is a leading solution partner for all technology trends. Our clear objective is to help shape the digital and electronic future. In the automotive sector, we have organized our expertise across all our sites into four Divisions: Electronics, Product Engineering, Physical, Production & After Sales. In addition, we support customers from numerous other sectors with our comprehensive know-how: from the energy and aerospace industries and mechanical and plant engineering to medical technology. Around 12,000 employees at more than 50 sites worldwide are committed to successfully implementing our customers’ projects every day.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the Department of Vehicle Integration
• Making the project status transparent and provide it for committees and drives
• Coordinating the validation of Vehicle Integration experimental vehicles
• Generating job splits (with development partners: general and Vehicle Integration - demands, testing issues, complexity of analysis and approval)
• Care for complying and validating project budget
• Decision of requests, needs of escalation and of prioritization required by the Vehicle Integration section
• Synchronizing of information from the Vehicle Integration section with committees
• Knowledge of top-appraisals and top-failures
• Representing the vehicle project in committees (representing the project in Germany)
• Representing the Type tutor on drives and in committees
• Giving the approval recommendation for the Vehicle Integration -parts
• Vehicle Integration - responsibly for vehicle project (national and international) 
  • making statements of vehicle status
  • making relevant information concerning the project available for the Vehicle Integration -participants
  • can provide statements concerning technique and project status
  • harmonizing Vehicle Integration -project status
• Providing and sharing all relevant information with Type tutor
  • if necessary representing the Type tutor

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience within the automotive area
• Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• Master’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience, desired
• (International) involvement of the project participants for operating the Vehicle Integration -activities
• Escalation competence in vehicle project
• Requesting all information for vehicle development concerning Vehicle Integration
• Engineering support at building of Production Reference Vehicle Integration and assuring further update
• Permanent reporting of the Vehicle Integration, especially to R&D departments
• Interface to Development Departments, Vehicle Integration Department intern and the other Departments like Production, Quality, Product management, ...
• Knowledge about test drives
• Tracking of critical Customer complaints
• Permanent production checks in close collaboration with the Development Departments
• Special automotive knowledge
• Ability to train new local staff
• Escalation in the direction of Wolfsburg
• Proficient in German and English – verbal and written skills

Desired

• Experience in the co-operation with development department(s)
• Experience in the development process (PEP)
• Experience in project management
• Experience on test drives

Work Flexibility

• Readiness for domestic and international business trips, for example to visit special test drives, suppliers/ VW location in the US, Germany, Mexico or the R&D-Center in Wolfsburg
• Readiness for professional training in Germany/Mexico (for a longer training period)

Benefits:

• Complete and comprehensive benefits package including Med/Dent/Vision
• Employer paid STD/LTD/Life
• 401k Retirement program
• Generous paid vacation/sick/holidays
• Creativity encouraged in a fun, friendly work environment

Bertrandt US, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.