German Speaking Automotive Engineer

Formulation of Targets and Strategic Input Formulate performance and equipment targets for future company vehicles and vehicle systems proposed by company. These projects are comprised of innovative, state-of-the-art, and cutting edge vehicle and system concepts. Provide strategic input to the development of the BMW system and component strategies to ensure that the US market requirements are fulfilled. Creativity, ingenuity, and imagination are necessary to identify the key attributes and criteria for which targets must be established to satisfy the US market conditions and customer expectations. Foresight is necessary to derive requirements that will anticipate evolving or changing US market conditions. Initiative and persuasiveness are necessary to analyze the customer expectations, competitive offerings, US driving conditions, and existing product weaknesses, and to define the requirements, present the arguments supporting the proposals and negotiate consensus opinion within company product and strategy departments and then communicate, negotiate, and escalate the targets and requirements in German and English language into the company PEP (Product Development Process) via the corresponding key development partners (ES-x, KIFA) at the company. Very good social and interpersonal skills are necessary for initiation and maintenance of extensive contacts and relationships in the key development areas at company to ensure that credibility and trust are maintained with the business partners at the company. The incumbent will be the recognized expert in their specialized KIFA area regarding US market issues. Identification of Trends in the US Market and with Competitors  High levels of awareness and perception are necessary to observe, analyze, and interpret the US automotive market for emerging technological trends, changing political and cultural trends, competitor offerings and strategies, and evolving customer expectations by attending major US Autoshows and scrutinizing the presentations and messages, reviewing automotive media and publications, and analyzing results of internal and external customer studies, surveys, and focus groups. Identify benchmarks and "Best Practices" in the US automotive industry concerning vehicle performance, designs, layouts, and technologies by evaluating and analyzing critical competitor vehicles and components, and comparing them to existing and potential BMW products and technologies. High levels of insight and perception are necessary to interpret the results, assess their significance for the company, and translate them into proposed strategic actions and input to the company and company product strategy and development groups.  Manage and Support company Development Activities in the US Market  Conduct in-house employee surveys and drive evaluation tests (KNT- Kundennaher Test )- To support the vehicle deveIopment process, the candidate will conduct surveys and drive tests using employees as participants. Driving tests include: coordinating the installation of electronic test equipment into different test vehicles and configuring equipment parameters; using demographic data regarding company employees, identify and schedule driving sessions with employees. Depending on the test, the participants drive the test vehicles either on a prescribed local test route or during their free time on any route of their choice; interviewing the test participants concerning their impressions of the vehicle; download sampled data from the driving sessions from the test equipment; transfer data to computer server for data analysis by engineering experts. Perform necessary liaison and communication with NA and corporate. A very good ability to interact with company employees including upper management who are participating in the drive tests is necessary. Provide support to company development departments concerning component and system development activities in the US. Provide technical expertise, market experience, and liaison to company Marketing, Aftersales, Legal departments. Coordinate and execute vehicle component and system evaluations in the US. Represent and coordinate US market interests concerning product requirements and issues within the KIFA groups during the development process. Communicate development issues and concerns from the KIFA groups to the US market team (ES-US-x and V4-US-x). Persuasion skills are necessary for the incumbent to negotiate consensus between company and NA product teams concerning acceptable product performance levels and behavior, as well as coordination and management of any subsequent escalations within company product groups.

Join Aerotek Automotive(SM), one of the leading providers of engineering and engineering support professionals to the Big 3, suppliers to the Big 3, and many other top automotive clients. Due to our growth, we're constantly on the lookout for qualified professionals to place in contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placement positions across the automotive communities. At Aerotek Automotive, we know it's more than just your day-to-day responsibilities that can make or break à job. It's the support you get. That's the reason Aerotek Automotive offers a variety of benefits including medical, dental, optical, 401k, and many more. Don't put your career in the hands of just anyone, put it in the hands of a specialist. Join the Aerotek Automotive team! Allegis Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers.

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Category:	Other Jobs
	> Automotive
Location:	Woodcliff Lake, NJ
County:	Bergen County
ZIP Code:	07677
Pay Rate:	Open
Job Terms:	full time
Company:	Allegis Group
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