Wheel & Aero Leader (Commercial Vehicles)

Role Purpose
The CV W&A Leader is responsible for end-to-end wheel development and qualification, including design, development, manufacturing APQP, and release. The role ensures aerodynamic performance, mechanical durability, manufacturing feasibility, and cost targets are achieved, while also leading team capability development and supporting future portfolio and technology roadmap needs.

Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end wheel development and qualification activities
Lead pre-development activities aligned with customer STRAP plans
Define best technical solutions with GBE Lead Engineers, Powertrain, and W&A SMEs
Ensure solutions meet aerodynamic, durability, manufacturing, and cost targets
Sign off stage designs and qualification tests as required
Represent W&A in Product Assurance design reviews
Lead root-cause and corrective-action actions for field and development issues
Manage workload, priorities, standardization, and knowledge management across the team
Train, mentor, hire, and develop W&A engineers
Lead UCP and HPD reviews for the team
Maintain team skill balance and support multi-skilling development
Build development plans for key talent with the W&A Domain Leader
Develop future technical roadmap needs for compressors and turbines
Identify portfolio, process, and tool gaps and drive improvement actions
Represent W&A in customer meetings and collect voice-of-customer input

Must-Have Qualifications
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
Minimum 8 years of aero/mechanical development experience
Strong testing and analytical capability
Experience with advanced engineering tools such as CFD, FEA, and Matlab
Proven leadership in a fast-paced technology environment
Strong communication skills
Ability to work across multiple teams with a continuous-improvement mindset
Ability to quickly grasp deep technical issues and connect multiple observations

Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of aero development experience in automotive or industrial turbochargers
5+ years of leadership experience managing a mid-size team (~10 people)
Experience leading multi-regional and multicultural teams