• Novi, Michigan
• Automotive
• 95K
• Full Time regular employee
•  8:00～16:00

Job Description

【Position】
 Associate Project Manager

【Summary】
SC Automotive Engineering USA (SCAE US) is an Engineering Solutions Provider (ESP) for the Mobility Industry. We work closely with our customers as an integrated partner to truly understand the spoken and unspoken pain points. Our team develops and proposes the greatest value-add solution to advance the strategy and development goals of the customer.
Our team leverages our internal and external network of partners to create unique end-to-end offerings that other service providers could not. We are constantly working with and monitoring cutting edge technologies to provide our customers with new approaches to the same old problems.
As companies transition into the world of connected, autonomous, shared, and electrified (CASE) technologies, we support, guide, and lead those effort. Our expertise in project management, industry standards/methodologies, and full V-cycle development makes SCAEUS a great resource and partner for any project type.
We are looking to add a smart and eager-to-contribute individual for an Associate Project Manager role to help accelerate the already growing business operations at SCAEUS.

【Essential Duties】
1) Proactively support, manage, and lead the successful commercial and technical activities to
make an engineering project successful.
2) Lead and perform the delivery of several tasks during the execution of the customer
projects – beginning with Field Operation Testing (FOT) project management.
3) Learn new engineering concepts, equipment, software tools for successful delivery.
4) Create written reports (MS Word/Powerpoint/MS Project) for the project status and new
proposals.
5) Communicate with customers (both in the US and Japan) with the support from the
supervisor and team.
6) Propose proactively in engineering projects towards expansion of the business.

【Working Hours, Working style】
- Approximately 40 hours per week
- Office setting must be able to sit and work on a computer for extended periods of
time, ability to walk and stand, travel as needed.

【Working Location】
 - Novi, MI (main office); This is an in-office role
- At external project sites in the US, during project period
 Customer site in CA – regular travel expected in 2024 to support
customer project (~50% of time will be spend in CA in 2024 to oversee
project work)
- Post-2024 business travel expected in the US
 Primarily local day-trips
 Overnight trips: 3-4 days per trip / 1-3 trips per month

【Salary, Benefit】
 Annual Base Salary = $95,000
Annual Target Bonus = 10%
Paid Time Off = 10 vacation days + 8 occasional days + 14 holidays (anticipated)
Choice of 3 different Medical plans, +Dental, +Vision
Life Insurance, Disability, +others
401k match = up to 5% (for 6% individual contribution)
Customized Career Development Roadmap for personal and professional development,
with expectation of candidate growth within the company to higher roles and more
responsibility. This may include tuition reimbursement up to $10,000/year for company
approved education.

【Holidays】

【Qualifications】
 (a) 4+ years of professional engineering experience. Very strong foundational engineering
skills.
a. Must Have:
1 Bilingual - Fluency in both English and Japanese
2 Vehicle Validation Experience – ADAS, Quality and Reliability Testing,
Prototype vehicle testing, Field Validation, Product launch, Prototype build etc.
3 Proven successful technical leadership and delivery of vehicle
programs/product and validation testing.
4 The ability to think strategically and create proposals/solutions to address
customer pain points.
b. Nice to Have:
1 Additional engineering experience in one or more: Software Defined Vehicle
(SDV), Quality and Reliability Engineering, Supplier Quality
2 Knowledge of Automotive prototype builds, manufacturing processes, new
technologies and trends in the Autonomous space.
3 OEM and Tier1 experience
(b) Self-motivated, proactive, urgent, enthusiastic, ambitious, & passionately curious
(c) Open to learn new engineering skills, commercial skills, tools, ideas etc.
(d) IT skills (MS power point, MS Words, spreadsheets, MS Project etc.)
(e) Open to working in multi-national team
(f) Willingness and desire to tap into personal network and previous employers to acquire
new business opportunities in the future
(g) Professional Certifications, PMP desired, but not required

EDUCATION
(a) Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
a. Mechanical, Automotive Systems, Electrical, Computer Science, Software
(b) Master’s Degree and/or MBA (Nice to have)
 

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