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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Hybrid
What you will do:
The Engineering Project Leader (EPL) provides technical leadership and coordination across all engineering activities within a program, bridging program management and engineering execution. The EPL leads a multidisciplinary engineering team through the full product development lifecycle, ensuring technical deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality and performance standards. The EPL is accountable for planning, coordinating, assessing, and controlling engineering execution across the product lifecycle, including requirements definition and decomposition, system and product development, integration and testing, engineering builds, system transition, and product release. This role ensures alignment to customer and OEM requirements while driving risk-informed, system-level decisions and successful transition of products into manufacturing and operations.
How you will do it:
Lead and matrix-manage a multidisciplinary engineering team, integrating activities across systems, functional, product, and other engineering disciplines to achieve technical, timing, cost, quality, BOM, and industrialization targets.
Serve as the primary technical authority for the program, ensuring engineering execution aligns with product requirements, program objectives, customer expectations, and overall project commitments.
Partner closely with the Program Manager to align technical execution with overall program scope, schedule, cost, resources, quality, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercial objectives.
Own engineering project planning, including development of engineering milestones, cross-functional sub-milestones, work packages, resource plans, and detailed engineering schedules aligned with the overall program schedule.
Lead engineering execution throughout the product lifecycle and V-model, including requirements decomposition and definition, design and development, system integration, verification and validation, testing, and product/system release.
Monitor and control engineering cost, schedule, quality, performance, and technical maturity; conduct technical reviews and audits and drive corrective and preventive actions when required.
Ensure achievement of required product maturity and readiness throughout development, including technology readiness, design maturity, system readiness, and manufacturing readiness.
Own and drive product and system release activities, ensuring required engineering deliverables, approvals, documentation, and readiness criteria are completed on schedule.
Lead engineering gate deliverables and technical reviews, including requirements sign-off, design sign-off, safety sign-off, DFMEA, DVP&R, and other program-specific engineering milestones.
Own product Bill of Material (BOM) approval and release, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with engineering and manufacturing requirements.
Coordinate system analysis, decision management, risk management, and technical trade-off activities to enable timely, well-informed engineering decisions.
Prepare technical decision options and recommendations for change control boards, leadership reviews, and management escalation.
Tailor engineering standards, processes, and methodologies to meet the specific needs and complexity of the program while maintaining required engineering rigor.
Coordinate configuration management, information management, engineering measurements, and technical documentation to maintain control and traceability of program information.
Plan and manage engineering sample builds, including sample planning, build readiness, engineering build management, sample release, and adherence to timing and quality requirements.
Serve as the primary engineering interface to manufacturing, supporting successful realization of engineering and sample builds and ensuring manufacturing requirements are incorporated into engineering execution.
Own the timely release of engineering documentation and technical information required by manufacturing plants to execute sample builds and support product realization.
Lead system transition to production and/or operations, including readiness, installation, acceptance, and handoff activities.
Act as the primary internal technical interface to program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, commercial, and other cross-functional organizations.
Serve as the primary external technical interface for the customer/OEM engineering team, ensuring technical alignment, communication, issue resolution, and adherence to customer requirements.
Organize and lead cross-functional engineering meetings, establish agendas, drive actions, and ensure timely resolution of technical issues and decisions.
Manage engineering documentation and maintain a complete, accurate, and controlled archive of technical information throughout the program lifecycle.
What We Look For
Required
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or related discipline); advanced degree a plus
6–10+ years of experience in engineering product development or project execution, with demonstrated technical leadership
Strong technical depth in design, validation, and development processes, including system-level integration and trade-off analysis
Working knowledge of APQP, DFMEA, DVP&R, Automotive SPICE (ASPICE), and functional safety (ISO 26262)
Preferred
Experience with automotive or battery-systems development preferred
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What you get:
Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire
Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
Parental and caregiver leave programs
All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership
HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility
Clarios has been recognized as one of 2026's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the fourth consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction.
Who we are:
Clarios is the force behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials—setting the standard for sustainability in our industry. At Clarios, we’re not just making batteries; we’re shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact. Discover your potential at Clarios—where your power meets endless possibilities.
Veterans/Military Spouses:
We value the leadership, adaptability, and technical expertise developed through military service. At Clarios, those capabilities thrive in an environment built on grit, ingenuity, and passion—where you can grow your career while helping to power progress worldwide. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to protected characteristics.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or other protected characteristics protected by law. As a federal contractor, we are committed to not discriminating against any applicant or employee based on these protected statuses. We will also take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, and all characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.
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