Program Engineer

Job Description
GREENSBORO, NC
PROGRAM ENGINEER
Program Engineer is responsible for the Customer assigned program. Primary responsibility is to manage all aspects of the relationship between the customer design and engineering team and the PKC production plant(s). Incumbent will be responsible for receiving designs from the customer and setting the part(s) up in the PKC system. Will be responsible to work with the customer to resolve any issues found with the design and work to get corrected documentation for PKC to build the harness correctly. Will be responsible for tracking all new feature launches for assigned customer platform to ensure they are implemented on time and in budget.
Your tasks.

• Daily communication with customer engineering team.
• Must be able to read customer harness drawings to help resolve issues as they arise.
• Responsible for leading the PKC plant through new project launches. Creating and maintaining timing plans and holding weekly meetings to review program status.
• Manage the customer relationship with the objective of remaining a strong partnership.
• Maintain all tracking documentation needed for PKC plant, includes latest drawing revisions, latest specification revisions, program parts list, program APQP issues list and new component tracking.
• Will spend considerable time on-site with customer's engineering department.

Your profile.

• Education and Experience:

Minimum

• Bachelor Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• At least three (3) years relevant work experience as a program engineer or relevant engineering role, including experience in automotive industry and in wire harness design and manufacturing.
• Prior experience in a role that required frequent interface with the customer.

Preferred

• 5 years of electrical distribution systems experience
• PMP Credential
• Experience in automotive industry
• Experience in wire harness industry
• Bilingual, English and Spanish

Skill/ knowledge requirements:

• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office and have advanced-level skills with Excel
• Print and Schematic Knowledge
• LEAN

Business/Technical Knowledge:

• Understanding of APQP
• 5 Phase, 8D, 5 whys
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Project Management - Plans and executes responsibilities with minimal direction.
• Technical ability to trouble-shoot and rework harness issues found by customer as needed.

Working Conditions:

• Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time, both domestically and internationally supporting program activities.
• Medium physical activity - ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• High level of initiative, be able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Able to manage stressful situations and deadline pressures.
• Plans and executes responsibilities with minimal direction.

What we offer.

• The position is a regular active, full time role with competitive total rewards.
• We are a EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Vets/VEVRAA Federal contractor.

About Us
Motherson is a multinational, people-focused enterprise serving a diversified industry range with a broad range of products and services, and is one of the 22 largest automotive suppliers worldwide. With facilities spread across 41 countries and the strength of 135,000 employees, the company has a truly global environment where diversity and inclusion drive our culture. PKC Group , a member of Motherson Group is a trusted partner in the global commercial vehicle wiring harness industry. We provide our customers, leading industry expertise with a full-service concept of design capabilities and deliver tailored, cost-efficient solutions to them. Our unique know-how in managing the complexity of customized products and the ability to integrate into the customers operating environment provides a competitive advantage to our customers. If you are passionate about making an impact, we invite you to be part of our team.