Technical Lead Jobs in Michigan

Core Dynamics Axle & Controls is seeking a highly motivated Subsystem Technical Lead to lead technical program management across one or more vehicle lines. This role serves as the primary liaison between the design team and cross-functional areas including vehicle program management, engineering, and manufacturing. This role sits in Chassis & Dynamics within Vehicle Engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership: Drive technical program execution from development through end-of-life, ensuring alignment across all functional teams.
• System Integration: Ensure systems meet all functional and performance requirements while achieving targets for cost, weight, investment, timing, and quality.
• Issue Resolution & Support: Lead resolution of engineering and quality issues throughout all program phases. Provide hands-on support for bulletin responses, including concept development, packaging studies, cost/weight analysis, prototype procurement, supplier coordination, sourcing, tooling, validation, and launch.
• Launch Support: Act as a visible and active member of the launch team, supporting plant development and onsite activities.
• Development Planning: Define, communicate, and maintain the vehicle development plan to ensure feature availability and vehicle behavior consistency throughout the program lifecycle.
• Requirements Management: Release specifications to suppliers and manage requirement changes via Design Change Requests (DCRs), ensuring alignment with product planning, supplier feedback, and issue resolution.
• Warranty & Quality: Post-launch, lead warranty performance initiatives and manage warranty tables for all assigned commodities to meet targets.
• Value Optimization: Champion cost-saving initiatives through teardown events, supplier VO meetings, and idea processing via the ILO (0-4) framework to meet program value targets.