Acts as the vendor's single point of technical accountability for the SDS-G on a new program, reporting to the client's leadership and serving as the primary escalation path for both parties. Owns overall technical direction, resourcing, and delivery of all engineered components against program timing, cost, and quality targets. • Manage vendor team resources and distribute work to meet the program timing. • Provide technical guidance and leadership to the engineering team, making design decisions and ensuring components meet the clients requirements. • Guide material selection and manufacturing technology choices to balance build volume against capital investment, subject to the clients sign-off. • Track mass and program cost/spend against targets. • Serve as primary point of contact and escalation lead between the vendor team and the clients Lead Engineer/Management team. • Ensure the vendor team operates independently while using the clients Lead Engineer effectively to achieve overall program goals. • Represent the vendor at program gateway reviews and status presentations to the clients leadership. Requirements • 10+ years of automotive or vehicle-systems engineering experience, including senior technical leadership roles. • Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams through prototype to production-intent vehicle programs. • Strong working knowledge of structural, mechanical, and packaging integration for exterior/interior vehicle systems. • Experience managing supplier relationships, DFM processes, and component release through PPAP. • Proven ability to manage cost, mass, and timing targets across a multi-workstream program. Preferred - • Experience with sensor/pod integration on autonomous or ADAS-equipped vehicles. • Familiarity with CATIA/3DExperience (ENOVIA) PLM environments. • Prior experience working directly with an OEM (e.g., Hyundai) on base-vehicle interface negotiations. Duration: October 2026 - June 2027 (9 months)