Job Code: 260833 Program Manager / Key Account Manager
Job Title: Program Manager / Key Account Manager [Job Code: 260833] Apply to ushire@intent-design.com
The Program Manager leads the planning, execution, and delivery of complex software programs involving multiple projects,
teams, and stakeholders. The role ensures alignment with business strategy, manages cross‑project dependencies, drives governance and
delivers measurable outcomes across the software lifecycle.
Also responsible to grow the Customer Account.
Job Description:
🔹 Program Strategy & Road mapping
• Define program vision, objectives, KPIs, and success criteria.
• Align program direction with product, engineering, architecture, and business teams.
🔹 Cross Project Coordination
• Coordinate multiple related software projects under a unified program.
• Identify and manage dependencies, sequencing, and integration points.
• Ensure consistent delivery across distributed teams.
🔹 Governance & Execution Management
• Establish governance models, stage gates, and decision making structures.
• Maintain program documentation, dashboards, and status reporting.
🔹 Stakeholder & Communication Leadership
• Engage with engineering, product, QA, security, DevOps, and business stakeholders.
• Communicate risks, issues, and progress clearly and proactively.
• Facilitate alignment across cross functional teams.
🔹 Risk, Issue & Change Management
• Identify systemic risks across projects and build mitigation plans.
• Manage escalations and unblock teams.
• Drive change management for new processes, tools, or platforms.
🔹 Budget & Resource Management
• Own program level budgets, forecasting, and resource allocation.
• Optimize team capacity and vendor utilization.
• Track ROI and ensure financial discipline.
Minimum Requirements:
🔹 Technical Understanding
• Strong grasp of software development lifecycle (SDLC), cloud, APIs, integration, DevOps, and architecture concepts.
• Ability to partner with engineering and architects to understand technical constraints.
🔹 Leadership & Influence
• Ability to lead without direct authority.
• Skilled at negotiation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management.
🔹 Analytical & Organizational Skills
• Expertise in dependency mapping, risk analysis, and program planning.
• Strong documentation, reporting, and prioritization skills.
🔹 Communication Skills
• Clear, structured communication with executives and technical teams.
🔹 Experience
• 7–15 years in program/project management, product delivery, or technical leadership.
• Experience managing multi team or multi project software initiatives.
• Certifications (optional): PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Scrum Master.
Work Location: Michigan
Job Code: 260835 Steering Wheel Engineer
Job Title: Steering Wheel Engineer [Job Code: 260835] Apply to ushire@intent-design.com
This position requires an excellent understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and prior experience in automotive engineering. The ideal
candidate demonstrates strong problem-solving skills, ownership, technical curiosity and a desire to work in a fast-paced product development
environment. This is a unique opportunity to own steering wheel development from concept through production while partnering with design,
engineering, safety and supplier teams to deliver innovative solutions that enhance vehicle safety, quality and user experience.
Job Description:
• Perform the design release of steering wheels throughout the entire product lifecycle, including system specification development,
sourcing, packaging, drawing release, design validation, manufacturing support and post-SOP maintenance.
• Work closely with Design Studio, Attributes (NVH, UX), Digital and Interior Engineering teams to develop optimal solutions balancing performance,
mass and cost.
• Manage Tier 1 suppliers for engineering development and program timing while serving as the primary supplier interface.
• Support restraint system integration activities and collaborate with CAE teams to optimize component design.
• Support crash testing and vehicle homologation activities, ensuring components are available and validated for testing needs.
• Drive engineering ownership through all phases of development, from concept through production launch and ongoing support.
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of automotive product development experience, preferably with steering wheels, restraint systems, interior systems, automotive
mechatronics or related components.
• Experience supporting at least one product or vehicle program through the complete development lifecycle from concept through production launch.
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals, including, Mechanics of materials, Material properties and material selection,
Kinematics Failure analysis and root cause investigation
• Application of engineering fundamentals to solve technical challenges Knowledge of metal forming, stamping and plastic injection molding
processes, including associated design rules.
• Experience using GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis (ASME or ISO standards).
• Basic understanding of electronics and automotive networking.
• CAD proficiency with the ability to review packaging, check interfaces and make engineering modifications as needed.
• Demonstrated ability to manage suppliers, drive technical solutions and ensure timely delivery of engineering deliverables.
Work Location: CA or MI, Onsite
Job Code: 260938 Functional Safety Engineer
Job Title: Functional Safety Engineer [Job Code: 260938] Apply to ushire@intent-design.com
We are currently seeking a Technical Specialist, Functional Safety Engineer. This position requires experienced professionals with hands-on
experience in functional safety engineering in the context of ISO 26262 at an OEM or Tier 1. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate
excellence in their respective fields, to possess the ability to learn quickly and to strive for perfection within a fast-paced environment.
Job Description:
• Lead the development of functional safety system requirements and functional decomposition for automotive systems.
• Review and approve HARA, Functional Safety Requirements, Technical Safety Requirements, Validation tests.
• Actively contribute to the definition and/or confirmation of the architecture in the vehicle from the perspective of functional safety.
• Review and approve Development Interface Agreement and other necessary Functional Safety documents for suppliers and other external partners.
• Lead development of functional safety processes and tools.
• Oversee the program Functional safety readiness process and metrics
• Lead development of SOTIF requirements for autonomous driving and core subsystems
• Define the functional safety concept for the system, hardware, and software according to ISO 26262 standards.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, design, and validation engineers to ensure design meets safety requirements.
• Contribute to the decision making at various levels of management driven by systems knowledge and develop detailed requirements.
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop hazard analysis and safety concept
• Support functional safety validation tests.
• Work closely with internal teams and suppliers to define functional safety interfaces between project partners.
• Work in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment with little direct oversight in a collaborative environment.
Minimum Requirements:
• BS minimum in an engineering discipline such as computer science, electrical, electronic or mechatronics engineering.
• A minimum of 8 years of work experience as a functional safety engineer or related role.
• Extensive in-depth knowledge of ISO 26262 and experience developing and delivering the major work products of a functional safety program.
• One year or more of experience performing SOTIF analysis and developing associated work products.
• Proven track record of successes, e.g. having successfully managed Functional Safety analyses of a system or product to make it safer.
• Experience supporting external/third-party reviews of functional safety work products.
• Understanding of the product safety responsibility share between supplier and OEM and ability to articulate technical issues and solutions
to all levels of the business, within and beyond the engineering communities.
• Experience with functional safety tools (e.g. Medini, APIS IQ) and requirements management tools (e.g. Jama).
• Drive to be an advocate for safety across all levels of hardware and software development.
• Excellent writing, verbal and organization skills.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and using related tools
• Knowledge of CMMI and Automotive Spice and their role in delivering a quality product
• Experience developing and delivering embedded system hardware and/or software
Work Location: Michigan, Onsite
Job Code: 261044 Senior Mechanical Engineer - Automotive Display Integration
Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer - Automotive Display Integration [Job Code: 261044] Apply to ushire@intent-design.com
The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for the development of cockpit electronics such as In-Vehicle Infotainment,
cluster and central information displays and interior monitoring products.
Job Description:
• Develops Mechanical product design (automotive Displays which are integrated to Instrument Panel or a Seat back) that are feasible to produce,
while meeting the customer specifications & relevant industry standards / regulations
• Has prior experience in automotive Cluster Display and/or Center stack Display
• Selects materials & performs engineering calculations for mass, strength and required mechanical performance targets
• Has knowledge of design standards for Head impact
• Has knowledge of Cover Lens design using plastic or glass & exposure to coatings applied on the Cover Lens (AR/AG/ AFP/ HC)
• Brings technical know-how on automotive interior packaging and fits & finish
• Has expertise of Packaging of PCBs and exposure to Thermal management
• Owner of the Bill of Material (BoM) during development and for changes
• Provides GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis; Approves 3D & 2D
• Supports DFMEA creation and upkeeping
• Shares information for Thermal simulation & other NVH related FEA studies
• Has knowledge of “Class A” surface Appearance Approval process
• Create product definition that will meet or exceed program QCD targets
• Selects appropriate manufacturing processes such as injection molding, stamping, casting, optical bonding, ultrasonic welding etc.
• Coordinate with suppliers on manufacturing feasibility and tooling
• Supports DV and PV test execution and propose design changes needed
• Coordinate prototype and/or 3D printed parts to assist in development of products and the debugging & resolving of issues
• Proactively solve mechanical problems, design issues, and specification discrepancies with the customers, suppliers, and internal teams
• Travel to customer engineering centers (local) and manufacturing sites as needed during the product launch
• Support Program Development Lead on assigned engineering milestone deliverables as tracked in Promise (Program Management System)
• Participate to RFI/RFQ process by providing the BOM and initial package concept.
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering; Formal post graduate education is a plus
• Minimum 7 years of mechanical engineering role in an OEM or Tier-1 automotive industry
• Experience in Packaging of Automotive Display products or similar
• Experience / exposure to CAD & PLM software (Teamcenter, CATIA, NX or similar)
• Familiarity in understanding the mechanical, thermal, stress, and other FEA simulation results and interpretation
• Familiarity with FMVSS, IATF/TS16949 and ISO/IEC requirements
• Competent using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Manages ambiguity, manages complexity, customer focus.
• Engineering background (electrical, mechatronics, embedded software, systems or similar).
• Experience with radar sensor design, system, calibration and performance measurement.
• Holistic approach and understanding of an In-Cabin Radar system
• Radar system testing and validation experience
• Able to work with electronic hardware, tools, scripts and datasets.
• Structured, detail-oriented approach to testing and documentation.
• Comfortable with
> Windows command-line usage
> CSV/JSON/Excel data handling
> Basic Python scripting, Git/Jira/Confluence,
> Ethernet traffic analysis tools
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally. (<10% international expected)
Work Location: Michigan, Onsite
Job Code: 261145 ETL Developer
Job Title: ETL Developer [Job Code: 261145] Apply to ushire@intent-design.com
We are seeking an ETL Developer with strong experience in Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC/IICS), including
Cloud Data Integration (CDI) and Cloud Application Integration (CAI), along with Azure Synapse Analytics. This role will develop and support
data pipelines, application integrations and data warehouse solutions for enterprise reporting and business operations.
Job Description:
• Design, develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using Informatica CDI to integrate data from databases, enterprise applications, APIs and files.
• Build mappings, mapping tasks, reusable components and taskflows for full and incremental data loads.
• Develop CAI processes, service connectors and REST API integrations, including authentication, orchestration, error handling and monitoring.
• Develop and optimize Azure Synapse SQL queries, stored procedures and data loading processes.
• Implement data warehouse solutions, including fact and dimension tables, slowly changing dimensions, deduplication and deletion handling.
• Perform source-to-target mapping, data validation, reconciliation and data quality checks.
• Troubleshoot production failures, resolve data discrepancies and improve integration performance.
• Collaborate with business analysts, application teams and reporting teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation, test plans, deployment instructions and operational support procedures.
Minimum Requirements:
• 8y of hands-on experience developing integrations using Informatica IDMC/IICS, with strong expertise in both CDI and CAI.
• Strong experience with Azure Synapse Analytics, particularly dedicated SQL pools, distributed tables and query performance tuning.
• Advanced SQL skills, including complex joins, window functions, stored procedures and troubleshooting.
• Experience with REST APIs, JSON/XML, OAuth 2.0, pagination, retries and exception handling.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, dimensional modeling, incremental loading and ETL/ELT design.
• Experience integrating relational databases, cloud storage, flat files and enterprise applications.
• Ability to investigate production issues independently and communicate clearly with technical and business teams.
Work Location: Santa Ana, CA
