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In partnership with leading OEMs, we design and deliver highly engineered solutions that create the ultimate access experience for consumers.\nWhat sets us apart is how we work and the people who make it happen. Guided by our culture pillars, Think New, Do Together, and Own It, we collaborate across disciplines and take ownership of meaningful challenges. Our people bring new ideas to life and turn ambition into impact. If you’re an integrator, problem solver, or forward thinker who wants to do work that matters, you’ll find the opportunity here to grow your craft and contribute to something bigger that shapes the future of the automotive industry.\nReady to help shape the future of access? Join us at Strattec.\nKey Responsibilities:\n Ideation & Teardowns: Lead physical product teardowns and competitive benchmarking workshops to identify cost-out opportunities (e.g., material substitution, weight reduction, process optimization).\n Business Case Development: Calculate the financial feasibility of optimization ideas, factoring in implementation costs, modification charges (MOD), tooling updates, and payback periods.\nCross-Functional Orchestration: Coordinate validation testing between Quality, Engineering, and Procurement to ensure ideas are approved without risking product performance.\nSupplier-Led Innovation: Facilitate VAVE workshops directly with key suppliers to uncover cost savings hidden in their manufacturing tiers or raw material supply chains.\nProject Management: Track a portfolio of cost-out projects from raw idea through testing, regulatory approval, and factory implementation [VAVE Project Manager].\nManage complex, multi-team technical programs with multiple interconnected workstreams from kickoff through deployment.\nTranslate product requirements into technical roadmaps, technical milestones, and engineering deliverables.\nIdentify, track, and mitigate technical risks, technical bottlenecks, and resource constraints before they impact delivery dates.\nOwn the program schedule, establishing realistic milestones, managing technical dependencies, and driving accountability across engineering squads.\nParticipate in technical design reviews to ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with long-term infrastructure goals.\nFacilitate technical trade-off decisions between engineering and product teams, balancing speed-to-market against technical debt.\nEnforce engineering excellence standards, ensuring appropriate testing, code quality, security protocols, and documentation are integrated into the program lifecycle.\nCommunication & Stakeholder Alignment\nServe as the primary technical point of contact for cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Security, Compliance, and executive leadership.\nSynthesize complex technical status reports into clear, actionable executive updates, translating engineering metrics into business impacts.\n Lead post-mortems and root-cause analyses (RCA) for program failures or major deployment incidents to drive continuous process improvement.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\n Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a hybrid technical-commercial field. Certification in Value Engineering (e.g., CVS or VMA) is highly preferred.\n Experience: 4-6 years managing technical cost-reduction or continuous improvement programs in a high-volume production sector (e.g., automotive, consumer electronics)\n Skills: Value engineering methodologies, financial acumen (ROI/TCO analysis), and strong project management capabilities.\nWhat We Offer\nOur benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and life outside of work.\nCompetitive compensation package, including base pay, regular salary reviews, and short-term incentive opportunities\nComprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage with eligibility starting day one\nPaid time off for vacation, holidays, sick time, and bereavement for eligible employees\n401(k) retirement savings plan with company match up to 5 percent and immediate vesting\nCompany-paid life insurance coverage to support you and your beneficiaries\nWellness program supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing, plus opportunities to volunteer and give back to your community\nAdditional local benefits may apply depending on location or facility\n\nStrattec is an equal opportunity employer. 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