The Chief Engineer, Vehicle Strategy & Integration is a senior leadership role responsible for defining, aligning and delivering the Australian vehicle engineering strategy. The role integrates vehicle architecture, customer adaptation, support functions and project execution to ensure locally relevant, commercially viable and technically robust solutions.
The primary purpose of the Chief Engineer, Vehicle Strategy & Integration position is to Lead the end-to-end vehicle strategy and integration for the Australian market, ensuring alignment between global platforms and local customer, regulatory and commercial requirements. You will drive execution excellence that supports business growth, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
* Define and own the Australian vehicle engineering strategy and technical roadmap
* Translate market, customer and regulatory requirements into engineering direction
* Lead maintenance product changes
* Oversee product readiness and engineering release quality
* Influence global product development to optimise local product-market fit
* Complete vehicle integration
* Lead vehicle architecture and system integration across all Australian applications
* Own the end-to-end delivery of the technical roadmap for Australian vehicle ranges
* Manage planning, prioritization, and total backlog for all Australian vehicle ranges
* Ensure effective use of systems (Project office, Quest, quoting, PMR) for tracking, forecasting and reporting
* Project Management Engineering for start cost
* Ensure customer solutions are technically sound, commercially viable and scalable
* Deliver vehicle architecture and geometrical packaging
* Be the customer adaptation interface for GTT Brisbane
* Product structure oversight and preparation.
* Interface with global stakeholders (BGL, GOT, GSO) to align on overseas deliveries
* Influence prioritisation and trade-offs in a complex, matrixed environment
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