Engineering Project Management (Automotive)

Location: Garching, Bavaria, Germany; hybrid work with most office-based roles onsite three days a week

Company

hirify.global develops automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation technologies, including integrated technology platforms for connected vehicles.

What you will do

• Lead cross-functional teams delivering complex automotive products and services from concept through launch and stable serial production.
• Define program objectives, governance, communication strategies, planning, budgets, forecasts, and performance tracking.
• Manage timing, quality, profitability, product cost, risks, issues, changes, scope, and customer-facing change control.
• Act as the primary interface for OEM customers and executive stakeholders, providing status reporting, escalation management, and decision support.
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, purchasing, sales, and commercial functions through industrialization, ramp-up, and post-launch stabilization.
• Support RFIs, RFQs, feasibility assessments, technical solutions, commercial proposals, value management, and cost optimization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 8–10 years of experience in product development and/or program management, including leadership of complex cross-functional programs in automotive or a similarly demanding industry.
• Proven success leading and launching complex products from business award through stable serial production.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level customer interactions.
• Understanding of product development processes, program management methodologies, financial management, and P&L principles.
• Ability to drive decisions, resolve conflicts, manage risks, and perform effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Nice to have

• Experience managing large-scale automotive OEM programs and serving as the primary customer interface for executive stakeholders.
• Master of Science, technical degree, or MBA.
• PMP certification.
• Automotive supplier or Tier 1 electronics background.
• Direct experience with applicable customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment balancing flexibility with in-person collaboration.
• Employee discounts on hirify.global and Samsung products, including JBL, hirify.global Kardon, and AKG.
• Learning and development through hirify.global University programs.
• Inclusive and diverse environment supporting professional and personal development.
• Opportunity to work with emerging automotive and connected-technology solutions.