Senior Manager - Sensor (Design & Development)

Role & responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the end-to-end product design function for automotive sensors within the Sensor Division.
• Drive concept-to-production design strategy, balancing innovation, cost-effectiveness, and manufacturability.
• Drive innovation in sensor design, material selection, and packaging to enhance product performance, reliability, and differentiation in the market.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to design engineers for 3D/2D modeling, drawing creation, and release.
• Collaborate with the Lead Sr. GM Sensor to develop design roadmaps, ensure readiness for new technologies, and plan for future sensor platform architectures.
• Ensure design outputs meet internal and external quality standards, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
• Lead design reviews, DFMEA, and DVP&R planning, ensuring risk identification and mitigation.
• Act as a key liaison between design, development, validation, and manufacturing teams to ensure cross- functional alignment.
• Monitor and drive KPI metrics such as design lead time, right-first-time drawings, and issue resolution turnaround.
• Support cost reduction, localization, and VA/VE (Value Analysis/Value Engineering) initiatives through design optimization.
• Represent the design function in customer technical discussions, Engineering presentations, audits, and internal leadership reviews.
• Act as the technical design representative for customer-facing discussions, ensuring clear communication of sensor product designs, features, and capabilities.
• Attend and contribute to customer meetings, design reviews, and audits, providing detailed updates on design progress, changes, and validation outcomes.
• Capture and translate customer requirements into technical specifications, ensuring alignment during the concept and development phases.