The Advanced Weight Lead Engineer is responsible for managing program weight status for one or more vehicle programs starting from early concept approval and continuing through production launch. This individual will work closely with a cross-functional team to track component and vehicle weights over the course of the development life cycle. A primary deliverable for this role includes the creation of competitively based weight targets that are aligned with program functional objectives and corporate greenhouse gas strategy.

• Conduct competitive weight benchmarking
• Establish initial top-down weight estimates for key model variants
• Work with Brand & Planning to develop EPA option weight budget
• Develop capability & weight scorecards (GVWR’s, GAWR’s, Payload, Towing, etc.)
• Develop weight reduction opportunities list, coordinate approval with cross-functional team
• Lead Bill of Materials vali...