Design Release Engineer

Role Overview:

The Design Responsible Engineer for 12V power electronic electromechanical components acts as the technical owner of the assigned component family.
The role involves close collaboration with internal specialists, designers and external suppliers, as well as cross‑functional interaction with Purchasing, Manufacturing Plants, Bench Testing, Quality, and other relevant departments.

The position aims to ensure that products meet performance, quality, innovation, and reliability targets throughout the entire development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Ownership & Product Strategy

• Create, maintain, and continuously update technical specifications and design rules for the product family.
• Ensure continuous innovation and alignment with market and competitor benchmarks.
• Define robust technical solutions to achieve assigned performance and quality targets.

Development & Supplier Coordination

• Prepare and manage technical documentation for sourcing activities.
• Support component development in close cooperation with suppliers and Stellantis cross‑functional teams.
• Ensure compliance with technical deliverables and project milestones.

Validation & Release Management

• Define and approve validation test plans.
• Coordinate HW/SW releases, ensuring alignment with validation activities.
• Track validation progress, including issue management and bug‑fix follow‑up.
• Define and implement countermeasures in case of technical issues or delays.
• Approve test results and manage related deviations.

Virtual & Physical Validation

• Understand and support Virtual Validation Analysis as an integral part of the design process.
• Contribute to the development of new validation methods and performance targets.
• Support Physical Validation activities, collaborating on the definition of new testing approaches and criteria.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Support Root Cause Analysis activities.
• Define technical solutions aimed at quality improvement of vehicles in production, ensuring compliance with quality targets.