Team Leader - Safety Attachments

As a Team Lead within the Chassis function, you will be responsible for leading end-to-end engineering of safety attachments for commercial vehicles. You will drive project execution in collaboration with global teams, ensure adherence to regulatory and quality standards, and lead a team of engineers to deliver defect-free products aligned with project timelines.

This role requires strong technical expertise in automotive design, program management capability, and leadership acumen to enhance team capability, foster innovation, and support cross-functional business objectives.

• Lead the design, development, validation, and release of frame-mounted safety systems, including rear and side underrun protection systems

• Deliver project milestones and Quality Gate requirements in line with time, quality, and cost objectives

• Drive engineering decisions balancing safety, quality, manufacturability, cost, and customer needs

• Ensure compliance with global regulations, internal standards, and product development processes

• Lead verification, validation, and proactive project risk management

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of seven engineers and system leads

• Drive performance, capability development, and succession planning

• Build a culture of ownership, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement

• Collaborate with engineering and project teams across Germany, Türkiye, Brazil, and India

• Represent the team in global reviews, technical discussions, and management reporting

• Build strong cross-functional and cross-regional relationships to ensure successful project execution

• Drive material cost-efficiency targets, key performance indicators, and engineering best practices

• Champion digitalization, design optimization, complexity reduction, and cost improvement

• Ensure adherence to Daimler Truck policies, quality standards, and internal processes while promoting safety, integrity, and accountability

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering; a master’s degree is an advantage

• Extensive experience in automotive product development, ideally within a commercial vehicle OEM

• Proven leadership of engineering teams in an OEM and experience in global, multicultural organizations

• Strong expertise in commercial vehicle structures, frame systems, and safety attachments

• Sound program management knowledge and understanding of automotive development and release processes

• Proven people leadership and engineering talent development

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and intercultural collaboration skills

• Ability to influence across functions and locations, with a business-oriented and improvement-driven mindset