Director, Ame

**About Fisker Inc.**

**Role Overview**:

- Oversees the entire Engineering and Quality departments and technologies
- Disciplinary responsible for Engineering and Quality team member in department, including target setting and performance measurement
- Maintains a high level of safety awareness and drives the safety activities
- Responsible for safety, people, quality, processes, product, production, budget/cost and lean production system
- Focuses on effective and efficient output on Engineering and Quality
- Focuses on existing recourse usage and plans for future resource requirements
- Develops strategies for Engineering and Quality operations and sets goals and ensures that targets are met

**Responsibilities**:

- Leads, develops and coaches the team and the team member
- Leads, manages, and develops team member to optimize Engineering and Quality systems by assigning tasks, reviewing performance, coaching, etc.
- Leads and develops team member in problem solving and improvements
- Manages the Engineering and Quality operation investment and budget and monitors
- Identifies, maintains and ensures target and project milestone achievements
- Supports other areas/departments cross-functional and the service provider
- Develops optimal and flexible Engineering and Quality strategies
- Collaborates with all interface teams to ensure optimal output
- Ensures alignment between internal contributors and with the suppliers
- Acts as interface between HQ Engineering and QA and other cross functional teams
- Coordinates tasks and deliverables with central Engineering team
- Regularly reports onsite and project status to HQ
- Develops and implements risk mitigation strategies
- Ensures that new project strategy and project start fulfills the business needs and is executed in time and quality
- Coordinates resources, provides clear direction and timelines for deliverables, and delegates tasks across own team, regional team and global team
- Assures process and product continuous improvement
- Responsible for planning and realization vehicle and structure projects
- Performs other duties as assigned by management
- Flexible traveling domestic and international

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor or master’s degree in engineering or manufacturing
- 8+ years related professional experience including 6 years supervisory experience, preferably in an automotive or manufacturing environment
- 5+ years management and leadership skills including budgeting, delegating, coaching
- 5+ years knowledge of production, processes, product and concepts
- 5+ years ability to effectively lead people, projects and find solutions to problems
- 5+ years ability to clearly understand and communicate complex ideas and concepts
- Creative, energetic, self-motivated and highly organized and structured
- Ability to work in a fast-paced company with focus on critical deadlines
- Strong accuracy and attention to detail skills with high level of initiative and sound judgement
- Clear understanding for practical product development processes
- Solid communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)
- Professional English skills, German preferred