Technology Integrity Master

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Technology Integrity Master to lead risk management, technology maturity assessment, and knowledge management activities across our New Product Introduction (NPI) process. This role serves as the technical authority for ensuring product integrity, balancing innovation and business objectives with robust risk identification, mitigation, and validation practices.

The Technology Integrity Master will provide end-to-end leadership of NPI Phase 1-6 risk management activities, approve technology maturity and phase exit readiness, and drive continuous improvement of engineering standards and knowledge-sharing practices. This position plays a critical role in enabling successful product launches while ensuring technical excellence and customer confidence.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Risk Management & Mitigation

• Drive risk identification, analysis, and mitigation activities throughout the NPI lifecycle.
• Develop and oversee risk reduction plans to address critical technical and program risks.
• Ensure alignment with internal validation requirements and customer expectations.
• Partner with Design & Controls teams to achieve project milestones and quality objectives.
• Support and resolve customer escalations related to product risk and reliability concerns.

Own Technology Maturity & Validation Governance

• Approve technology readiness levels, phase exits, and product release recommendations.
• Assess reliability and risk at key development milestones using predictive reliability methodologies.
• Lead the planning and execution of validation strategies, including simulation, component testing, and customer application validation.
• Ensure products meet maturity, performance, and reliability requirements before launch.

Drive Technical Governance & Product Integrity

• Establish and maintain standardized technical maturity assessment processes.
• Identify validation gaps and communicate associated risks to stakeholders.
• Facilitate design reviews and ensure lessons learned are integrated early in product development.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve launch readiness and achieve product maturity goals.

Champion Knowledge Management & Continuous Improvement

• Own engineering knowledge management processes related to electric boosting and fuel cell technologies.
• Continuously improve risk management methodologies through lessons learned and best-practice integration.
• Maintain and enhance engineering standards, guidelines, checklists, and standard work processes.
• Collaborate with Engineering Centers of Excellence, Product Line teams, and Application Engineering leaders to identify capability gaps and develop training solutions.
• Coach engineers and project teams on advanced risk management and reliability practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience working with electrical products in automotive or industrial environments.

• Strong technical expertise in:

• Electrical motors

• Power electronics/controllers

• Associated software systems

• Demonstrated experience leading technical risk management and product validation activities.

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

• Strong problem-solving skills and experience utilizing structured methodologies such as 8D.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Green Belt, Black Belt, Lean Expert, or similar continuous improvement certification.

• Deep knowledge of reliability and quality tools, including:

• Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

• Failure Analysis

• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

• P-Diagrams

• Duty Cycle Analysis

• Validation Planning

• Experience developing and delivering technical training programs.

• Knowledge of electric boosting, electrification, fuel cell, or advanced propulsion technologies.

What Success Looks Like

• Risks are identified and mitigated early in the development process.
• Technology maturity assessments support confident business and launch decisions.
• Product validation activities are executed efficiently and effectively.
• Engineering teams consistently apply lessons learned and best practices.
• Product launches achieve quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction objectives.

Why Join Us?

You''ll have the opportunity to shape the integrity and reliability of cutting-edge technologies, influence major product development decisions, and help build a culture of technical excellence across a global engineering organization.

Apply today and help drive innovation with confidence, quality, and integrity.

The salary range for this role is between $124K and $201K.

• Note that this range represents the pay range for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, education, training, and/or experience. In exceptional circumstances, compensation may exceed the posted salary range.

In addition to the annual base salary this role offers the below:

Benefits: We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance. In addition we also offer Flexible spending accounts, Life/AD&D insurance, Short term and Long term disability insurance, and hospital indemnity insurance.

401 (K) Retirement Plan: Garrett also provides a 401(k) Retirement Plan through Fidelity with pre-tax, post-tax and ROTH contribution options. There may be an annual discretionary match provided by Garrett based on company performance.

Garrett provides paid holidays, vacations, and sick days. Additional details will be shared through the new hire process.

Garrett is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.

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