[Hiring] Technical Consultant @Thornley Corporate Solutions

Role Description

A global automotive electronics and systems supplier is establishing its North American presence and is looking for an experienced technical consultant to work with its customer engineering activity on a part-time, contract basis.

This is a peer-to-peer engineering engagement, not a sales role. There is no quota, no territory and no cold calling.

What you'll do

• Maintain and build technical relationships within HVAC and electrical engineering functions at GM, Ford or Stellantis
• Review incoming technical RFQs and help structure the response
• Engage OEM engineering contacts engineer to engineer, diagnose requirements and open early technical conversations
• Work alongside the client's sales executives on live opportunities, providing the technical read

Qualifications

• Background as a Design Release Engineer, Chief Engineer, Commodity Engineer or engineering manager at GM, Ford or Stellantis, or at a Tier 1 supplying them
• Specialist domain experience in automotive HVAC and electrical systems
• An active network inside OEM engineering
• Comfortable working independently with minimal structure
• Advantage: able to communicate directly with China-based engineering and commercial teams

Benefits

• $40 to $50 per hour, depending on experience
• A $20,000 to $30,000 annual guarantee, paid on top of the hourly rate
• Genuinely flexible, low hours
• Remote

Company Description

The client is well established in China and Europe, with existing production business with a North American OEM. Its product range covers electrical systems, sensors and control units, washer systems, and moulded plastic components. In North America it is building from a standing start.