Works under self-management within projects of basic to moderate scope and/ or task constraints and will provide input to define solutions, methods, and procedures on assignments. Provides guidance and mentoring on the design, configuration, configuration, and deployment of standard technical solutions to Implementation Consultants and Associate Consultants for own area of specialism. Actively participate in Country Communities of Practice, in own area of specialist knowledge, and contribute to the definition of new, and maintenance of existing, best practices and templates, providing experiences to support continual improvement. Contributes to the definition and maintenance of best practices and curates templates in own area of specialism, providing experiences to support continual improvement. This will work directly with the customer to provide both mentoring and engineering services in Advanced and Compliant Variation Analysis (VSA) supporting the Dimensional Variation Analysis (DVA) process. This position will also act as a liaison between the customer and VSA product management in the collaboration regarding new technology and evolution of the current solution. • Deliver high quality production studies that meets or exceeds customer expectations • Deliver comprehensive mentoring in VSA techniques within the customer’s organization increasing the knowledge base of the extended team • Develop methodology to optimize the utilization of VSA increasing value to the customer • Contribute to the alignment of future technology to real world customer use cases • Understand the alignment of PLM to the VSA process and guide the customer to optimize utilization Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college, preferably with software engineering background, Advanced Degree may be substituted for industry experience Experience in the technical leadership of large software implementation projects Automotive manufacturing experience Excellent presentation skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, to present sophisticated issues to multi-level audiences and effectively communicate progress, status and issues to internal and external Customers. Proven team leadership skills Advanced knowledge of Siemens VSA software suite including FEA and Flex modeling. Strong understanding of automotive manufacturing / assembly methods and related industry standards. Location: Any Major Midwest or Eastern U.S. City Expected Travel requirements: 5%