Automotive Engineer

Summary

Responsible for leading the suppliers through a go-fast application ready development of new Handle opening system.

Responsible for leading and managing the suppliers through development stages and release parts that are ready for production tooling.

Responsible for ensuring tooled parts are validated per PPAP requirements.

Responsible for keeping project timing of activities, driving for milestone deliverable compliance, and keeping client management involved and aware of progress and any roadblocks.

• Work closely with suppliers to develop product design.
• Track delivery milestones and planning that achieve scheduled PPAP.
• Perform design, CAD, drawing reviews
• Run and coordinate analytical verification (simulation, calculation, stack-up, T&E)
• Review product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, requirements, and related specifications. (Health chart/Checklist)
• Coordinate activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Integrates all known Product, Process & Lessons Learned issues into the FMEA.
• Coordinates supplier validation testing and review the test reports.
• Coordinates client internal vehicle and sub-system validation testing.
• Regular communication with the involved internal/external technical groups.
• Prepare interim and completion project reports.
• Prepare technical presentations.
• Release for production (WERS) / support the production (SREA, Alerts)
• Manage storage of supplier design data in client system/folders (CAD, Drawings, CAE models)

• Mechanisms development experience (preferably related to latching, handles, and exterior mechanisms)
• Strong knowledge of engineering plastics and steels, and manufacturing processes such as molding, stampings, castings.
• Preferred experience and knowledge of water management and sealing design, greases, painted plastics.
• Preferred experience and understanding of electronics such as microswitches and small harnesses.
• Perform (as needed) and lead suppliers with tolerance analysis studies
• Awareness and preferred capability of tolerance analytical tools such as C-Tol, 3
  
  DCS, Enventive, VSA, etc..
• Awareness and preferred capability of CAE tools (ADAMS, Working Model, CATIA FEA, Hypermesh, etc..)
• Engineering expertise with DFMEA (including B/P-Diagram, RDM, Interface Matrix), DVP&R, DOE, Problem Solving & 6-sigma tools (5D/8D/6-panel, etc..), SPC methods, Statistical analysis, DFM/DFA, GD&T.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Work in CATIA V5/V6 and Teamcenter/Enovia for CAD reviews and basic design work
• Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Power Point)