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Development Engineer

Linamar Corporation
Livonia, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 11/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/24/2025
Please Note

JOB DESCRIPTION

This position is on-site.

At this time, we are not able to offer current or future work authorization transfer or sponsorship.

Development Engineer

RESPONSBILITIES

  • Support component and system design activities as needed.
  • Support Bill of Material vendor selection and supplier development activities as required.
  • Lead quoting exercises for engineering, development, and technical services.
  • Prepare prototype build control plans, assembly manuals, fixtures and tooling.
  • Own the design validation plan and report (DVP&R) from inception to completion.
  • Prepare technical reports and presentations as required.
  • Lead root cause analysis of failures both internally (DV/PV test) and externally (field warranty).
  • Evaluate and translate customer requirements into project specifications and milestones.
  • Participate in internal and external project team meetings.
  • Understand and adhere to program timelines and APQP deliverables.
  • Drive strict adherence to change management disciplines (change request/ engineering changes, version and rev control, release practices).
  • Translate DFMEAs into DVP&R requirements.
  • Drive closed –loop handling of all prototypes and test issues to ensure continuous improvement and prevent reoccurring failures.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Equivalent
  • 1 to 5 years of engineering experience
  • Familiarity with powertrain / power transmission systems.
  • Product component and assembly drawings.
  • Ability to work in industry standard solid modeling programs such as Pro-E, Unigraphics, Catia, Solidworks, IDEAs.
  • Must possess good written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to communicate within a group or team environment.
  • Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of theoretical and practical problems.
  • Ability to deal with challenging timelines, changing customer requirements, or multiple projects at once while maintaining focus, drive, passion for the teams’ goals.

Physical Requirements

  • These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.
  • The employee may lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds.
  • While performing the responsibilities, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard.
  • The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  • Work in a well-ventilated environment with adequate lighting and temperature.
  • The employee will be occasionally exposed to outside temperatures.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
  • This position may require up to 10% travel.

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