Design Engineer

Job Description:

We are seeking high-caliber Lead Engineers to spearhead the development of Automotive Door Handles on several current production programs with client’s supplier partners. This role focuses on the end-to-end development of one exterior handle mechanism and several interior handles where the Handles will be newly re-engineered based on existing parts with new supplier partners. Each role will be split to lead a unique handle architecture type and its variants.

You will lead a strategic supplier through an accelerated “go-fast" application, moving from design to production readiness. The lead engineer will also need to work with affected cross-functional teams to ensure interface requirements are considered and met, including latching and closures sub-system.

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 management involved and aware of progress and any roadblocks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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. (Healthchart/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 with 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)

Required Skills

• 6-8 years of 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, 3DCS, 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.