Senior Product Engineer
Location: Troy , MI
Duration: 6 months
Description:
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for the design, development and release of automotive components and/ or systems.
Plans and designs structural products and systems, and directs and coordinates activities involved in fabrication, operation, application, installation, and repair of structural products and systems.
Qualifications
Education Required:
Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field of study
Education - Preferred:
Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field of study
Minimum three to five (3-5) years of related experience required; five to seven (5-7) years of related experience preferred
Other Skills /Experience Required:
Product development and innovation skills including PLM, GD&T, VA/VE, and FMEA
Knowledge of sheet metal (steel and aluminum) components
Capable of handling projects from inception to completion with respect to timing,
concept, feasibility, design, construction, try-out, launch, and logistics
Automotive Stamping and Manufacturing Experience
Other Skills/Experience Preferred:
Knowledge of laboratory mechanical testing (tensile, hardness, metallurgy)
Familiar with automotive quality requirements (APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC)
Process and manufacturing knowledge covering forming, joining, and quality
Knowledge of Quality Management System (QMS) requirements
Essential duties include:
Design components and systems that meet customer performance, cost, mass, quality, and timeliness objectives to maximize customer
value and vehicle function, including improved economy, operating safety, and operational performance.
Provide ongoing support to both internal and external customers by completing progress reports and preparing presentations to discuss
anticipated timing, scope of work, technological findings, and design changes.
Report lessons learned during project execution and apply them to future projects.
Drive continuous improvement and support optimization of processes and sub-processes.
Participate in VA/VE activity.
Ensure projects are being led according to milestones, including, but not limited to, communication and representation, project timing,
efficient use of available resources, and escalation of technical project status as necessary.
Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, and manuals along with division manufacturing process and product
quality requirements to determine feasibility of design or application.
Discuss and negotiate technical performance items with divisions and external customers.
Conduct product benchmarking and research studies and analyze data to develop new designs or concepts for automotive components and
systems.
Direct testing activities for components and equipment under designated conditions to ensure operational performance meets project
specifications with proven reliability.
Coordinate fabrication and installation activities to ensure products and systems conform to engineering design and customer
specifications.
Provide design direction to the CAD Designers and assist them in altering or modifying the design to obtain specified functional and
operational performance.
Communicate design concepts with the CAE Engineers and evaluate structural analysis results.
Evaluate and approve design changes, specifications, and release of drawings.
Maintain all customer documents within the PLM systems
Perform failure mode effect analysis (DFMEA), design for assembly (DFA) and manufacturing (DFM), and geometric dimensioning and
tolerancing (GD&T) on components and systems.
Understand and actively perform the engineering change management process, including technical and commercial alignment with internal
and external customers.
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Act with honesty and integrity, and make ethical business choices in accordance with Magnas Compliance Policies and Procedures.
Health, Safety And Environmental Responsibilities
Required to follow health, safety and environmental regulations specified in the Employee Handbook as well as any rules or standards otherwise
specified by government regulations and/or government agencies.
Expected to exercise safe work practices in all work activities and report any
unsafe conditions or actions, injuries, or near misses involving yourself or other team members to the appropriate supervisor.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, and use hands to keyboard, handle, grasp, and touch.
The employee is required to reach with hands and arms and have adequate mobility to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty five (25) pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,
color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but may occasionally approach very high levels when moving around a factory floor.
