American Axle & Manufacturing has openings for Sr. Systems Engineers – Electric Drive Axles at its ATDC facility in Detroit, Michigan. Job duties include:
1. Designing and releasing axle rotating components and subsystems within electric driveline axles using PLM software from concept to start of production.
2. Working on product design, development, verification and validation and layout of components and sub-assemblies within electric driveline including differential assemblies, gears, splined shafts, seals, bearings, and housings using CAD software including NX.
3. Technically assessing component designs against specifications and system performance and durability requirements within an electric driveline application using all necessary calculations, simulations, and validation tests.
4. Reviewing customer specifications using requirements management tools for completeness and feasibility and ensure accurate implementation aligning product design with system requirements to meet customer expectations and design objectives.
5. Supporting the management of design-related timelines to ensure on-time delivery of design documentation including design reviews and design FMEA.
6. Submit designs for cost estimation for component and axle design including the complete Bill of Materials (BOM). Interface with Manufacturing, Cost Estimating, Purchasing and Sales to communicate design requirements to support overall financial objectives.
7. Coordinating engineering programs from concept design through final system launch of each project including engineers, project managers, customers and suppliers for completion of deliverables, within budget.
8. Lead and support prototype, production, and engineering teams with issue resolution using 8D or similar methods.
Position requires: Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related engineering field, or foreign equivalent education and 3 years’ experience working in the Automotive electric driveline field in the position of Project Engineer, Product Engineer or System Engineer or other engineering positions. 3 years’ experience is required in each of the following:
1. Product design, development, verification and validation of components and sub-assemblies including differential assemblies, gears, splined shafts, seals, bearings and housings.
2. Coordinating and supporting engineering programs and integration with project managers, engineers in multiple engineering disciplines, systems engineering, customers, and suppliers.
3. Full cycle product release from concept to start of production within engineering product development processes using PLM software.
4. Design and development of components and axles to specific requirements including complete BOM creation, purchasing support, manufacturing, and sales support, to support overall financial objectives.
5. Working with CAD software including NX.
Experience may be obtained concurrently.
