HL Mando America Corporation has an opening for the position of Design Engineer III (Ref# DEIII58GM).
Work Location: 29930 Hudson Drive, Novi, MI 48377. Position may telecommute/work remotely up to 2 days per week. Position requires up to 10% domestic travel.
Job Duties: Responsible for design engineering of automotive brake products including conventional brake calipers, motor on caliper brake products, electro-mechanical brake calipers, and other foundation brake components. Thoroughly understand customer requirements and create product designs in response to those requirements. Execute design process (CAD modeling, packaging, preliminary CAE, stack-ups, design reviews, etc.) to ensure that design meets all internal and external requirements for braking components. Support efforts and work with multifunctional team on creating competitive product proposals to win important business. Collaborate with multifunctional team and support efforts to complete requirement analysis and respond to customers, complying with the requirements that can be met and negotiating exceptions for the ones that cannot be met. Responsible for covering all component aspects and assisting on systems aspects. Collaborate with application engineer and help in preparing material for technical review with customer. Create 3D design, within company guidelines and customer requirements, and package it into customer required environment. Iterate CAD design and FEA to achieve optimum performance versus mass. Create layouts, BOM, and mass estimates. Upon program award, complete tolerance stack-ups, 2D drawings, and 3D refinements. Update design as customer releases changes on their packaging environment and/or requirements. Support applications engineer in creating program timing, for the engineering deliverables, and support PM with the overall timing chart for the program. Collaborate with applications engineer on keeping open issues list up to date and collaborate with PM and team on efforts to close open issues. Provide technical solutions to meet product performance. Support PDT meetings when requested by applications and/or PM. Collaborate with PM and contribute with efforts to collect information needed for each gate review and approval, with help and support from the design engineer. Raise flag, beforehand, for each potential issue or roadblock. Support and contribute to efforts to complete all phases of the Product Development Process (APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, KPC definition, etc.). Release design on time for the build and collaborate with the application engineer and test coordinator to plan the build. Provide technical solutions to all performance attributes that do not meet internal and/or customer requirement. Support applications engineer, test coordinator, and technicians with information needed for the DV and PV. Review and discuss results with applications engineer and the team. Support the multifunctional team assisting plant efforts during manufacturing reviews, trials, and documentation (control plans, operation sheets, flow charts, capability studies, ISIR and PPAP documentation).
Requirements: This position requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign academic equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field. Plus 5 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation including Design Consultant or related experience. Position requires 5 years of experience with design of brake systems, product design, CAD, and DFMEA. 40hrs/week.
Application Instructions: To apply, please MAIL resume to referenced address, ensuring to indicate the job code (Ref# DEIII58GM) for which you are applying. Mail to: HL Mando America Corporation, Attn: Cindy Smith, Recruiter - Human Resources, 4200 NorthPark Drive, Opelika, AL 36801.
