Summary

Main Duties/Activities

• Formulates, recommends, and implements as phases of a project to complete it within budget and to meet customer determined project milestones and completion target dates
• Produces designs that are feasible and economical to produce in the manufacturing facilities and processes available
• Provides alternative design solutions, analyses, justifications and recommendations at the concept stage, facilitates selection of designs that achieve best possible trade-off of cost, timing, innovation, and performance.
• Contributes to manufacturing performance and customer service by assisting in the solution production or quality problems associates with the design.
• Proposes and implements VA/VE solutions
• Ensures that DV and PV engineering and test plans are completed at appropriate time
• Ensures that all appropriate tests are performed
• Ensures that product designs meet customer requirements, through direct consultation with customer technical personnel to determine their needs and wants
• Provides information about needs, wants and developments affecting company products and plans by maintaining regular, direct contact with customer technical personnel
• Assists in achievement of sales targets through direct participation in customer presentation

• Other duties and special projects assigned

• Is responsible for searching the best practices and current designs and technologies available in the Group
• Supervises project engineers, design engineers and designers and ensures their work meet all requirements by giving them clear and complete directions regarding design concepts and parameters

• Makes sure that all BOMs are built and updated
• Is responsible for giving all information required to quote RFE and CR
• Works closely with Program Management to understand and achieve Client financial target

Specific Responsibilities

• Supervises project engineers, design engineers and designers and ensures their work meet all requirements.
• Plans and executes complete engineering design projects, from initial design concept through to production and release and post-production support.
• Provides information about needs, wants and developments affecting company products and plans by maintaining regular, direct contact with customer technical personnel.
• Provides alternative design solutions, analyses, justifications and recommendations at the concept stage, facilitates selection of designs that achieve best possible trade-off of cost, timing, innovation and performance.
• Works closely with Program Management to understand and achieve Client financial target.

Skills and Know-how

• Bachelor Science Mechanical Engineering or applicable work experience
• Minimum five years experience in automotive seating including metal and trim development preferred, some project engineer experience preferred
• Knowledge of automotive mechanism, design and engineering
• Knowledge of GD&T
• Knowledge of automotive development tools and procedures preferred
• Good understanding of FEA principals preferred
• Good leadership/supervisory skills
• Good oral and written communications and presentation skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Per Salary Training Plan Matrix