Manage Automotive projects/products through the product life cycle to include: design, develop, cost, quote, on-time launch and post launch modifications. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Design new products and accessories for the OE automotive industry.
- Develop innovative solutions to meet customer requirements.
- Coordinate or supply technical drawings and 3 dimensional models of specialized parts, tooling, and assembly.
- Fabricate prototypes of products in development. Mechanical skills using hand tools & some production machinery.
- Produce technical drawings, assembly drawings, & bill of materials.
- Solve problems with and provide technical advice to the production and quality control departments.
- Assist in sourcing raw materials and components.
- Work with cost accounting to prepare cost packages and customer quotations.
- Coordinate and facilitate the necessary materials testing requirements of development programs
- Compile all existing engineering documentation and organize it into the approved design documentation format.
- Compile customer required documentation and supply it in the appropriate format required per customer.
- Participate in determining “best in class” for design capabilities with an emphasis on rapid prototyping, lean manufacturing, and innovation.
- Proactively manages changes in project scope, identifies potential crises and devises contingency plans.
- Continuously tracks project through development cycle. Utilizes timelines to maintain program milestones and task resource output.
- Develops best practices and tools for project execution and management. Education:
- Candidate should have a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or technical degree with equivalent experience.
- Four year degree- Mechanical Engineering preferred
- CAD or technical drawing experience.
- Self-starter. This is not a “typical” engineering position in which candidates are strictly confined to one discipline. This job entails exposure and functions all through the product development lifecycle.
- Creativity: This position is one that entails design and problem-solving skill sets.
- Experience in a production environment. We do not have a “Manufacturing” Engineering staff and the development engineer also has to hand off and coordinate the production of programs. Thermal Forming and plastic injection molding a plus. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.