Automotive

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.

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