Application Engineer - Transmission & Driveline

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

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About The Position

The Application Engineer manages external interfaces between the transmission and vehicle platform, including packaging and functional requirements, and uses the CE/COE organizations to drive decisions affecting the transmission. The role owns and develops application requirements across programs, variants, and vehicle platforms, and coordinates application-specific design, build readiness, and vehicle assembly support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related degree field.
• A minimum of 5 years of transmission/driveline experience.
• Working knowledge of powertrain, engine, and transmission operation.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects.
• Some supplier and assembly-plant travel, including Canada and Mexico.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree.
• DFSS/Shainin Green or Black Belt.
• CAE/CFD experience.
• Hands-on mechanical experience.
• Electric-motor experience.
• DFMEA and DVP&R experience.
• Manufacturing/quality knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop the Applications Matrix across programs, variants, and vehicle platforms.
• Coordinate vehicle packaging and clearance studies and lead advanced adaptation studies.
• Negotiate vehicle requirements against transmission capabilities and limitations.
• Own the Transmission Technical Specification (TTS) and communicate application requirements such as torque, NVH, fuel economy, tire size, final-drive ratio, and mass.
• Define and track vehicle, system, and subsystem functional objectives.
• Coordinate application-specific designs, including torque converters, dampers, vents, LV/HV connections, brackets, transmission oil cooling, PIM/e-motor integration, controls, and calibration.
• Support vehicle assembly plants, pilot builds, EOL testing, VIN marking, and build issues.
• Lead build-readiness activities, prototype hardware procurement, ED&D requests, BRT prototype orders, and build-related transmission/parts logistics.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level