Application Engineer – FWD AT, CVT & Hybrid Transmissions

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

The Application Engineer reports to the Chief Engineer and serves as the primary owner of the application matrix and the interface between the Chief Engineer organization and vehicle teams for requirements and delivery of transmission and driveline products, including assembly plants. The role supports designated programs and develops application requirements across variants and vehicle platforms, ensuring applications remain within product design envelopes and meet packaging and clearance requirements. The engineer owns transmission technical specifications and coordinates application-specific design variants, functional objectives, virtual duty-cycle analysis, interface changes, and design or assembly issue management. The role also represents the Chief Engineer organization at vehicle assembly plants, supports build readiness and pilot-build activities, drives supplier layered audits, coordinates benchmarking and engineering responses to bulletins, and manages regulatory, owner’s manual, and compliance-document approvals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related degree field.
At least 3 years of engineering experience in product-development design and release, including at least 1 year of propulsion-systems experience.
Demonstrated experience working with collaborative and global teams.
Understanding of typical automotive manufacturing and quality processes.
Advanced English language skills (90% reading and writing).
Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
Excellent work ethic, organizational skills, and communication skills.
A willingness to go above and beyond.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering.

Responsibilities

Support the Chief Engineer in executing designated programs.
Support development of high-level application matrices with the Design System Engineer, including interface requirements for programs, variants, and vehicle platforms.
Ensure applications fall within the design envelopes of transmission and driveline products.
Coordinate packaging studies with vehicle applications to meet clearance requirements; lead advanced vehicle adaptation design studies and freezes.
Negotiate requirements with vehicle platforms based on product limitations and capabilities.
Own transmission technical specifications and communicate application-specific requirements, including maximum torque, NVH, fuel economy, tire size, final-drive ratio selection, and mass.
Define and track adherence to robust vehicle-level and system/subsystem functional objectives.
Lead and coordinate required Virtual Duty Cycle analyses with Propulsion Systems Virtual PT (Rotational) and the Vehicle Loads/Durability team for structural duty cycles (BCxx).
Coordinate external-interface design changes requiring platform approval and perform TOS as required.
Develop, manage, and communicate external design or assembly issues and change management.
Review and approve the Application Checklist for each CN.
Coordinate application-specific design variants, including TCMs, adaptive hardware, dampers, vents, low- and high-voltage wire connections, and bracket attachments, along with controls and calibration strategies.
Represent the Chief Engineer organization on vehicle assembly plant requirements and events, including pilot builds, end-of-line testing, VIN marking, and build issues.
Drive the Layered Audits process across supplier plants to support robust manufacturing, heat-treatment, assembly processes, and control plans.
Lead build-readiness tasks, including instrumentation planning and dyno support.
Develop a benchmarking plan with the Assistant Chief Engineer for competitive products.
Coordinate COE assessments of bulletins and engineering responses to bulletins with the Assistant Chief Engineer or Chief Engineer.
Coordinate data generation and approvals for AES/BES regulatory documents.
Update and coordinate approvals of owner’s manuals.
Update and coordinate approvals of CP and Compliance Report Standards.