About The Position

The Design and Release Engineer is responsible for managing the entire life cycle of their respective components and sub-assemblies including defining requirements, conceptual design, supplier sourcing, manufacturing, validation and industrialization. They will work within a Transmission, Driveline and EDM Gear Reducers Organization Center of Excellence (COE) for torque transfer components (gears, splines, shafts, bearings, etc.).

Requirements

  • A minimum of a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree field
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in propulsion systems, automatic transmissions or related field
  • Understanding of system engineering within automatic transmissions and electric drive units.
  • Previous experience as a DRE in OEM and tier 1 suppliers to OEMs
  • Proficiency in GD&T, creating drawings of components and virtual analysis
  • Strong interpersonal communication and team leadership skills and comfortable with presenting to executive leadership teams

Nice To Haves

  • Advanced degree in with emphasis in mechanical engineering or similar.
  • Working level experience with suppliers of torque converters, dampers and automatic transmission components.
  • Hands‑on experience with design, release, and manufacturing processes for automotive applications
  • Greenbelt or Blackbelt certification

Responsibilities

  • Design and release responsible for key components for torque transfer components
  • Lead the change management process for their respective components.
  • Ensure key components incorporate design best practices, lessons learned, and continuous improvements are followed and integrated into product design release process
  • Lead the technical infrastructure evolution for key components including documentation, specifications, requirements definitions and drawing signoffs.
  • Lead the supplier sourcing and industrialization of components including production part approval processes for their components
  • Lead and support warranty and quality related topics relating to their components and systems
  • Lead the cost optimization and value creation processes of their respective components
  • Training and mentoring engineers with less experience
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