Design Engineer III

HL Mando America Corp•Novi, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

HL Mando America Corporation has an opening for the position of Design Engineer III. This role is responsible for the design engineering of automotive brake products, including conventional brake calipers, motor on caliper brake products, electro-mechanical brake calipers, and other foundation brake systems/components. The engineer will translate customer requirements into product designs, execute the design process using CAD modeling, packaging, preliminary CAE, and stack-ups, and participate in design reviews to ensure designs meet all internal and external requirements. The position also involves supporting competitive product proposals, collaborating with multifunctional teams, and ensuring compliance with customer requirements. The role covers component aspects and assists with systems aspects, working closely with application engineers to prepare technical review materials for customers. The engineer will create 3D designs, package them into customer environments, and iterate designs using CAD and FEA for optimal performance versus mass. Responsibilities include creating layouts, BOMs, mass estimates, tolerance stack-ups, 2D drawings, and 3D refinements using CATIA V5. The engineer will update designs based on customer changes, support program timing for engineering deliverables, and manage open issues lists. Providing technical solutions for product performance, supporting PDT meetings, and contributing to gate reviews are also key. The role involves supporting all phases of the Product Development Process (APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, KPC definition), releasing designs on time, and planning builds. The engineer will provide technical solutions for performance issues, support DV and PV testing, and review results. Collaboration with manufacturing reviews, trials, and documentation (control plans, operation sheets, flow charts, capability studies, ISIR and PPAP documentation) is also required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign academic equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field.
5 years of progressive experience in the job offered or a related occupation including Systems Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Product Engineer, or related experience.
3 years of experience with design of brake systems.
3 years of experience with CATIA V5.
3 years of experience with APQP.
3 years of experience with DFMEA.

Responsibilities

Design engineering of automotive brake products including conventional brake calipers, motor on caliper brake products, electro-mechanical brake calipers, and other foundation brake systems/components.
Understand customer requirements and create product designs in response to those requirements.
Execute design process (CAD modeling, packaging, preliminary CAE, stack-ups, design reviews, etc.) to ensure that design meets all internal and external requirements for braking components.
Support efforts and work with multifunctional team on creating competitive product proposals to win important business.
Collaborate with the team and support efforts to complete requirement analysis and respond to customers, complying with the requirements that can be met and negotiating exceptions for the ones that cannot be met.
Cover all component aspects and assist on systems aspects.
Collaborate with application engineers and help in preparing material for technical review with customer.
Create 3D design, within company guidelines and customer requirements, and package it into customer required environment.
Iterate CAD design and FEA to achieve optimum performance versus mass.
Create layouts, BOM, and mass estimates.
Upon program award, complete tolerance stack-ups, 2D drawings, and 3D refinements using CATIA V5.
Update design as customer releases changes on their packaging environment and/or requirements.
Support applications engineer in creating program timing, for the engineering deliverables, and support PM with the overall timing chart for the program.
Collaborate with applications engineer on keeping open issues list up to date and collaborate with PM and team on efforts to close open issues.
Provide technical solutions to meet product performance.
Support PDT meetings when requested by applications and/or PM.
Collaborate with PM and contribute with efforts to collect information needed for each gate review and approval, with help and support from the design engineer.
Raise flag, beforehand, for each potential issue or roadblock.
Support and contribute to efforts to complete all phases of the Product Development Process (APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, KPC definition, etc.).
Release design on time for the build and collaborate with the application engineer and test coordinator to plan the build.
Provide technical solutions to all performance attributes that do not meet internal and/or customer requirement.
Support applications engineer, test coordinator, and technicians with information needed for the DV and PV.
Review and discuss results with applications engineer and the team.
Support the multifunctional team assisting plant efforts during manufacturing reviews, trials, and documentation (control plans, operation sheets, flow charts, capability studies, ISIR and PPAP documentation).