Design Release Engineer - Cooling Systems

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

4h

About The Position

The Cooling System Design and Development Engineer is responsible for sizing, developing, and releasing cooling systems across multiple programs. The role involves sizing systems to meet cooling requirements, applying a deep understanding of fluid dynamics models, and integrating model inputs and outputs from CFD and 1D tools to populate source packages. The engineer communicates detailed specifications to groups that use them to build the vehicle model. Accurate cooling-component sizing is essential to achieving adequate cooling and meeting vehicle functional objectives. The role also requires understanding electrical circuits, motors, and the interface to the fan aerodynamic model.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related degree field.
• At least 1 year of automotive engineering experience, focused on designing and releasing cooling-system components for electrified vehicles.
• Strong understanding of cooling-system components, including heat exchangers, electric motor-driven fan modules, engine-driven fans, and clutches.
• Strong understanding of electrical circuits and electric motors.
• Strong understanding of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics.
• Strong understanding of NVH.
• Proficiency in CATIA V5 and/or Unigraphics NX for component design and modeling.
• Experience with Vis Mockup and Teamcenter for collaborative design and visualization.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science degree in Engineering.
• Proficiency in CFD, FEA, and 1D thermal-model tools, such as GT-SUITE and KULI.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, validation, and release of cooling components, ensuring integration and achievement of functional objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cooling components meet performance, safety, and quality standards and support overall vehicle objectives.
• Create, maintain, and manage Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R) and Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) documents for cooling components.
• Coordinate tasks, resources, and activities to achieve program timing milestones.
• Apply Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) principles to guide development and support robust product launches.
• Use Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) tools to simulate and analyze component designs for efficiency and performance.
• Use software tools including KULI, STAR CCM, CATIA V5, Unigraphics NX, Vis Mockup, and TeamCenter to design, visualize, and communicate component designs.
• Apply Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies to improve cooling-component quality, reliability, and performance.
• Manage suppliers, align them with technical requirements and project goals, ensure delivery of high-quality components, and root-cause issues.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, testing, and quality teams to integrate cooling components into the vehicle architecture.

What This Job Offers

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