Automotive Design Engineer
About The Position
This is responsible technical work involving the design and detailing of complex plastic components and assemblies using CAD tools. Initial direction may come from specifications, sketches, models, prototypes, or verbal communications. The position assists the Design Manager and Technical Manager with quoting, DFA, FMEA, design progress assessment, and the continuing improvement of design standards, and participates in KBPD procedures. Under general supervision, the role designs assemblies and subparts for plastic injection-molded interior components, contributes to design feasibility, creates properly organized CAD files, and attends relevant meetings. It assists the Design Manager in assessing the functionality, reliability, manufacturability, fixturing, and ease of assembly of design programs. The position must comply with environmental, quality, and workplace safety policies and instructions, complete required post-hire training, and perform other assigned duties. The role typically requires up to 15% travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Graphics, or some college instruction in an engineering or engineering graphics curriculum and 3 years of design experience.
- Ability to think in three dimensions and visualize solid forms and spaces.
- Minimum score of 70 on the Spatial Relations test.
- Minimum score of 50 on the Wonderlic Select Assessment, or a traditional cognitive-portion score of 26.
- Minimum score of 70 on the Mechanical Reasoning test.
- Experience using NX or CATIA, or both.
Responsibilities
- Design assemblies and subparts using computer-aided design stations to produce plastic injection-molded interior components.
- Participate in design feasibility stages and use DFA and FMEA with the team to formulate initial design direction.
- Create CAD files with correct file organization.
- Attend relevant meetings with customers, tool shops, manufacturing, engineering, sales, lab, and fixturing teams.
- Assist the Design Manager in reviewing design functionality, reliability, manufacturability, fixturing, and ease of assembly.
- Comply with the environmental policy and applicable quality and environmental management systems instructions.
- Comply with the Workplace Safety and Health Policy and applicable instructions.
- Complete all required post-hire training.
- Perform other tasks and duties as assigned.
