Development Engineer
About The Position
The Garrett Advancing Motion (GTX) Compression Product Group develops new products for the automotive and industrial markets that will have lasting impacts on our planet. We are expanding our team at our Torrance, CA facility in support of developing and launching industrial centrifugal compressors into production. A Development Engineer is needed to assist in the design and industrialization of this product. Work includes end to end design to production, including direct communication with the customer and cross-functional internal teams. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing technology at a well-established company. The successful candidate will have experience launching new products into production and be comfortable in a fast-paced environment. This person will bring experience in turbomachinery, industrial compressors, and/or electric motors that wants to help expand Garrett’s centrifugal technology into the industrial market.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or other related engineering discipline
- At least 3-5 years of experience with developing and/or launching products into production
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills for internal and external communication
- 10-20% travel to manufacturing and/or customer sites
- Fluent in English
- Team player, Growth and customer focus
Nice To Haves
- Experience with centrifugal compressor systems
- Experience with safety certification (UL, CE, etc.)
- Experience in turbomachinery, mechanical design or testing
- Experience in high speed electric motors and hydrodynamic bearings
- Experience with casting, machining, and assembly of hardware
- Experience with 3D design tools
- Six Sigma GB certification
- Eager to learn and acquire new skills, new capabilities
Responsibilities
- Ensure robust product implementation in the customer package through direct customer engagement
- Coordinate activities with design (2D/3D), simulation (CFD, FEA, etc.), manufacturing, and suppliers to create production viable components
- Define FMEA and execute DVP&R by preparing prototype hardware, testing, analysis, and summary
- Support development of process documents (manufacturing, lab, design, etc.) as needed to ensure lessons learned are captured
- Drive field or launch issue resolution process using root cause analysis tools, document it by appropriate way (8D, 5WHY, Ishikawa, Knowledge Card, etc …..)
- Generate VE ideas contributing to cost reduction of the product in terms of design, materials and processes
- Persist on compliance with budget and resources allocated via AOP process
- Initiate and execute benchmarking activity related to his component & discipline
- Reports back through the GBE and the Domains any major gaps in simulation tools, knowledge gaps and product gaps to meet new performance, reliability and cost targets for future development
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Life/AD&D insurance
- Short term and Long term disability insurance
- hospital indemnity insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan through Fidelity with pre-tax, post-tax and ROTH contribution options
- annual discretionary match provided by Garrett based on company performance
- paid holidays, vacations, and sick days
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
