Engineer - Vehicle Architecture Packaging & DMU

Magna International Inc.•Troy, MI

34d

About The Position

Magna Steyr is looking for a talented team member with experience in overall vehicle design. This would be a passionate individual interested in being involved in developing the next level industry standard for vehicle architecture and production solutions. The position will be responsible to support the Senior Engineering lead positions within the Magna Steyr North American vehicle engineering activity with a focus on overseeing and coordinating vehicle architecture and its associated packaging requirements. This position will lead the global program activity to ensure proper system, sub-system, and component alignments and spatial relationships are defined and maintained through all product development phases (i.e., concept, production design and engineering, product release, manufacturing and assembly, etc.).

Requirements

Must have a positive "can do" attitude
Must be flexible and able to course correct paths according to priority alignment
Should be Team Oriented with a Focus on Striving for the Best Solutions for the Group as a Whole
High level leadership qualities, good communication skill, good team player
5 to 10 years' relevant experience in Design with an emphasis on full vehicle architecture and full vehicle system concept development
Expert Level Proficiency in CAD based applications (CATIA)
Proficient Computer knowledge and skills, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
Professional Communication skills (written and verbal)
Experience with overall vehicle layout and geometrical integration

Nice To Haves

Education- bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent Preferred
Experience with 3DX preferred

Responsibilities

Contribute to the Technical Area strategy and growth by supporting the Lead Engineering roles and the whole engineering team in areas such as:
Investigate and create different package proposals, lead discussions towards an aligned proposal.
Align the input of stakeholders on these proposals
Align the requirements between Design, Production and Engineering to deliver the iconic design of the two products
Develop and drive concept designs and its cross functional integration (Platform and top hat)
Provide decision matrixes on different systems and possible solutions
Provide documentation on all investigations either in CAD and/or PowerPoint as decision matrix
Create and Provide CAD models for later reference.
Create and align master sections
Design evaluations and documentation
DMU-data management and virtual car release
checking data completeness against BOM and feature List
Geometry checks/ release reg. Clash, min. distances
Generate and release geometrical Validation criteria divided in vehicle systems (dynamic package requirements)
Perform static and dynamic interface checks on vehicle systems problem resolution metrics
Support and Contribute to Knowledge Base of Internal and External Best Practices
Stay Current with Industry Standards and Practices and Identify Potential areas of Continuous Improvement to the Team and Group Leads
Maintain Regular and Consistent Attendance