Engineer - Vehicle Architecture Packaging & DMU

Magna International•Troy, MI

About The Position

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are. Group Summary: As an engineering and manufacturing partner, Magna’s Complete Vehicle group helps traditional OEMs and new entrants to bring their automotive visions to life. At Magna, you will work in an innovative, international and dynamic team, always pursuing the goal of delivering high-quality products. We work in a diverse environment with global development opportunities. Together with our employees we constantly strive to create a better world of mobility. 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

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or physical demands required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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
Education– bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
Normal amount of sitting or standing, average mobility to move around an office environment, able to conduct normal amount of work at a computer
May require local, domestic and international travel – less than 15% domestic + international

Nice To Haves

Expert Level Proficiency in CAD based applications (CATIA)
Experience with 3DX preferred
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

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