Mechanial Design Engineer III
About The Position
The Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible to lead the Design & Development of automotive instrument clusters and head-up displays (HUDs). Responsible to review customer requirements, specifications and manufacturing constraints in order to create comprehensive engineering product design proposals, specifications, drawings utilizing and applying engineering principles, and Design Engineering Standards (DES). Responsibilities also include analyzing test data, performing root-cause analysis, preparation of 5-Phase/5-Why analysis reports as needed, Engineering reports, Technical Presentation material, and deliver Engineering Presentations to internal and external customers as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering; Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred; Course work or Specialization in Strength of Materials, Design for Six Sigma, Statics & Dynamics, SQC, CAD / CAE, Optics principles, Materials, Manufacturing Principles.
- 4 - 8 years of automotive design & development experience.
- Required work experience with CAD – CATIA/UG.
- FEA analysis knowledge especially vibration, thermal, linear/non-linear Analysis are required experience.
- GD&T and Stack-up Analysis work experience are required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with the automotive, structures, plastics or optics are preferred.
- Working knowledge of ABAQUS preferred.
- Experience working with optical design principles; OPTIS / Light Tools - Light simulation software package is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of automotive instrument clusters (IPC) and head-up displays (HUDs), creation of 3D Models and 2D drawings including GD&T for all structural components considering DFM/DFA factors and assembly drawings, cost, material & component specifications, and other design factors.
- Mentor in the optical design and simulation using light simulation software.
- Mentor support-engineer(s) in the performing engineering calculation, stack-up analysis as parts of design development deliverables.
- Ensure that development metrics are in compliance to APICE / IATF process requirements.
- Post Development: Provide technical/design support during the pre-production phase (PV testing, root-cause analysis, 5-Phase report preparation), during production preparation phase (Quality, Assembly, Process related areas).
- Provide technical/design support to assembly plants, suppliers related to quality, design related aspects.
- Execute customer design changes and reflect to internal design deliverables, and documentation.
- Interface with customer to understand design requirements during the design specification/Styling development, and product development phases. Compile Specification Confirmation Reports prior to the development.
- Provide mentorship in the structural, thermal, and dynamic analysis using FEA Software.
- Lead in the development of conceptual design, bill of materials (BOM), design feasibility studies for the RFQ response and technical presentation.
- Lead in the development of DFMEA, DVP, Failure Analysis/5-Phase Report creation.
- Lead “In-vehicle performance checks” at customer location during pre-production phases to evaluate the design integrity of NSI Products and to Identify design flaws or issues and compile summary report.
- Mentor design engineers in the benchmark analysis, attend trade shows (NAIAS) and compile market trend analysis of IPC/ HUD Products.
- Assist in the prototype development during the build trials.
- Assist manufacturing plants, quality teams in resolving technical, manufacturing, quality issues.
- Assist in the testing & evaluation of IPC/HUD Products as required.
- Mentor support engineer(s) in the preparation of technical documents in support of the quality gate assessment meetings with parent company in Japan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
