Product Development Engineer - Drivetrain - Circular Economy

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

9h

About The Position

Circular Economy (CE) manages launch of remanufactured driveline assembly
(transmission, transfer case, PTU, drive shafts, half shafts) service parts. The
CE engineer identifies, tracks, and approves testing and validation of
remanufactured service parts. The CE engineer ensures parts have applicable
engineering documents created and corporate-released for compliance,
traceability, and ease of future corporate reference. The CE engineer tracks
part releases through the multiple departments within CE & Mopar, to ensure
parts are placed on shelf in a timely fashion and without hindrances. The ideal
candidate understands the product releasing process, including Engineering
Change Notice, PPAP/APQP metrics, and Engineering Drawing interpretation. This
position requires a team player with excellent interpersonal skills able to work
in a dynamic cross-functional team.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or significant engineering experience
• Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings (GD&T Knowledge preferred but not required).

Nice To Haves

• Driveline design and release engineering, process engineering or functional test engineering experience is preferred
• Experience driving several simultaneous projects taking 6 – 9 months thru many implementation requirements.
• Knowledgeable in Teamcenter and an understanding of PPAP/APQP metrics a plus.

Responsibilities

• Understand engineering aspects of past-model parts, such as design, specifications, and materials, to implement changes without affecting original design intent.
• Create engineering change notices to document and approve service part releases and changes. Then track and manage released service parts through downstream departments, such as purchasing and inventory control, to ensure timely launch
• Manage engineering aspects of supplier submitted part deviation requests.
• Manage engineering aspects of supplier resourcing activities.
• Recommend and implement technical cost save initiatives.
• Recommend and implement part warranty cost reduction initiatives.
• Identify Validation requirements for service parts changes, track testing progress, and approve test results.
• Create design work requests to release models and drawings for service parts.
• Approve Engineering documents from suppliers’ PPAP submissions, such as DVPR & DFMEA.
• Interface with material engineering to approve service parts material deviation requests.
• Modify parts service procedures to optimize labor time, reducing warranty cost.
• Create long term storage (LTS) solutions for all-time buy parts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level