Release Engineer III

Sumitomo Electric Group•Farmington Hills, MI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Design and Release Wire Harness Engineer for North America programs with knowledge and experience in General Motors work flow and design practices. New OEM RFQ projects require engineering support for ongoing and upcoming vehicle pilots and launches in Michigan at Tier 1 suppliers and assembly plants. The role demands adherence to aggressive timing schedules for upcoming ICE and REEV programs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
5+ years experience as a Design Release Engineer.
3+ years wire harness EDS engineering experience or equivalent; 2D and 3D experience preferred.
Intermediate Catia, Mentor XC and strong Excel experience.
Familiar with product launch and program management.
Self-directed individual with solid background in failure analysis.
Strong customer interface skills, good English language skills (written and spoken), good time management skills.

Nice To Haves

Strong knowledge and experience with GM EDS development process and wire harness drawing release is preferred.
Familiarity with GM's design practices and specifications will also be a big plus.

Responsibilities

Support Ongoing new OEM Harness Program Development through to product realization process (internal and external).
Drawing review, spec change request, VA/VE, workability or quality improvement, maintain Product File, define design levels and freeze schedule and development Trial Run Activity and facilitate change through established processes.
Create high quality engineering deliverables related to the vehicle electrical systems.
Identify, track and resolve design open issues; clearly communicate outcome to affected parties.
Detail design changes or quality caution points -- to assembly and planning sections.
Primary responder to customer regarding design change implementation and cost liability.
Participate and support cross functional team meetings.
Document, track and distribute lesson learned.
Interface directly with customer - PMT, PAT, engineers, launch team.
Interface and coordinate with SEWS Div. Managers, sales, business planning, procurement, managers, engineering, design, quality, validation and coordinators.
Support manufacturing design reviews, master sample reviews, tooling reviews and special assembly instructions for wiring systems.
Track readiness of suppliers for customer events.
Attend manufacturing locations for design evaluation activity (Assembly trial, Trial Parts inspection, etc.).
Research, gather, collect, analyze, organize and summarize specifications, requirements, competitive benchmarking requirements related to Vehicle Electrical Distribution Systems.
Others assignments that may be assigned from time to time.