Senior Application Engineer

Bosch Group•Farmington Hills, MI

11h

About The Position

This role serves as the primary engineering interface across manufacturing plants, global product engineering, and customers to ensure alignment of technical requirements. The Senior Application Engineer will interpret specifications, drawings, and system requirements to define validated manufacturing and application solutions. Key responsibilities include leading feasibility studies, tolerance analysis, manufacturability assessments, and capability evaluations for new applications and localization initiatives. The role also involves assessing technical risks, process constraints, and design limitations, and recommending engineering solutions to ensure robust product performance. Additionally, the engineer will support module adaptation and industrialization, ensuring compatibility with regional manufacturing processes, tooling, and supplier capabilities. The position also encompasses engineering change management, costing, quotation, customer support, supplier and cross-functional coordination, and product lifecycle management.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Required, Engineering or business preferred
5+ years of experience with Hardware development in automotive domain
2+ years of experience in project management or equivalent
Strong cooperation and communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills related to customer interaction and global, internal cross-functional teamwork.
Strategic thinking, results orientation

Responsibilities

Serve as primary engineering interface across manufacturing plants, global product engineering, and customers to ensure alignment of technical requirements.
Interpret specifications, drawings, and system requirements to define validated manufacturing and application solutions.
Lead feasibility studies, tolerance analysis, manufacturability assessments, and capability evaluations for new applications and localization initiatives.
Assess technical risks, process constraints, and design limitations; recommend engineering solutions to ensure robust product performance.
Support module adaptation and industrialization, ensuring compatibility with regional manufacturing processes, tooling, and supplier capabilities.
Execute engineering changes (ECR/ECN), coordinating with design, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and suppliers.
Assess impacts on form, fit, function, cost, and process capability; ensure proper validation, qualification, and PPAP compliance.
Support production trials, validation testing, and implementation readiness across regional operations.
Provide engineering input for quotations, including materials, processes, equipment, and labor assumptions.
Perform technical cost analysis and support competitive manufacturing strategies.
Support customer discussions by explaining technical feasibility, manufacturing constraints, and application solutions.
Collaborate with purchasing and supplier quality teams to evaluate and approve suppliers based on technical and process requirements.
Support product lifecycle activities including ramp-up, localization, production transfers, and end-of-life management.
Maintain engineering risk assessments, action plans, and validation strategies throughout the lifecycle.