Senior Connector Engineer

Lear • Southfield, MI

3d

About The Position

Reporting to the Manager of Product Development, the Senior Connector Development Engineer will be responsible for managing the 3D model development along with 2D print development and library release of connector systems.

Leads the engineering activity for assigned programs to ensure that products meet customer and company specifications and that program milestones are achieved. Responsible for coordinating and monitoring the engineering process and for providing direction as required. Will typically be responsible for managing or leading a group of support engineers.

Work includes, but not limited to:

Create 3D CAD proposals
Preparing DFMEAs
Select materials, managing the FEA and making design changes, drawings and stack-ups
Support various manufacturing plants
Service manual development
DOE with prototyping

Requirements

• Experience with connection system product development, including design attributes and industry standards and specifications
• Ability to use CATIA, Solidworks or UG
• Knowledge of part design for progressive die and injection molding
• Having seen successful launch of at least 1 or 2 connector products
• Perform or support customer and Internal drawing releases
• Self-motivated communicator
• Able to work within a diverse global team with varying levels of experience.
• Lead a team of designers and lab technicians to the desired project design goals.
• Able to follow APQP processes for project documentation

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with EMI shielding
• Run mechanical simulations with CATIA, Solidworks or NX
• Experience with benchmarking
• Experience with FEA simulation.

Responsibilities

• Managing the development of 2D and 3D
• Data management
• Interaction/processing information
• Meetings and reporting

Benefits

• The group is organically growing
• There are numerous opportunities to create new products
• You will have exposure to the other global product teams and witness firsthand how your products intend to be used

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees