Senior Engineer, On-Highway Products

Allison Transmission•Indianapolis, IN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Design Engineer, you will be focused on continuous improvement of current production solutions, ranging from single part resourcing support to redesign of sub-systems for performance, quality, and/or cost initiatives in commercial on-highway applications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
5+ years of engineering experience in design of powertrain components
Experience in CAD modeling
Experience in developing and executing DVP&Rs
Ability to read and interpret drawings and blueprints, fluent in GD&T
Knowledge and understanding in material strength
Strong oral and written business communication skills
Strong organization and analytical ability

Nice To Haves

Experience in transmission design and powertrain integration preferred
Experience in other common analysis software (e.g. AMESim, MATLAB/Simulink) preferred

Responsibilities

Apply technical standards and methodologies to develop solutions to maintain current products opportunities to manage quality and cost using sound engineering principles.
Determine appropriate DVP&R elements to validate the product and execute to completion by initiating test requests, supporting data review and interpretation and a thorough review of test reports.
Work with suppliers, Purchasing, and Supplier Quality Engineers to support cost reduction, sourcing decisions and design changes.
Develop a solid understanding of the manufacturing and assembly impacts to design.
Improve or develop new transmission component and sub-system designs using sound engineering principles, GD&T and tolerance stacks.
Perform engineering calculations related to component loading, basic stress and fatigue life calculations for general component sizing.
Design new part concepts in CAD, review FEA results and make design judgements based on those results.
Direct and collaborate with specialized CAD designers to develop alternative design concepts.
Ensure accurate and timely completion of new designs and modifications to components and subsystems.
Execute DFMEA and align product designs to Best Practices.
Develop Bill of Materials.
Work with internal advanced analysis group as required.
Perform design trade-off analyses and optimization.
Perform failure analysis of hardware in cooperation with internal metallurgical lab.
Execute other duties as assigned.