Senior Materials Engineer

Dana Incorporated • Oakville, ON

5d • CA$90,000 - CA$100,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Dana Incorporated’s Light Vehicle Thermal Division designs and manufactures powertrain-agnostic, advanced thermal management solutions for the rapidly evolving mobility landscape. We are seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to lead the design, development, and autonomous launch of refrigerant-based heat exchangers for next-generation automotive heat pump systems. Our Materials Engineering group has an opening for a Sr. Materials Engineer at our R&D Center in Oakville, Ontario. Reporting to the Manager, Materials & Joining Technology Research, this position will be based in our Oakville R&D center.

Requirements

• Minimum post Secondary Education in Chemical, Materials, or Mechanical Engineering Background (B.Eng.).
• Minimum 3-5 year of prior experience in engineering roles, preferably in the automotive-related industries.
• Demonstrated strong understanding of metallurgical, mechanical, corrosion, and electrochemical testing procedures, standards, and specifications.
• P.Eng or eligibility for professional engineering licensing.
• Project Management ability, strong communication, reporting and presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical and trouble shooting skills and profound understanding of DOE, failure mechanisms, and joint analysis techniques.
• Demonstrated skills for presenting to technical groups, proficient understanding of engineering drawings, technical/material specifications, and create fast feedback loops to confirm the understanding.
• Strong organizational, scheduling, and facilitation skills. Proactive forward thinking in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, and ability to multi-task effectively on projects and assignments.
• Prior experience with the machinery and processes involved in the automotive industry. Understand automotive, health/safety requirements, and manufacturing standards.
• Excellent communication skills in both oral and written English, excellent interpersonal skills, and be a team player, who is both flexible and creative in their approach to problem solving various challenges.
• Proficient in the use of MS Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with metal joining technologies, particularly copper-based systems, is an asset.
• Understanding furnace brazing, joining/welding principles, and thermal management fundamentals are considered as an asset.

Responsibilities

• Interpretation of materials characterization results for new products, materials research & development projects in the field of aluminum and copper alloys and selection / validation of new materials.
• Lead the experimental development as well as validate and implement the process specifications, quality conformance, and root cause analysis of electro–plating technologies.
• Develop and validate procedures to analyze metal to metal bonding strength, durability, and corrosion performance based on plants / customer requirements.
• Assist in leading projects with close monitoring of the laboratory experiments / trials, data and report compilation including but not limited to the tensile, lap shear, fatigue, hardness measurement techniques.
• Develop and review test records/documents for internal and external distribution, conformance report for the automotive heat exchanger corrosion, coolant compatibility performance according to the industrial specifications.
• Effectively present information/results to the managers, product engineers and address internal and external customer requirements.
• Design experiments for the root cause analysis, propose corrective actions, and transform the test results into presentable investigation reports.
• Proactively contribute to problem-solving and brainstorming sessions and propose innovative solutions.
• Effectively communicate with the laboratory technologist/associates in accordance with the Dana health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Support product engineering includes cold plates and PECs, contingent upon workload of materials engineering workload and the urgence of demands.

Benefits

• Competitive salary & benefits package.
• Career growth opportunities in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Work with cutting-edge quality systems and improvement methodologies.
• Be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree