Engineering - Senior Mechanical Engineer

Grote Industries • Madison, IN

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About The Position

Mechanical Engineer will have extensive mechanical engineering design experience in automotive headlamps and/or signal lamps including familiarity with relevant optical and/or electrical engineering design principles, along with experience with the manufacturing processes relevant to automotive lighting, such as injection molding, plastic part assembly, coatings, etc.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical or optical engineering or a related field is required.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of related experience is required, lower experience candidates may be considered, particularly those with a master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• The Mechanical Engineer work with project team members to develop new or improved lamp designs satisfying regulatory and customer performance, durability, and quality requirements along with meeting internal manufacturing process requirements and cost targets.
• Performing and/or coordinating testing of lamps and components to ensure the product meets all requirements.
• Developing/improving and documenting design, simulation, and testing standards related to all aspects of lamp mechanical design.
• The Mechanical Engineer will work with the Manufacturing and Quality teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to manufacturing processes and quality controls.
• The Mechanical Engineer will work with the Purchasing team in the sourcing of purchased components and validation of suppliers and ensuring that purchased components are properly designed/spec’d to conform to industry standards, minimize cost, and maximize supply chain flexibility.
• The Mechanical Engineer will work with the Sales team in the quoting of new or revised business and customer management including the estimation of part and capital costs.
• Mentoring other engineers and team members in all aspects of lamp quoting, design, manufacturing, validation, etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees