Senior Product Engineer

Toyoda Gosei Americas•Plymouth, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Product Engineer works in Toyoda Gosei North America’s Technical Safety Systems Engineering department and is responsible for product development for the Safety Systems Engineering group across TG North America Corporation and its manufacturing companies, from initial concept through start of production. The role develops and improves airbag or steering wheel components, supports design and engineering release activities, and works with customers and internal partners to address product requirements and functional issues. The position also contributes to product testing, process validation, manufacturability, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent years of experience.
Four to eight years of experience in Engineering.
Strong understanding of general design and engineering release activities.
Strong understanding of APQP phases from initial concept through post-production.
Familiarity with automotive standards, concepts, and practices.
Previous experience with Safety System commodities.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suites 2016 or newer.
Previous experience with CATIA V5 or NX/UG.
Ability to consistently meet deadlines.
Effective verbal, non-verbal, negotiation, and written communication skills.
Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism when interacting with internal and external customers.
Effective attention to detail, problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills.
Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, organizational, and project scheduling skills.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with Domestic or Japanese OEM customer portals.

Responsibilities

Create APQP and engineering documents.
Support design development from initial concept through start of production.
Attend customer build events and investigate root causes of issues.
Negotiate with customers on product design, styling, and engineering requirements while ensuring manufacturability and profitability.
Provide design proposals for airbag or steering wheel components using 2D and 3D design tools.
Benchmark competitors’ components and emerging technologies.
Prepare technical reports, open-item lists, and presentation packages for customers and internal departments.
Improve designs and define new design guidelines to improve quality and productivity.
Create and maintain product development records as required by the quality system.
Work with customers and internal groups to resolve component functional problems.
Develop drawings as necessary and participate in Design FMEA as required.
Improve the product development process to provide a higher level of customer service.
Apply basic project management expertise.
Specify new product functional requirements; design, test, and integrate components; and evaluate designs for effectiveness, cost, reliability, and safety.
Design, develop, execute, and evaluate fitness-for-use testing, product specifications, and process validation plans.
Create and review material part specifications and bills of materials.
Collaborate with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers, and product specialists to optimize designs for manufacturability.
Use CAD or CAE systems to model designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.
Participate actively in continuous improvement efforts, including kaizen.
Perform other duties as assigned.