System Architect Level 2 / PDL Level 2

Faurecia•Auburn Hills, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Program Development Leader (PDL) is a member of the core team, responsible for the complete engineering of the product and process in compliance with Quality, Cost, and Delivery. The PDL is also responsible for performance and people objectives within PMS requirements. This role begins with concept design and extends through Start-Of-Production plus 3-6 months, ensuring quality standards meet customer specifications. For serial life development, the PDL takes charge from phase 5 onwards. They are responsible for building the internal engineering schedule to align with customer master schedules and industrialization/purchasing constraints, utilizing appropriate tools and adhering to PMS work-packages, FES standards, and 7-Quality-Basics to meet functional milestone objectives. The PDL also provides monthly reports on PALM, including risks, opportunities, and action plans, and capitalizes on development experience through lessons learned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering
Significant professional experience
Minimum of 5 years of experience in design and development within an industrial environment, preferably in automotive interior parts
Team leader
Strong technical skills
Strong written and oral communication skills
Ability to work in a multicultural environment
Strong managerial skills
Knowledge of 7 Quality Basics
Meets the requirements of the Engineering Profile for the function (mandatory trainings)
English required; customer’s language strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Build the internal engineering schedule to match with the customer master schedule and industrialization / purchasing constraints
Ensure all tasks are done with the appropriate tools and in compliance with the PMS work-packages, FES standards & 7-Quality-Basics, in support of functional milestone “time to pass” objective
Provide monthly report summary on PALM, including risk and opportunities and corresponding action plans
Capitalize experience on the development through lessons learnt process
Make the functional analysis when required, develop the DFMEA and complete the action plan, support the PFMEA, and define the key characteristics
Enter all technical issues into a “single list of issues”
Manage engineering change through ECM process
Support risk management through robust design with compliance to product/process design standards (per KM plan), and managing (EFM’s)
Ensure the feasibility of the process customers in line with best practices and GTS standards & guidelines, including ergonomics standards
Check process feasibility for BOP (validate feasibility studies of sub suppliers)
Define tool specifications with the support of PE and approve tool design release through the tool launch process, involving IPM and GTS
Define and receive approval from IPM to ensure that product will comply with the process flow chart
Develop & deliver robust tools to operations with optimized cycle time at expected quality level (capability), with support of the Pilot Plant.
Define the Design Validation Plan (DVP)
Guarantee successful DVP: virtual validation (CAE) or prototype approved
Complete successful PV test
Support development of process capability (CPK)
Work in compliance with D&D budget and negotiate internal ECR with the Program Manager
Identify all product changes with cost impact to reach “design to cost” and VAVE objectives
Ensure good communication within the extended technical team, production plant, offshore development sites, and support teams as well as sub suppliers of engineering services, tooling and BOPs
Supports the competencies development of the PE’s & their career development
Commitment to the highest ethical standards and willingness to adhere to Faurecia’s Code of Ethics and Code of Management
Lead product definition (completion of CAD completed by Design Leader) and development to ensure compliance to requirements (acceptance of customer product specification including geometry convergence)
Manage BOP definition release
Validate the product and process to reach Production Part and Process Approval (PPAP) on time and in compliance with OEM and legal requirements (S/R, Environment…)
Manage the engineering team-members functionally (including senior product design engineers (SPDE), program engineers (PE))