Hinged Closures Engineer

Hinged Closures Engineer

We are looking for energetic self-starter engineers to lead the development of future model programs hinged closures from concept to customer delivery, ongoing quality improvement, and cost efficiency. The candidate will work with internal and external customers to develop competitive cost & weight efficient designs. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible to engineer the required CAD and lead analytical and physical analysis to deliver a system that will meet all prescribed requirements. As the program matures, responsibilities will shift to product testing, delivering PSW, and launching within one of our client’s many assembly plants.

Skills Required:

·         Good Communication Skills

·         Willingness to work overtime and travel to support launches

·         Knowledge of craftsmanship expectations, benchmarking, futuring

·         Knowledge of automotive exterior components, including materials and manufacturing

·         Knowledge of automotive exterior components, including materials and manufacturing technologies such as stamping, injection molding, extrusion, forging, casting, welding, riveting, etc

·         Working knowledge of FEA, DFMEA, control plan development, and dimensional variation analysis

·         Capable with MS Suite of products

Experience Required:

·         3+ years in automotive or Aerospace (hinged closures preferred)

·         Sheet metal body structures, closures, stamping, static sealing and/or dynamic sealing

·         Experience interfacing with studio on resolution of design issues rated to rear closures systems

·         Experience leading peers via design review to resolve part to part interface issues and deliver a successful system.

·         Experience solving current model quality issues, and implementing corrective actions

·         Hands-on experience with "in-house" engineering, design, release, as well as managing full-service supplier commodities, with on-time delivery at cost & quality targets

·         Ability to utilize and demonstrate system engineering disciplines and design for manufacturing principles to proactively solve issues

·         Experience with bolted joint structures

·         Experience with structural mechanics

·         Experience with hinge mechanism dynamics

·         Experience with Systems engineering

Experience Preferred:

·         Direct experience in closures systems (tailgates, liftgates, side doors, moveable roof systems)

·         Ability to operate within CATIA environment, Teamcenter Engineering, and Digital Buck

·         CATIA ability to create simple parts, sections, and studies a plus

Education Required:

·         BS Mechanical Engineering or BS in Aerospace, Electro-mechanical, and mechatronics

Education Preferred:

·         MS Mechanical Engineering

Additional Information :

***POSITION IS HYBRID