PRODUCT ENGINEER

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Manage the product design to the timeline, meeting key milestones. Support product design issues during the life of the program.

• Identify, analyze, prioritize, mitigate, and communicate product design risks.

• Manage the change process as they relate to product design to ensure timely implementation of product changes.

• Understand and communicate client product design needs to the internal team. Promote high standards of professional integrity on all proposed and actual client business solutions.

• Communicate product design expectations to design suppliers.

• Support customer plants at launchon product issues.

• Ensure timely completion of design activities understanding internal and external customer requirements. 

• Coordinates and participates in customer design reviews.

• Conducts tool feasibility reviews with tool shop. Ensure that the appropriate team members are engaged for all new design feasibilities (Tooling, Manufacturing, Process, Design).

• Support warranty activities as required.

• Ensure timely release of design in customer engineering system.

• Responsible for ensuring DFMEA’s are completed and maintained for the product.

• Develop and manage product Design Validation Plan & Report (DVP&R), obtain customer approval of initial DVP&R and completed DVP&R.

• Provide input to Lessons Learned Database.

   

  Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor degree or diploma is required (Engineering, Manufacturing,).

• A minimum of 3 years of automotive work experience with knowledge of product design.
• Experience with injection molding and product assemblies.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple simultaneous projects involving cross-functional product teams within budgetary and schedule constraints.
• Strong technical and business aptitude.