IP/Interiors Project Engineer in Warren

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Design Release Engineer / Project Engineer

Creating the future of mobility will include developing instrument panels and consoles that contain a wide array of next displays and electronics. You will balance a list of vehicle and occupant performance requirements while engineering the highly styled instrument panel and console. These are the major systems that a customer sees and touches daily. The project engineer is responsible for project design / efficiency / innovation, scope management, cost control, quality, and performance reporting.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, development, analysis, implementation, and validation of the complex instrument panel and console subsystems will be your day to day duties.

• Perform engineering design evaluations and concept development across vehicle programs

• Utilize engineering tools (DFMEA, ICDs, PFMEA) and leverage CAE groups including Safety Performance to successfully develop the best system solution

• Assessment of design to manufacturing processes (e.g. injection molding, vibration welding, vacuum forming, foam-in-place, wrapping)

• Package components, manage CAD development through supplier or GM designers and collaborate with other systems within the vehicle (Thermal, Electrical, Body, Chassis, Restraints, etc.). Ensure best practices are incorporated in the CAD and seeks support when best practice not met. Schedule and lead Peer Reviews

• Work cross-functionally to support initial vehicle configuration work, realize cost optimization, deliver customer-driven requirements, and implement product and process improvements

• Balance business imperatives, including but not limited to cost, part count, mass, complexity, timing, and content

• Communicate information to and from internal and external customer organizations (e.g. Creative Design, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers) and lead the product development team (PDT). Track and resolve open issues with support.

• Review, support and apply benchmarking for design direction competitiveness.

• Lead execution through change management process to support workstreams and initiatives described above.

• Support in the development of Statement of Requirements (SOR) Creation and lead in the development of statements of work, key partner for DFMEA/DRBFM/FEA

• Lead launch activities for your program and commodity with a quality and on time execution mindset.

Skills:

• Demonstrated strong sense of ownership and urgency.

• Proven project management experience.

• Demonstrated ability to be flexible / adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities.

• Advanced knowledge of engineering principles and theory.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization.

• Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles engineering and business functions.

• Ability to work independently and manage one’s time.

• Established knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

• Established knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, and production methods.

• Established knowledge of computer software, such as MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Project, CAD tools (VisMockup, Unigraphics, or others), etc.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field.

• PMI or PMP certification .

• 8-10 years of experience from other OEMs and/other Cockpit suppliers.

Top 3 Skills

• Design development experience in IP and floor consults
• Experience leading projects, curious about how to improve and make a process better
• Understand basic engineering requirements and criteria, creating DFMEA and understanding DFMEA

Business Group – instrument panel trim and floor consults, instrument panel, a lot of different styling working with the studio, different materials, different stiches and colors, fit and finishes is a big part of their department

Interaction level with the team – 10 people on the team, all separated by different programs, they work with all different cross functional teams including the studio, electrical (packaging switches and displays), manufacturing, safety teams (airbag performance), finance (costing and understanding cost models)

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