Mechancial Design Engineer II

Nippon Seiki is a world-class manufacturer of instruments for vehicles, agricultural, and construction equipment. Established in 1945, Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Japan, with numerous facilities worldwide. Nippon Seiki North America, Ltd. ("NSNA"), a group company of Nippon Seiki, located in Auburn Hills, MI, is a tier one supplier of instrument clusters and head-up display units for FCA US, General Motors, BMW, Honda, Harley Davidson, Suzuki, Polaris, Arctic Cat and other OEM's.

Nippon Seiki is a world-class manufacturer of instruments for vehicles, agricultural, and construction equipment. Established in 1945, Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Japan, with numerous facilities worldwide. Nippon Seiki North America, Ltd. ("NSNA"), a group company of Nippon Seiki, located in Auburn Hills, MI, is a tier one supplier of instrument clusters and head-up display units for FCA US, General Motors, BMW, Honda, Harley Davidson, Suzuki, Polaris, Arctic Cat and other OEM's.

The Mechanical Design Engineer will be responsible to review customer requirements, specifications and manufacturing constraints in order to create comprehensive engineering product design proposals, specifications, drawings and related engineering changes utilizing and applying engineering principles, research data, and Design Engineering Standards (DES). Responsibilities also include analyzing test data, performing root-cause analysis, preparation of 5-Phase/5-Why analysis reports as needed, Engineering reports, Technical Presentation material, and deliver Engineering Presentations to internal and external customers as required.

• Support the lead engineers in design of the automotive instrument clusters (IPC) and head-up displays (HUDs), creation of 3D Models and 2D drawings including GD&T for all structural components considering DFM/DFA factors and assembly drawings, cost, material & component specifications, and other design factors.
• Maintain open issues related to design developments during various stages of the development phase and develop contingency plans as needed.
• Conduct optical design and simulation using light simulation software.
• Conduct engineering calculation, stack-up analysis as parts of design development deliverables.
• Ensures accurate meeting minutes are recorded and tracked for all customer related meetings
• Conduct structural, thermal, and dynamic analysis using FEA, Lighting analysis using Light Simulation software, optical design and simulation using internally developed analytical tools and Light Simulation Software.
• Post Development:
  Provide technical/design support during the pre-production phase (PV testing, root-cause analysis, 5-Phase report preparation), during production preparation phase (Quality, Assembly, Process related areas).
• Provide technical/design support to assembly plants, suppliers related to quality, design related aspects.
• Execute customer design changes and reflect to internal design deliverables, and documentation.
• Interface with customer to understand design requirements during the design specification/styling development, and product development phases. Compile specification confirmation reports prior to the development.
• Support the lead engineer in the development of conceptual design, bill of materials (BOM), design feasibility studies for the RFQ response and technical presentation.
• Responsible for the development of DFMEA, DVP, failure analysis/5-Phase report creation.
• Participate in-vehicle checks at customer location during pre-production phases to evaluate the design integrity of NSI Products and to Identify design flaws or issues and compile summary report.
• Perform benchmark analysis, attend trade shows (NAIAS) and compile market trend analysis of IPC/ HUD Products.
• Assist in the prototype development during the build trials.
• Assist manufacturing plants, quality teams in resolving technical, manufacturing, quality issues.
• Assist in the testing & evaluation of IPC/HUD Products as required.
• Prepare technical documents in support of the quality gate assessment meetings with parent company in Japan.

Required and/or preferred level of education, knowledge and skills that are necessary.

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering;
Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred;
Course work or Specialization in Strength of Materials, Statics & Dynamics, SQC, CAD / CAE, Materials, Manufacturing…