Design Release Engineer - Safety Restraint Systems - Side Airbags
Listed on 2025-12-12
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Systems Engineer
The Restraint Design Release Engineer (DRE) – Side Airbags is responsible for the design, development, and release of side airbags to support Stellantis vehicle programs. The DRE will work with the Stellantis engineering organizations and supply base to package and develop the side airbag system and interface with teams such as purchasing, product design office, manufacturing and supply base groups to achieve program objectives.
The DRE is responsible for the review of testing, parts, data and best practices to meet program requirements, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), ECE and other global certifications and will be responsible to assure that all program milestones, deliverables and targets are met for side airbags including cost, weight and investment.
The roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Reviewing design practices to meet program requirements
- Conducting commodity benchmarking as required
- Managing program specific documentation (e.g., DVPR, DFMEA)
- Managing supplier design and open issues reviews
- Writing change notices
- Reviewing supplier component and system testing, test parts, and test results
- Managing and completing compliance testing and reports
- Support pre-production, production launch, and serial life builds
- Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited (or equivalent) University
- Minimum of 5 years of automotive engineering experience
- Minimum of 1 year of engineering experience with side airbag design and development
- Highly motivated and driven to achieve goals
- Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills
- Good communication, problem solving, computer and presentation skills
- Vehicle level restraint system experience
- FMVSS or Homologation testing and certification experience
- Experience with NX / Team Center CAD Software
- Familiar with PFMEA, DFMEA, DVP&R, FEA and CAE impact analysis tools
- Experience using proactive quality tools (Design for Six Sigma)
- Experience using reactive quality tools (Kepner-Tregoe / Shainin)
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