Component Engineer

Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. To strengthen our team, we are looking a Component Engineer.

We are open to candidates in Ovar.

Porto Technical Centre is the largest Yazaki global engineering services provider, that offers high-tech product development capabilities, translating customer specific needs into efficient production concepts, while consolidating and developing EDS expertise across plants on the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. We are currently seeking high potential candidates to join us through Component Engineer team
, reporting directly to the area supervisor.

Responsible for the design, development, validation, and continuous improvement of routing components for automotive wire harness systems, including cable channels, grommets, clips, brackets, retainers, protectors, and movable routing solutions. Ensures that component designs meet customer requirements, functional performance, packaging constraints, manufacturing feasibility, cost targets, and quality standards throughout the product lifecycle.

Provides technical expertise in component engineering, collaborating with customers, Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Suppliers, Tooling, and Program Teams to deliver robust, innovative, and cost-effective routing solutions that optimize wire harness packaging, protection, retention, assembly efficiency, and vehicle integration from concept development through serial production.

• Prepare parts sketches for purchase requests to external contractors;
• Calculate mathematical formulas to develop and design detailed specifications for components, assemblies or systems;
• Make recommendations for material selection, based on design objectives such as strength, weight, heat resistance, electrical conductivity and cost;
• Design, modify designs or create design alternatives of three-dimensional models of components, assemblies and systems to obtain the specified functional or operational performance or to correct operating deficiencies or to reduce production problems, using computer-aided design (CAD) software;
• Create drawings for components, assemblies or systems including schematic, orthographic, or angle views, instructions and comments, using computer-assisted drafting tools (CAD);
• Set up prototype and test apparatus and operate test controlling equipment to observe and record test procedures, results, numerical or graphical data in order to make recommendations for changes in product or test methods;
• Lay out, draw, and reproduce illustrations for reference manuals and technical publications to describe operation and maintenance of components, assemblies, systems and equipment;
• Set up, conduct or request tests of components, assemblies, systems and materials under laboratory or operational conditions to determine characteristics such as performance, strength or response to stress, to ensure design quality, to investigate proposals for improving performance or to recommend design or material changes;
• Consult other team members about the design, lay out, or detail of components, assemblies and systems to resolve design or other problems;
• Speak with customer representatives to review and answer questions related to the components, assemblies and systems and perceive their needs;

• Support and participate in relevant activities with component engineers and other functional units,…